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Old 09-15-2013, 01:22 AM   #7
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A lot of stock exhausts of "high performance" cars have systems that are tuned specifically to make a nice sound. Those high pitch whines coming from that Ferrari 458 or Porsche Carrera GT aren't natural. It's the work of thousands of hours tweaking a bend here, moving one of the mufflers another inch, etc., etc.

But, yes. A lot of the "good" sound does also come from the internals of the engine itself, such as the firing order, as much as the headers, type of metal used, length, size, etc.
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