SLK 32 AMG Exhaust Note

[londoner2001]

Anyone drivne one of these, does the engine and exhaust note give a meaty growl or is it pretty tame?

 

[e55]

I have not driven one of those before but I would say that AMG cars generally have there exhaust notes toned down and do sound tame.

But you can easily change this with a few mods

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I have driven one and thought the exhaust note sounded superb.

It wasn't at all obtrusive, but sounded great under load - even better with the hood down.

My C32 (same engine in a saloon) sounds nice from inside the car, but it's much more subtle.

My father-in-law commented a few times that after we leave his house, he listens as we drive down the lane. Intrigued I asked Mrs D to do a couple of drive-bys and it sounds MUCH better outside the car than it does inside.

Of course you can listen from the outside ANYTIME in an SLK!!

 

[A-AvantGarde]

My C32 (same engine in a saloon) sounds nice from inside the car, but it's much more subtle.

My father-in-law commented a few times that after we leave his house, he listens as we drive down the lane. Intrigued I asked Mrs D to do a couple of drive-bys and it sounds MUCH better outside the car than it does inside.

I've got the C32 AMG exhaust on my C320 and it sounds awesome :bannana: , in fact I've had many similar comments to Bobby Dazzler, so I also got my wife to 'drive by' so I could here it too. What are we like

I often open the sunroof or lower the windows to get more of it, even hunt down underground carparks or tunnels for added effect...

 

[PAPA]

Loads of benz tuners offer after market exhaust for the r170, And they really unleash the sound, But in a good way, Not like a escort rally car.

 

[blackbeast]

All AMG cars are rude sounding! its part of their commitment in styling
My C43 AMG sounds absalutly superb!

Joby.

 

[andy_cyp]

Engine Note

Not an SLK32 but my now sold C32 on the dyno, same engine though.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay...4&start=100&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

 

[Dinnie]

Do a search on youtube.com

 

[mercboiuk]

Not an SLK32, but I've had the pleasure of hearing my friend's C32 under full chat, from inside and out.
Inside is a nice grunty V6, with a pleasent whirl from the supercharger.
Outside (from the back at least) is a nice V6 bark. Not nearly as throaty as a V8, but boy is it an aural pleasure!

Darren

 

[A210AMG]

Hello,

Even my wifes A210 AMG with its little 2.1 sounds great so I should imagine roof down and through a tunnel the SLK32 would be great !!

 

[londoner2001]

Thanks for the replies, at the moment I am driving an A200 Turbo but I find it too slow and too sedate, would the E500 be more aggressive sounding than the SLK32 AMG I assume not with it being a toned down relaxed car compared to the AMG being more tuned and having AMG exhausts?

 

[BTB 500]

Yes the non-AMG 5 litre cars are very quiet - my SL was virtually silent. Easily fixed by removing the centre muffler though.

 

[londoner2001]

Did you find the engine itself gave off a nice note when you were inside the car or was that quite restrained too?

 

[BTB 500]

Did you find the engine itself gave off a nice note when you were inside the car or was that quite restrained too?

It was virtually silent, even with the hood down. If you pushed hard there was a bit of exhaust note, but mostly induction and mechanical noise.

I swapped to an AMG back box, which made virtually no difference. Then replaced the centre muffler with a straight-through pipe, much better. Still not noisy, but at least you can hear it.

 

[e55]

It was virtually silent, even with the hood down. If you pushed hard there was a bit of exhaust note, but mostly induction and mechanical noise.

I swapped to an AMG back box, which made virtually no difference. Then replaced the centre muffler with a straight-through pipe, much better. Still not noisy, but at least you can hear it.

I took out my centre box and put straight pipes as well and the sound is much better now. I have left the AMG back box on and not touched that at all.

So I guess if you really want to make it sound louder you really need to remove the centre box.