Sitting here watching the Italian job. Why does the exhaust sound so good on those cars?

a) are the motors really built? (doubt it)

b) just got the right exhaust on it?

c) sound is dubbed in (and they're really using an F1...lol)

If they just have great exhaust, what is it? Typically most aftermarket exhausts on 4 cylinders sound like bees buzzing. The minis on the Italian job sound great.

Thanks,

Mark

PS. Is this movie where "stella" comes from?

 

Some had to be dubbed because they used electric cars in the subway scenes

 

Probably because on a movie set they dont need to run legal stuff like cats and resonators that really restrict sound on the street.

 

Yeah most were dubbed.As for Stella...the answer is yes!

 

JCW Sound kit for the 1st gen Cooper. Basiclly intake, filter and exhaust if I remember right.

Many go ga-ga over the SC whine... but that sound kit on a 1st gen Just-a-Cooper is awsome IMO.

 

If you want the real sound then go for a test drive in the MINI of your choice.

 

"Stelllaaaaaa!!!!!" - comes from Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire" But Charlize is MUCH better looking than Brando hahaha

 

It's Hollywood!

 

I can pretty much guarantee that sound is added in post. And like bushman said, Steeeeelllllaaaaaaa! is from a streetcar named desire.

 

yea it added after but that doesnt mean all four cylinders sound like bees buzzing. you can look around here and a few of us (including me and my husband) have very nice sounding minis. if you want to hear it let me know and ill post a few clips

 

I've got the mini of my choice, just need to find it sound the way I want it to sound...




Absolutely, if you don't mind, I'd love to hear your mini. Please send me a sound clip and let me know which exhaust it is.

Thanks,

Mark

 

here is a 3" ss custom catback with a magnaflow muffler




and here is a 3" custom dp back with the same muffler just different tips



the only thing is we have r56's.

 

for the sound for the Mini cooper in The Bourne Identity the sound designers used a motorcycle engine and pitched it down IIRC.

Hollywood can do whatever they want to get it to sound like whatever they want

 

So I guess the tape recorder duct taped to the roof of my car with a sound recording clip won't make it sound the same as in the movies, huh?