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How to Get ISx50 to Sound Like an IS-F?

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Old 04-08-11, 02:03 AM
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Default How to Get ISx50 to Sound Like an IS-F?

This topic may or may not have been brought up before but I've never seen it. So today I went with a friend to BMW dealership so he could take a look at an M3 he was interested in purchasing. After testing it and a c63 AMG last week he was kind of indecisive about either one so I recommend we take a look at the IS-F at the dealer next door. We both test drove it (This is the first time I driven one or heard one up close) and now I want to replicate the sound of the IS-F exhaust.

Which exhaust would give the closest tone of an IS-F? Possibly F-sport? (Never heard one in person either) or is it possible to fit the IS-F exhaust onto the ISx50s?

If this has been covered before please don't flame me but just link me up .
Old 04-08-11, 02:06 AM
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it's not possible since the is-f is a v8

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Old 04-08-11, 02:40 AM
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buy an is f engine and get the is f exhaust.
Old 04-08-11, 03:18 AM
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I would say get the Joe Z exhaust or F-Sport Exhaust.
both gonna sound very similar like the stock IS-F at 4000rpm.
Old 04-08-11, 04:08 AM
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u need one of these

http://www.turbowhistler.net/turbo-whistle/index.htm
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^^ lol, perfect for all those civic ricers!
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JB Weld on two more cylinders.
Old 04-08-11, 06:14 AM
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lol it's not the exhaust that makes the sound you're looking for. a little 5.0 litrer 420 horsepower v8 makes that sound. so trade your car in for an IS-F if thats the sound youre looking for lol
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In all seriousness though, does the F-Sport exhaust sounds deeper, meaner than stock? I hear these clips on the internet were people ping the rev limiter and it sounds like ***** to me. Raspy, not deep. Is that just bad audio on the recordings? I want mine to sound like g37, which is also a V6. Damn I was talking to a guy with a g37 convertable, when he started it up I was like DAMN. Why U No make pretty sound like that, Lexus?
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so the F doesn't sound like a whiny baby?
Old 04-08-11, 06:43 AM
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trade it in
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Not possible.

F sport doesent make it deeper really well kinda. Its between a ricer and deeper sound. Perfect for me. For a deeper sound slap on an intake. Still no V8 though.
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borla ftw!!
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It's not the exhaust that you heard. It's combination of V8 engine and intake. I have F-sport intake, when it opens up at high RPM it's pretty close to ISF, very throaty. Of course you can never replicate exact sound of ISF without V8. Forget about exhaust talk here...ISF stock exhaust is very quiet.
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