best sounding v8s ever?

[Pistonheader101]

M3 with ipe

[Patrick Bateman]

S9JTO said:

E63/S6X/CLS63 yeah I guess, dunno about G63/GL63, never took interest in them. Soon as I see a YouTube vlogger with one of them in their thumbnail I avoid and I've never heard one in person so...

Not sure what the power has to do with it but I've been in an E63 and it's much more muted than the C63 so I'd think the same would apply for the S and CLS. Talking about the 6.2 V8 by the way.

[DanielSan]

Corvette at Le Mans going along the pit straight with the bonus of the echo bouncing back from the pit buildings and the grandstands. There is no finer petrol head scenario for the ears than that one. Ever.

[aeropilot]

DanielSan said:

Corvette at Le Mans going along the pit straight with the bonus of the echo bouncing back from the pit buildings and the grandstands. There is no finer petrol head scenario for the ears than that one. Ever.

......you've obviously never stood next to a pair of vintage blown Chrysler 92's or Donovon 417's running 100% nitro with flames out the zoomies as they make a 1/4 mile pass.

[cherryowen]

A lovely sounding DFV in a very pretty race car that I'd not heard of before recently:-

Ford F3L P68

[dimots]

Patrick Bateman said:

Not sure what the power has to do with it but I've been in an E63 and it's much more muted than the C63 so I'd think the same would apply for the S and CLS. Talking about the 6.2 V8 by the way.

Are you sure they had the 6.2 and not the 5.5?

[Patrick Bateman]

dimots said:

Are you sure they had the 6.2 and not the 5.5?

Yes.

[dimots]

Well, I don’t know why...but I agree the 6.2 sounds way better than the 5.5 or 4.0...not necessarily a better engine but definitely more raw and much louder

I would guess the effect you describe is down to exhaust and sound proofing differences. Not sure though.

[anonymous-user]

speedtwelve said:

I miss my TVR & Monaro... I loved that proper transatlantic unevenly-spaced firing order racket.


Supercharged Monaro off the lights. Starts at 0.25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKaioplXLM&t=...


McLaren M6B Can-Am onboard. He doesn't start properly gunning it until 1.27.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBqJLUPkf4

I'm just going to post this again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU

[speedtwelve]

Wormus

I test-drove two Monaros when I bought mine. One had full Wortec exhaust (and Pedders suspension, AP brakes, Ripshifter....). I bought the more expensive completely standard one still with the original exhaust. I really, really got that wrong....

[DanielSan]

aeropilot said:

......you've obviously never stood next to a pair of vintage blown Chrysler 92's or Donovon 417's running 100% nitro with flames out the zoomies as they make a 1/4 mile pass.

You’re mistaking volume for sound, easy mistake to make.

[dimots]

wormus said:

I'm just going to post this again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU

That's good actually.

[aeropilot]

DanielSan said:

aeropilot said:

......you've obviously never stood next to a pair of vintage blown Chrysler 92's or Donovon 417's running 100% nitro with flames out the zoomies as they make a 1/4 mile pass.

You’re mistaking volume for sound, easy mistake to make.

No mistake on my part sonny.....

[HannsG]

Which sounds better C63 or E63? And why?

[Mr Whippy]

360 CS over 6000rpm.

[Mastodon2]

This thing, one of my favourite race cars ever.

[TheDrBrian]

dimots said:

Well, I don’t know why...but I agree the 6.2 sounds way better than the 5.5 or 4.0...not necessarily a better engine but definitely more raw and much louder

I would guess the effect you describe is down to exhaust and sound proofing differences. Not sure though.

I do. No turbos

[Shiv_P]

Some people really think 458/488? Imo such a st noise

[bongtom]

Surely it is the exhaust not the actual sound of the engine that gives it that growl?

[Huskyman]

bongtom said:

Surely it is the exhaust not the actual sound of the engine that gives it that growl?

There is two parts to this, the engine produces the primary noise as a by product of combustion, the exhaust silencing has an effect on the volume levels. A flat plane crank V8 sounds different because the power pulses are at 90 degrees to each other whereas a cross plane crank has power pulses at 90 and 180 degrees giving the distinctive rumble.
However an exhaust can be manipulated in the size of the pipes and the configuration of the manifolds can change the tone.

My old 928 cat delete with emptied silencers sounded immense at full chat