V12V sports exhausts

[Mr Noble]

.....and another.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP9IqMf7STw

[George H]

Mr Noble said:

.....and another.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP9IqMf7STw

That sounds fking awful compared to standard

[KarlFranz]

George H said:

That sounds fking awful compared to standard

Well I happen to love the way that sounds.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Don't know if this is stock or not, but I like this the best...

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

[The Pits]

Agree sounds great. My guess is that it's not standard.

I'm also inclined towards the larini route. Growling is for a V8 but a V12 should sing.

Naturally I'm very happy with the way the car sounds as standard but all V12 owners have a duty to other road users to make the most of the sounds only 12 cylinders can make.

[RichV12]

The Pits said:

A few more videos have surfaced recently

one with a 'flowmaster' exhaust, never heard of them but they are big in the US apparently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7OWYOKLjUs

I have emailed Webster Race Engineering, who are the official UK importers for Flowmaster, so we'll see what they come back with.

[George H]

The Pits said:

Growling is for a V8 but a V12 should sing.

Really? I would have said the complete opposite. Look at the Ferrari V8 vs Lambo V12. The V8 sings, the V12 growls. As it should be imo.

I think the Aston V12 should be low and shouty as opposed to the high pitched whine from the Larini system.

[The Pits]

each to their own

for me a V8 is rock music

a V12 is opera

most V8s are rumbling thunder, Ferrari V8's are unusual in being flat plane crank, so really glorified 4 cylinder engines, not a good example of a 'V8' noise. Le Mans Corvettes and the like are gutteral, thunderous, classic V8 noises and all the better for it, if you like that sort of thing. It's a Harley chug vs jap bike scream.

The lambo V12s I like are the more musical ones. Diablo was more gutteral but Murcielago LP640 is much higher pitched, closer to F1 V12s of old. New Aventador seems to be somewhere between the two.

Here for reference is my idea of what a V12 should sound like:

(turn your speakers up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-xWwiPOxoM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wW7G_U9D8

Mr Kriessieg, I'm loving your work.

[George H]

While I love the sound of that Countach, I'm not a huge fan of that Murcielago. I'm not a fan of the American V8's either which might explain our different preferences in sound

This for me is what a V8 should sound like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgFQhpi5y4&fea...

and a V12 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhVvglkBAhI