best sounding v8s ever?

best sounding v8s ever?

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Original Poster:

9 posts

80 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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i'll start:

SLS AMG
Alfa Romeo 8C

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Ones I've heard in person:

Cobra 289
Ferrari 360CS
Aston Vantage V8 GTE
Mercedes SLS GT3
Challenger RT 440 (with some mods, no idea what), proper lope muscle.

All total ear porn.

lucido grigio

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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One of my favourites is the Mercedes McLaren SLR.

A V8 and a supercharger whine thrown in too.

Big GT

1,798 posts

91 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Ferrari 458 early model
TVR Chimera / Griff 500
1969 Dodge charger

angels95

3,157 posts

129 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Previous-gen C63.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Maseratis always sound good to me.

s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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The old Ford Sock V8 - not common but distinctive sound

catfood12

1,410 posts

141 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Early (Pre-AdBlue) Cayenne V8 Diesel. Just putting it out there. Diesel. No one believes it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7cHFiCy01s

MDL111

6,891 posts

176 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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355

G13NVL

2,732 posts

83 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Anything old and American.
55/63 amg's
Il say it... RR SVR

Escort3500

11,827 posts

144 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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427 Cobra cloud9

mac96

3,715 posts

142 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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catfood12 said:
Early (Pre-AdBlue) Cayenne V8 Diesel. Just putting it out there. Diesel. No one believes it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7cHFiCy01s
That's an interesting suggestion. I'll be more obvious and go for classic American muscle though.

Tannedbaldhead

2,952 posts

131 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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LDV Sherpas as run by the London Ambulance service in the early 2000s.

I lost count the number of times I turned expecting to see a TVR only to find the gorgeous V8 burble coming from a Rover powered Sherpa Ambulance.

Loyly

17,990 posts

158 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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V8's don't get better than this...



Absolute screamer.

swisstoni

16,844 posts

278 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Hard to find a bad sounding one really.
Pre emissions regs TVR wedges were my favourites.

The Surveyor

7,576 posts

236 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Panoz at Le Mans in the still air of a misty sun rise.

Nickyboy

6,700 posts

233 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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V8 FOU

2,970 posts

146 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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My Lexus engined Lotus sounds amazing. Especiallty on throttle bodies.

Lotus V8 is good too - especially as it is a flat plane....

InductionRoar

2,001 posts

131 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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427 Cobra for me.

Certainly not the Range Rover SVR I heard yesterday, which was given an absolute towelling on a cold engine and sounded like a bag of nails.

catfood12

1,410 posts

141 months

Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Nickyboy said:
That was unexpected. Very nice sound.