Do "S" series sound good?

[craggers]

The V6 one, got father in law who own 390SE which sounded gorgeous. Never hear the V6 "S" series, do they make nice rumble?

[leetvr]

hell yes

[craggers]

Better than Chim ?

[ColG]

I have owned an S and now have a Taimar, both with V6 engines (different types) and both sound fantastic.

[profstoff]

Problem is, you never really know what your car sounds like from the outside. After I got the Griff, Mrs Profstoff and I went for a drive, she in the S and me in the Griff. We pulled up alongside each other at a set of traffic lights and as we pulled away I heard the car and I can definitely say what a great sound it was.

[Podie]

At one of the PistonFest’s someone came round with a soundmeter… both my S and M@H’s were louder than most of the Cerbie’s…

[Rower]

I have a Stainless Steel Peninsular system on mine The resonance from s/s and the 60mm outlet pipes makes a supberb sound !

[Fire99]

one of the wonders of the world.. how TVR managed to make that Ford V6 sound so ace..

Yep a bit thumbs up from me..

[tvrgit]

Podie said:

At one of the PistonFest’s someone came round with a soundmeter… both my S and M@H’s were louder than most of the Cerbie’s…

The volume of sound is one thing (and I'm not decrying that for a second) but the quality of the sound is also important. Hell, you can make a 1.2 Corsa sound loud with a beancan exhaust, but is still sounds crap. The S sounds good, IMHO, even when (or maybe if) it isn't as loud as some others.

[Podie]

tvrgit said:

Podie said:

At one of the PistonFest’s someone came round with a soundmeter… both my S and M@H’s were louder than most of the Cerbie’s…

The volume of sound is one thing (and I'm not decrying that for a second) but the quality of the sound is also important. Hell, you can make a 1.2 Corsa sound loud with a beancan exhaust, but is still sounds crap. The S sounds good, IMHO, even when (or maybe if) it isn't as loud as some others.

Fair point.

Often used to get asked how long I'd owned the V8S... that help..?

[yellow peril]

We have just bought an 2.9 V6 'S' and she sounds lovely!

YP

[Podie]

yellow peril said:

We have just bought an 2.9 V6 'S' and she sounds lovely!

YP

Blimey... pictures..?

[ncs]

Podie said:

yellow peril said:

We have just bought an 2.9 V6 'S' and she sounds lovely!

YP

Blimey... pictures..?

Why do you want pictures of Pauline? You know what she looks like

Nick

[jimed]

... so is the S custard colour Pauline?? "Thinks" - I've never seen a yellow S ...
Jim

[pies]

Podie said:

yellow peril said:

We have just bought an 2.9 V6 'S' and she sounds lovely!

YP

Blimey... pictures..?

Yep you know the rules

[yellow peril]

Podie said:

yellow peril said:

We have just bought an 2.9 V6 'S' and she sounds lovely!

YP

Blimey... pictures..?

Now c'mon....you know I've always loved the 'S'

jimed said:

... so is the S custard colour Pauline?? "Thinks" - I've never seen a yellow S ...
Jim

Cheeky devil....less of the 'Custard' please
No...it's not Yellow

pies said:

Yep you know the rules

Hi Pies....don't want to hijack craggers thread so I've posted on the 'S' forum....


Sorry craggers.......


YP

[mgaut]

craggers said:

Better than Chim ?

my S3 with the Peninsular s/s system on sounded so much better than my Chim, and that's got no cats and sleeved rear box (i.e. straight through)

[Wildfire]

http://www.pistonheads.tv/clip291

Here's a clip of my old S Series up to 3000 rpm

[craggers]

Hmm tempting to buy "S" series now, what the insurance like? should be ok for classic policy.

[Rower]

craggers said:

Hmm tempting to buy "S" series now, what the insurance like? should be ok for classic policy.

I pay about £350 p.a Garaged with wife and I to drive 5K miles p.a

Just do it !