Who makes the best V8 NOISE?

[unsprung]

thiscocks said:

My fave V8s though are the Chevy small blocks, ideally race tuned multiple carbed 302's.

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

Roger that. (US definition, not UK definition )

Albeit with Chevrolet's large-block 7.0 litre unit. Aluminium. And available as a semi-stressed element of the chassis.

video
https://youtu.be/FKOki34YkK4

article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_M8A

[thiscocks]

Always loved those on-the-piss trumpets too

[coppice]

I was standing next to an M8F in the pit at Silverstone a couple of years ago when it started up. It caught the attention nicely - and everybody within sight suddenly had an ear to ear grin. I love the smallblocks in F5000 cars etc, but there is something animalistic about a a big block in race spec - in contrast to the trademark rugga rugga rugga song of more housetrained versions

[8bit]

Can't remember if this has been posted before but if not, then you're welcome...

Jaguar XKR-S GT3
https://youtu.be/WPXpjTz_bw8

https://youtu.be/ZP9echfk8Mw?t=20

Big V8, supercharger, straight-cut gears, it's all there

[Matt Harper]

8bit said:

Can't remember if this has been posted before but if not, then you're welcome...

Jaguar XKR-S GT3
https://youtu.be/WPXpjTz_bw8

https://youtu.be/ZP9echfk8Mw?t=20

Big V8, supercharger, straight-cut gears, it's all there

Not particularly reliable, as I recall. If they made it half-way through a race that seemed to be considered a success.
I remember when one showed-up at Sebring a few years back - much vaunted to show the septics how it was done - I don't think it made it past night practice before it st it's pants.

[8bit]

Matt Harper said:

8bit said:

Can't remember if this has been posted before but if not, then you're welcome...

Jaguar XKR-S GT3
https://youtu.be/WPXpjTz_bw8

https://youtu.be/ZP9echfk8Mw?t=20

Big V8, supercharger, straight-cut gears, it's all there

Not particularly reliable, as I recall. If they made it half-way through a race that seemed to be considered a success.
I remember when one showed-up at Sebring a few years back - much vaunted to show the septics how it was done - I don't think it made it past night practice before it st it's pants.

Maybe but this thread is about V8 noise, not reliability...

[ddom]

This is a great tune.

[unsprung]

thiscocks said:

Always loved those on-the-piss trumpets too

Absolutely! Almost reaching, grasping. Just the right combination of menacing and ludicrous.

[cherryowen]

ddom said:

This is a great tune.

I like that plenty

Cultured with the right bit of hard-edge to it

[Matt Harper]

Cable said:

A proper Chrysler Hemi (not the modern Hemi's that are only a marketing name) from a Charger or something.

Modern Hemi - looks pretty hemispherical to me...

[FK]

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but a while (16 years) ago, Ford teamed up with Roush and made a one-off Mustang. It was called the Boss Mustang and it had a 9.9L Cross Plane V8. Possibly the most brutal sounding V8 road car ever, especially at idle. Hopefully I haven't oversold this. Particularly enjoyed the bit where the driver gives it a bootful at the end.

https://youtu.be/bdd3OSu6ZA4

Favourite V8 noise for production cars is probably McLaren Mercedes SLR. A lesson in how much bass one can shove into an engine note. Ferrari F355 sounded nice at the top end. V8 Ferraris since then, I'm afraid I don't subscribe to the hype

Least favourite would I'm afraid have to be the V8 that powered the Lotus Esprit. Literally sounded flat (pun sort of intended) like any generic IL4.

Edited by FK on Saturday 16th May 18:44

[CaptainSensib1e]

FK said:

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but a while (16 years) ago, Ford teamed up with Roush and made a one-off Mustang. It was called the Boss Mustang and it had a 9.9L Cross Plane V8. Possibly the most brutal sounding V8 road car ever.

Video please, sounds incredible!

[TRIUMPHBULLET]

Its as old as hell and the video is crap,sound not that good either,ignore the crap at the beginning and watch from 0:50 with some headphones on and volume up.
Nothing sounds as nasty as an old hemi.
Edited, Sorry all the link is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW3QeG3lSFI

Edited by TRIUMPHBULLET on Sunday 17th May 21:39

[TRIUMPHBULLET]

Its as old as hell and the video is crap,sound not that good either,ignore the crap at the beginning and watch from 0:50 with some headphones on and volume up.
Nothing sounds as nasty as an old hemi.
Edited, Sorry all the link is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW3QeG3lSFI

Edited by TRIUMPHBULLET on Sunday 17th May 21:40

[FK]

https://youtu.be/bdd3OSu6ZA4

Very aggressive sounding engine.

And of course, I have to mentioned the old Le Mans Corvettes from the early 2000s.

[swisstoni]

Another memorable V8 was the Merc in the Saubers at Le Mans. Nothing else sounded like them. There was a level of bass, octaves below all the screamers.

https://youtu.be/m7Vhu2GL4yo

[Dazaa]

Don’t think anyone’s mentioned a side piped chevy yet, with no crossover it’s effectively two straight 4’s giving a very unique sound. Can confirm they are deafeningly loud with spiral baffles, near enough open headers.

https://youtu.be/KckjuOdY2Ek

https://youtu.be/YmGFFG77SeY

[donkmeister]

Dazaa said:

Don’t think anyone’s mentioned a side piped chevy yet, with no crossover it’s effectively two straight 4’s giving a very unique sound. Can confirm they are deafeningly loud with spiral baffles, near enough open headers.

https://youtu.be/KckjuOdY2Ek

https://youtu.be/YmGFFG77SeY

In a similar vein, the Mercedes SLR McLaren - supercharged cross-plane V8 with each bank exhausting separately behind each front wheel. I can hear the similarities with your example!

[RoverP6B]

Dazaa said:

Don’t think anyone’s mentioned a side piped chevy yet, with no crossover it’s effectively two straight 4’s giving a very unique sound. Can confirm they are deafeningly loud with spiral baffles, near enough open headers.

https://youtu.be/KckjuOdY2Ek

https://youtu.be/YmGFFG77SeY

Still a crossplane V8, though, you'll only get a four-banger sound with a flat plane crank, the rumble is still there because of the firing order.

[RoverP6B]

swisstoni said:

Another memorable V8 was the Merc in the Saubers at Le Mans. Nothing else sounded like them. There was a level of bass, octaves below all the screamers.

https://youtu.be/m7Vhu2GL4yo

M119 quad-cam, basically the W124 500E motor. Also, these cars weren't actually built by Sauber, the chassis were actually constructed on the industrial estate next to Bookham railway station in Surrey...