RE: V8s are great!
Discussion
On my 3rd V8
First - Jaguar S-Type R - lovely engine that sounded superb once relieved of its back boxes
Second - W215 CL500 - smooth but dull
Third - Westfield SEight - not refined, not sophisticated but a proper old school engine. V8 Developments 5.1, lump based on a Rover 4.6, dry sumped, race cams, big valve heads, solid lifters and Jenvey throttle bodies. 330 bhp and 650kg make sit reasonably nippy
First - Jaguar S-Type R - lovely engine that sounded superb once relieved of its back boxes
Second - W215 CL500 - smooth but dull
Third - Westfield SEight - not refined, not sophisticated but a proper old school engine. V8 Developments 5.1, lump based on a Rover 4.6, dry sumped, race cams, big valve heads, solid lifters and Jenvey throttle bodies. 330 bhp and 650kg make sit reasonably nippy
After many years of 4 pot engines (the 1.8VVC k series excepted, a great engine frankly, if looked after), last of which was a diesel (never again), I now have this as my daily -
Needs two pedestrian impact sensors (about £205 fitted at a local indie specialist) and the lights are in desperate need of a refurb which I'll do when I whip them out to change a couple of bulbs whose colour is starting to flake off.
Needs two pedestrian impact sensors (about £205 fitted at a local indie specialist) and the lights are in desperate need of a refurb which I'll do when I whip them out to change a couple of bulbs whose colour is starting to flake off.
Edited by alpha channel on Thursday 22 June 13:44
alpha channel said:
After many years of 4 pot engines (the 1.8VVC k series excepted, a great engine frankly, if looked after), last of which was a diesel (never again), I now have this as my daily -
Needs two pedestrian impact sensors (about £205 fitted at a local indie specialist) and the lights are in desperate need of a refurb which I'll do when I whip them out to change a couple of bulbs whose colour is starting to flake off.
Nice... I had a couple of XK's as dailies, one after another. I really liked them. Yours looks minty.Needs two pedestrian impact sensors (about £205 fitted at a local indie specialist) and the lights are in desperate need of a refurb which I'll do when I whip them out to change a couple of bulbs whose colour is starting to flake off.
Edited by alpha channel on Thursday 22 June 13:44
Thanks, for an eleven year old car with 85,000 on the clock at time of purchase (a couple of months ago) I'd say it's in remarkable condition, there's a couple of scratches and a couple of nicks in the paint which largely can be hidden rather effectively with a bit of auto balm and not much in the way of parking dings either.
I'm going to get a leather resto/cleaning kit from furniture clinic for the drivers side bolster otherwise the interior is spotless. Even my weekly fuel bill isn't truly horrific (an average of £61 of Tesco's finest 99) and I pretty much bought it in the grand tradition of the barge thread having never seen it in the metal
(barring some poorly framed iphone photo's).
I've definitely caught the Jaguar flee, I think the only thing that could replace it is another. I'm a big fan of the coupe so it'd have to be another XK (R/RS if I could stomach the fuel bill) or the F-type if I went newer. I've run saloons and hatchbacks and I'm not a fan, if I was forced into having an estate? it'd have to be Jag.
I'm going to get a leather resto/cleaning kit from furniture clinic for the drivers side bolster otherwise the interior is spotless. Even my weekly fuel bill isn't truly horrific (an average of £61 of Tesco's finest 99) and I pretty much bought it in the grand tradition of the barge thread having never seen it in the metal
(barring some poorly framed iphone photo's).I've definitely caught the Jaguar flee, I think the only thing that could replace it is another. I'm a big fan of the coupe so it'd have to be another XK (R/RS if I could stomach the fuel bill) or the F-type if I went newer. I've run saloons and hatchbacks and I'm not a fan, if I was forced into having an estate? it'd have to be Jag.
Edited by alpha channel on Thursday 22 June 18:01
V8VTim said:
Possibly the best V8 sound going....?
Nice, very orange but errrrrt..no. V8s should sound like this:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU
https://youtu.be/6AwGNDuJH7U
Who am I ? ? ?
YouTube version lost its bass , just quick cut out of my longer 4k Video tho.. but Who am I ??
Who am I ? ? ?
YouTube version lost its bass , just quick cut out of my longer 4k Video tho.. but Who am I ??
wormus said:
V8VTim said:
Possibly the best V8 sound going....?
Nice, very orange but errrrrt..no. V8s should sound like this:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU
But reckon old school sounds even better than the LS motors.
https://youtu.be/qMI8aFb3qWA
king awesome burnout machine (I wish it was)
300bhp/ton said:
Yep....anything 'old' will always sounds better, especially a big block Ford/Chevy/Mopar just because of the size of the explosions going on inside although those big Mopar wedge motors do have a very distinctive sound.Actually the best sounding small V8 by a long way, is the venerable old Ford Flathead especially when hopped up a little and on open pipes - wonderful.
Pendine Sands will be reverberating to that sound this weekend with the VHRA speed trials there
Have to agree on the sound of pushrod engines, I've had a couple of Cologne V6's on straight pipes and a big carb and even being a couple of cylinders down they still sounded awesome. And how many of us have heard something thundering up the road and turned round to see an old Range Rover plodding along?
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