Scream or rumble?

[mat777]

I have come to the conclusion that whatever my next car is, it needs to be a V8. I am a fan of engines that rumble, bark and bellow at the lower ends of the rev range - big lazy torque monsters. The thunder of a big-banger v8 with race pipes is something to be beheld.

A friend of mine is very much a "ricer" - it has to be a small capacity 4 or 5 cylinder that is wrung to its redline until it screams and shrieks. I think that an ear-splitting screamer is horrible personally but he is adamant.

What do you think? *lights blue touch paper and retires*

[sherman]

I prefer a screamer

[43034]

A rumble for me!

Sadly my current car is neither :haha:

[sherman]

My current screams all the way to 9k rpm.

[matthias73]

I like it when they scream, as I know they are enjoying it just as much as I am.

[Conor D]

Screamer. All day long.

[read5458]

What would my V6 be classed as?.

Average?.

Actually, never mind, My V6 is poo.

[Meoricin]

Depends on the car - I can appreciate both, but I'd probably favour a screamer.

[Steameh]

Ear demolishing rumble for me

[Baryonyx]

Screamer. I'll take a nicely tuned Japanese car over a lazy, flatulent V8 any day.

[Bibbs]

I've had a car with a 9200 redline (with supercharger whine and straight through exhaust), I now want a V8 with a blower.

[Jimmy No Hands]

Screamers don't really do it for me. Much prefer a rumble and a burble.

[vit4]

The clatter of a two litre diesel


More seriously, I like both as long as they sound nice and not, as someone above put it, just noisy for the sake of it. Probably erring towards the side of rumble though

[aw51 121565]

Whistle & whine?

The MG1600 - having twin Webers - sounds like an old skool Lotus Cortina or Twin Cam Escort - just wind the window down and chill .


Oh, go on then - rumble, if I must choose . Might as well, the fuel economy can't get much worse!

[GravelBen]

Screamer for me, but I like a lumpy idle and bit of mid-range growl as well.

[speedtwelve]

I previously had an S2k with the previously mentioned 9200rpm limiter. It sounded just fantastic at the top-end.

Now I have a TVR Chim. It's like driving an explosion (trad. arr. Clarkson). Apocalyptically loud, it changes character depending on revs. Low down it sounds a tad American (as it would, being a Buick engine design). Near the limiter it sounds like it's revving its tits off in a pedestrian-levelling bellow, despite only being at a heady 6000-ish rpm.

Both. I like both.

[Zad]

I like a nice growler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvrIMFxN4XE

The only 4-pot that does it for me is the BDA, it sounds almost operatic.

[kopperlis123]

Ahh! I stand corrected then, Thanks for clearing that up.

[Bibbs]

speedtwelve said:

I previously had an S2k with the previously mentioned 9200rpm limiter. It sounded just fantastic at the top-end.

Can only get over 9k with an aftermarket ECU, and there isn't much power gain up that end of the revs.

[The Moose]

A nice rumble in the jungle for me...unless its a bike!