My brother in law lives in Seattle & my mom and brother live near Portland, OR.

 

Cool....I grew up in Southeast Portland; I've lived in the Seattle area for 20 years now.

 

Its actually pretty reasonable just pottering around, a little more noticeable than before certainly, but not loud or drony. That said I've now given it plenty of pedal and I would agree, its not the usual loud, cherry bomb, screaming at you noise and to be honest I never wanted that. Its a nice sounding engine that I would describe a quite tight, rather than the sound you get from a BB engine that sounds wet and slappy. Strangely though, tonight on the way home on ove-run coming off the highway and shifting down a couple of gears its even reminded me of a Ducatti 996 for those who know that sound - well it did to me anyway.

Regardless, I like it now and I'm the one I have to please :-)

 

So tempting....I never liked the whiny sound of this exhaust/engine setup.

 

It sounds really nice if ya drop it into 3rd gear and leave it there at say 45-55mph.

I'd like to try a magnaflow muffler on it one day, but I'm very pleased with the 20.00 setup. I'm happy my wife is happy and my little Land Rover spotting 5 year old loves it so win win!

 

Yeah my favorite are the pops and burbles on overrun when slowing in Sport mode. My brother in law calls it the race SUV.

To be honest, like others have said, it's only really loud above 2500RPM or so. That means cruising on the highway or around town is pretty quiet.

The only time it annoys me is when cruising on the highway with cruise control engaged going up hills. The V8 doesn't have enough juice to maintain speed climbing long hills and you really notice when it drops 2 gears to maintain 65mph and it sounds like you just dropped the hammer. People around you probably think you're doing it on purpose. The cruise control is pretty aggressive and will do that to keep speed.

I have considered adding some sound deadening material just to avoid that one annoyance, but I'd never consider putting the resonator back in.

Sweet, sweet V8 music.

 

I rarely use C/C unless I'm on flat terrain. Any C/C system just isn't as smart as I am at applying the proper amount of throttle to maintain speed up a hill vs VVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrooooom & 2 gallons of fuel later lol.

 

My wife bought a supercharged 2012 RRS and I really like the sound of that exhaust. I'm wanting to add more rumble to my 07' LR3 but don't want the droning sound at highway speeds. How does it sound at a constant 80mph? Also do you have a pic of the mod?

 

Here in TX 80MPH is the norm, once in 6th gear and cruising it does not drone. Heck I don't think it ever drones. It's just got guts at about 3K and up.

 

Did you notice any change in power?