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Big vehicles, such as buses and trucks, with air brakes frequently vent excess pressure.

Install a big and loud BOV :shock: :shock:
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dont they already make too much noise?
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Post by Yukonart »

Or install duck calls on the pressure line vents. :lol:
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One of my books on old cars includes a reproduction of a add form the late 1920s.

Whistles--made out of steel fitted to the end of the exhaust pipe--looks like organ pipes.

Now that would be a hoot. :?
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

Yukonart wrote:Or install duck calls on the pressure line vents. :lol:
Did it on my BOV :D


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Post by evolutionmovement »

Stanley Steamers had train whistles that exhaust stem could be blown through. Very cool, and very effective.
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Went to a Concours yesterday-- a 1918 Simplex had a small brass trumpet attached to the intake manifold with a cable to the dash.

I talked to the owner and pulling the cable opened a valve and the suction tooted the horn. :-)

It was an option at the time, but there was also a standard klaxon horn.

The earliest entry was a 1897 Bollee cycle-car.

An interesting one was a 1930 Model A Ford Sedan that had completed a Paris to Peking tour earlier in the summer. It had a huge gas tank on the back luggage rack and bigger tires--otherwise stock.
Subtle (normally aspirated engines suck):
05 Legacy GT Wagon with Cobb chip.
62 Alfa Romeo Spider- had a 1.6 L with 80 hp, now 2 L with 160 torque. Curb weight 2050 lbs.
93 Leg Twgn fmic, vf34, etc. ((sold))
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