Around a year ago, we've talked a bit about the SoundRacer, a device that allowed drivers to enjoy racing sounds in their own vehicle, and now the Swedish company manufacturing it is back with yet another very interesting device, the SoundRacer V12, that will equip your average car with a powerful Ferrari V12 engine, at least as far as the sound it generates is concerned.
The V12 FM transmitter from SoundRacer is the company's third product of this type, the first two models, with sounds from a large rumbling V8 and a high-revving V10, being on the market since June 2009.
The V12 version has a SoundRacer processor with more memory allowing improved function and sound quality compared to the V8 and V10 versions.
The engine sound selected for the V12 version is from a 1980 Ferrari 512BBLM, recorded at the Mugello racetrack in Italy in 2008 by engine sound supplier Greg Hill, SoundWave concepts.
The engine is a 4.942 liter / 301.6 cu in Type F102 BB LM V 12. 500 bhp / 373 KW @ 7000 rpm, and SoundRacer claims that their developers have made a great work squeezing the impressive Ferrari V12 sounds into the four small sound files that must fit into the SoundRacer microchip to produce the idling, low acceleration, high acceleration and deceleration sounds.
In addition to that they have included the exhaust pops and bangs when the throttle is released, typical for racing tuned engines.
The device also sports a line in socket that allows a music player to be connected for playing music on the car stereo.
Inventor Kenneth Palmestål comments that “for me, as well as most motoring enthusiasts, Ferrari is the ultimate car by all standards.
It stands out for the performance, the design but also for the extraordinary engines and their fascinating sounds.
These are the reasons to that we now release a SoundRacer with Ferrari sound.
Finally, we have created the ultimate entertainment device for the motoring world as well as a perfect gift for all fans of Ferrari.”
The expected retail price for the SoundRacer V12 has been set at around USD59, €39, which might make it quite interesting for all the raw horsepower fans out there.