Remeber when I picked it up it was noisy without any sort of induction or exhaust noise, thought it was diesel :lol:

But it wasn't just when going it fast it was generally a noisy engine.

Tis very much noisier now tho :lol:

i told her that id done it once. she was :mad: now my sis owns the sri but its now got a different engine :lol:

Lee Mitchell!! :lol: Don't let Kel hear you say that :lol:

Maybe it needs a service then.

my sri is fine when doing around 100, good job coz me and darren had to do a ton down the m1 for the national meet for about 10minutes :lol:, exhaust gets very noisy though!!!

kels old sri engine was fine. i used to bounce it off the limiter in fifth at around 120 :D

o thats ok then :) ollie do u no when ur going to lees to get ur engine in?

Thats because you have a induction kit and thats what the X16 sounds like.

my X16XE sounds like a bloody tank when u get around a ton :look:

Yeah its standard, its done 108,000 miles but is in immaculate condition, maybe the fact its done a fair few miles means that the top end has got a bit noisy.

mines gets really noisey after about 95mph and feels like it is goin no where!

is it standard? when mine was it was relatively quite considering actually

Get really noisy when its getting close to top end?

Rachel's mate brought a SRi yesterday, we took it down the motorway and when it goes over 80mph the engine starts to get noisy like the engine is really struggling and revving high.

Is this just a characteristic of the 8v engines as they don't have the extra power top end like the X14XE?