infamous 4 speed whine?

The whine of a stick transmission, and I'm assuming you are talking about modern Mopars and NOT an old "crash box" also depends somewhat on the condition (or lack of) a nice tight shift boot, and sound is also transmitted by the shifter. Floor mats, deadening, all pay a part.

"Back then" a buddy and I both bought new cue balls, drilled and tapped them and used them as shift knobs. Mine on my 69 RR, he on his 70 4x4 Chev truck. Both of those damn balls increased noise radiated into the cab, and we both eventually removed them, not realizing for several weeks that both of us had done so for the same reason.

I never thought my Mopar 4 speeds were particularly noisy.

Nothing beats a crash box in about a 48 Ford flathead pickup for "sound."