Sounds the same as it ever has, just never listened to the "guts" as it were. Pulls harder now, since I put in the larger turbo and had a tune (40kmiles ago). Was 100hp/177lb-ft, now around 140hp/240ft-lb (found someone's similarly modified car, same engine, same work, plots indicated that). Pulls nice and hard, although it now has a knack for smoking too at WOT.