How many of you remember back when we were kids in the 1970s, and we used to put trading cards in the spokes of our bicycles to make it sound like a, well, a moped? Then someone found that putting two cards made the tone a little deeper, and nobody laughed at us because we all did it. We were kids, and back in those days it was about all we could afford to do.

Imports didn’t really exist at the level that they do today, and the thought of turning an import into a powerhouse with boosted power was not even a consideration. Into the 1980s and it was all about quiet economy, and our musclecars made power only on the weekends, waking up the neighbors with every early Saturday start up.

Today, we came across a gadget from a couple years ago that had us splitting our sides cracking up at it. When you can’t afford to get a real musclecar, it seems one company has decided to pretend – to put the proverbial card in the spokes for your economy car. We introduce the DragFX OBDII Synthetic Musclecar Sound Simulator.

The question was raised: “Have you ever wanted to own a muscle car but found it too expensive?” Well, of course we have, and of course they’re too expensive. So DragFX has provided a fake supercharger with an audio hood scoop, complete with spinning (beltless) blower cog.

Simply plug this device into your OBDII port and mount the audio hood scoop to your economy car, and in no time you’ll have the faux sound of a real musclecar on your econoboxer. You can even choose which musclecar you’d like your tree-hugger car to sound like.

Or, you can just get a real car if you truly want the genuine sound of pure V8 muscle. But, if you still think sticking some baseball cards in your spokes is cool, you might want to check out the DragFX website.

http://dragfx.blogspot.com/