Favourite engine sound?

[bamberwell]

delboy735 said:

A howling V12..............this is my favourite noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m9Yomop92Y

better on a dyno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0s5szA-cGk

[steviegunn]

delboy735 said:

A howling V12..............this is my favourite noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m9Yomop92Y

I'd go V12 but with a bit more of a bass tone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVitlSbqPU (I play the first 15 seconds of Travelling Without Moving a lot).

[DuncsGTi]

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEK7POxpVeE

This is what's missing from rallying today, the WRC cars seem so sanitised

[Dave Hedgehog]

DuncsGTi said:

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEK7POxpVeE

This is what's missing from rallying today, the WRC cars seem so sanitised

i was just going to post that the greatest noise to ever come out of a car!!

and a modern homage to it drool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detail...

[benzito]

I was considering starting an identical thread! How many others on PH considered the same this eve after djdestiny's heroic V8 bashing?!

[GTASmallville]

This far and no one has mentioned an Alfa V6 in various versions!! That's my vote!

[Angelus]

Terzo123 said:

I have to defend the V8's

Here's my LS2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJEcrWaj42c

Yip, I've followed you over the back roads and sounds great. I love the sound of a V8 and still have my 928 to satisfy that part of me.

[Zwolf]

Any cross-plane V8 is always appealing, but single cam pushrod ones like in muscle cars and Rover V8 TVRs are delicious, the bigger and more offbeat, the better.

Something like the Nelson Racing Engines 572ci normally aspirated Impala is about a perfect example, whether idling, pottering about at low speed in a high gear or being beasted. 750bhp & 750lb ft IIRC.

That or just about any V12. Favourites of those are the one in the Ferarri F50 and a Merlin, both of which I've experienced in the metal and both shake the bones out of you.

[Jem0911]

Still always The V16 Brm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnEA-m8cVcE&fea...

[CraigyMc]

My current favourite: Jaguar XFR (Bonneville car) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5ivpJwmIQ

[russy01]

TameRacingDriver said:

I've read loads of these threads, and watched loads of these videos, but this one REALLY does it for me! Like a VTEC on some SERIOUS steroids!

BMW M1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVkY8oA3RlE

That sounds ace, my s2000 is a very tame version.

[Jem0911]

Or back to Le Mans in my tent listening to this through the night.
Awesome Mazda Rotary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2wgHqrNy0&fea...

[rupert the dog]

For the first time in ages, heard someone start a TVR up in town on Friday - it really did sound bloody great!

[Terzo123]

Angelus said:

Yip, I've followed you over the back roads and sounds great. I love the sound of a V8 and still have my 928 to satisfy that part of me.

I remember it well. It was a great run, in convoy with yourself, Clarkie in the Z4M, and the unlucky boy in the 996 Turbo.

Hopefully should make it to another run later this spring and get to see your new toy.

[kris450]

Always happy to listen to a TVR V8 (ok ... might be a little bias here).

But ...

I think I would actually sell my soul to drive/ride in this and get to listen to THAT sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMSl7vwqhE&fea...

[versus]

Volvo 5 cylinder warble is nice, especially here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZvYo1glfFw

[Jimmy No Hands]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifrl7QP_pPw&fea...

Always been a sucker for an R32 warble.

[LimaDelta]

A GE2500LM on a high speed crank, or a ZA40 dropping 11MW. Usually one of those precedes the other, but a great sequence from the depths of my memory.

Also the Stratos from the RAC last December.

[Angelus]

Terzo123 said:

I remember it well. It was a great run, in convoy with yourself, Clarkie in the Z4M, and the unlucky boy in the 996 Turbo.

Hopefully should make it to another run later this spring and get to see your new toy.

Would be good to catch up again.

I remember following the Ferrari F430 that day too, what a V8 sound. It more than made up for him overtaking me.

[dave1275]

LimaDelta said:

Also the Stratos from the RAC last December.

I recall being at a local rally event and seeing/hearing Steve Perez (VK drinks owner) in his Stratos, fantastic!