best sounding v8s ever?

[S9JTO]

C63 AMG, next

[Welshbeef]

S9JTO said:

C63 AMG, next

E63
S63/S65
CLS63
G63
GL63

Do some of these sound better than a stock C63 due to more power?

[Squirrelofwoe]

For me it has to be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r79BXCZii4

Also any TVR with an RV8

I am also partial to a Monaro VXR + Wortec exhaust combo.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

I used to regularly valet a Aston V8 vantage and will always have soft spot for that noise.
Also TVR Chimera

[S9JTO]

Welshbeef said:

E63
S63/S65
CLS63
G63
GL63

Do some of these sound better than a stock C63 due to more power?

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...

[coppice]

If the question really is 'ever' , if your answer is some parping AMG then I assume you have never heard a smallblock Chevy in a Lola T70 or a big block in a McLaren M8 ? And if you think Ferrari V8s sound good try a DFV ...

[NDA]

A Morgan V8 sounds pretty good.

[Escort3500]

Squirrelofwoe said:

For me it has to be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r79BXCZii4

Also any TVR with an RV8

I am also partial to a Monaro VXR + Wortec exhaust combo.

Wow, that De Tomaso

[Squirrelofwoe]

Escort3500 said:

Squirrelofwoe said:

For me it has to be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r79BXCZii4

Also any TVR with an RV8

I am also partial to a Monaro VXR + Wortec exhaust combo.

Wow, that De Tomaso

That lumpy, 1940s-aircraft sound is peak-V8 for me- I've never really been one for screamers ('ooh err! etc).

[shotta287]

Maybe not the best sounding, but I love the screaming V8 in the E92 M3 GTS.

[mrbarnett]

I love a surprise, and few cars surprised me more than the Volvo S80, local to St John's Wood, that burbles past like something altogether less Swedish. Yamaha V8, closely related to the one in the Noble M600. Love it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjoX8PczapA

[aeropilot]

Number one without any question is a blown and injected 392 Chrysler hemi with zoomies and running 100% nitro


Also...

Hopped up Ford/Mercury flathead
Ford 427 SOHC
All ally 427 Chevy ZL-1 big block running stack injection (as per the Can-Am era)
Ford 427 FE 'tunnel port' running 4x48 IDA Webers

Best factory stock V8.......Chrysler 426 Hemi.

[fido]

shotta287 said:

Maybe not the best sounding, but I love the screaming V8 in the E92 M3 GTS.

I've been enjoying this V8 (in standard unstroked form) for the last few weeks - definitely sounds great for a cross-plane V8 - but not as sexy as a Ferrari flat-plane.

[Rikki55]

Probably already been mentioned... But I do love the sound of a Maserati Granturismo S, Especially on startup!

[Pixel Pusher]

Cervini Mustang sounds pretty good to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlqR0zwCz5I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIyIt-p4dA

[JCollins]

Quattroporté GTS



Ascari A10 (E39 M5 Engine with 2 turbos for good measure)



VXR8 Bathurst

[LP670]

F40 and 355 are two that instantly spring to mind.

[dimots]

A lot of these cars sound very watered down compared to the big Yank v8s.

Like this for example...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UIlJNzSXUZk

[Mustang Baz]

Rikki55 said:

Probably already been mentioned... But I do love the sound of a Maserati Granturismo S, Especially on startup!

MC Stradale with "Race" button on.

[dazwalsh]

The upper echelons of a Ferrari 360C....pure theatre

https://youtu.be/sLdr0WklAGs

That video also has a 430 scud which sounds tame in comparison.

And another shout for the maserati v8's. Larvely stuff

Edited by dazwalsh on Thursday 21st December 20:50