V12V sports exhausts

[The Pits]

which do you all reckon sounds the best?

I know youtube vids aren't much to go on, but in the absence of anything better, it will have to do for now.

RSC tuning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnyolFaM2Qo

Quicksilver titanium:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmP5kk5ZV0I

Powercraft:

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

If I've missed any obvious contenders do please feel free to post clips or links.

In the event of a tie I fancy the powercraft one for the switchability.

[The Pits]

thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al1iApE1IMg

added for posterity, however, considering the likely price, it's disappointing that Larini haven't bothered to film their V12 Vantage pipes in action. Quite hard to buy a set without hearing it first.

[The Pits]

I agree entirely. I've a mind to approach the exhaust companies and offer my services as videographer.

Powercraft one retails in Japan for around £5600. No clue what it would cost to get one over here.

[The Pits]

I had quicksilver titanium on my elise, sounded great (really great) at high revs and made the most migraine inducing drone at about 4000 revs (75mph). Had to remove it. Hence why switchable system appeals the most to me at the moment.

[The Pits]

any chance those with sports exhausts could post a vid?

don't give a stuff about tick over or start up. an exhaust worth anything pays for itself up at the redline for me, especially if its a V12.

[The Pits]

A few more videos have surfaced recently

another from RSC

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

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

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

[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.

[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.