In reply to Streetwiseguy :
My Dad's 71 Z28 sounded pretty good too
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
My Dad's 71 Z28 sounded pretty good too
I'm partial to a cammed inline 6.
Another vote for a top fuel car - idling after they kick in the nitro. Pure evil - its a wonderful thing.
Can you hear the freedom.
Driven5 said:In reply to Appleseed :
Not the best video/audio, but I change my answer!
Need to get my mustang out for some pics with this mustang.
Edit: longer version:
I wish I knew how to post a video because you Merlin fanboys obviously never heard an R2800 in a Corsair or Bearcat.
Good friend's new 1967 Vette, 427/425 w/ side pipes. Took a 6 hr. round trip w/ him and had ringing in my ears for days !
Mndsm said:500 abarths sound insane to me. I'll take that.
I think mine sounds great
(this is not mine)
spitfirebill said:I wish I knew how to post a video because you Merlin fanboys obviously never heard an R2800 in a Corsair or Bearcat.
Well I have heard both. Radial engines have an odd number of cylinders per bank and just don’t sound as smooth as an a water cooled V12. Maybe with one exception. The Pratt and Whitney 4460. I heard B 36 with those and I think the last P5M Had those as well. I think they were later down graded to 3350’s when they were sold off to the forest service for fire bombers.
In fact the current ringing in my ears comes from slightly over 1000 flight hours yanking and banking a Grumman S2E tracker on and off Essex class aircraft carriers. But as grateful as I am for those radials nothing beats the sound of that V 12 It doesn’t matter if it’s in a plane, an unlimited Hydro or a tractor puller.
GMs 60° V6s have always had a deep muscular sound at idle. Especially with a resonator delete. Unfortunately they sound like raspy haggard ass at anything above idle.
I mean, cold start 5.0 mustang with exhaust work usually sounds soo good
my personal favorite is a slightly warmed up 48 flathead Ford. I am using that for the target idle should of my 4.0L Lexus powered Spitfire at idle, but with a bit more scream at speed.
In reply to frenchyd :
Well I disagree if we are talking about the sound at idle.
spitfirebill said:In reply to frenchyd :
Well I disagree if we are talking about the sound at idle.
Please explain why?
To me the exhaust of a V12 is smooth and even because of the equal firing order and equal length exhaust stubs.
A radial engine has an unequal firing order and each exhaust travels a. Different length because of the collectors used on a radial.
stafford1500 said:my personal favorite is a slightly warmed up 48 flathead Ford. I am using that for the target idle should of my 4.0L Lexus powered Spitfire at idle, but with a bit more scream at speed.
Well a Flathead Ford/Mercury has different port lengths due to the shared exhaust port configuration and the firing order with adjacent cylinders firing anywhere from 90 to 270 degree’s apart.
Suprf1y said:T.J. said:Since this is frency's thread, why not give him what he wants?
Because he'll still find a reason to argue about it
Thanks lmao
I have grown *very* find of the noises the E55 of mine makes, from idle to redline. The idle is quiet, civilized, but.. menacing. I just love it.
failboat said:I mean, cold start 5.0 mustang with exhaust work usually sounds soo good
I had a Lincoln MkVII, 302 with dual straight pipes. At idle something about the sound was just... perfect.
This thread is killing me because I can't find a snippet of the KR Proton early MotoGP bike idling from the movie Faster.
It wasn't pretty, but it was absolutely visceral.
Failing that, I wish I could embed the WSBK-spec Aprilia RSV4 I heard into the page from my own memory banks.
Oddly, those are really the ones that gripped me at idle. OTOH, years before I got my Aprilia RSVR, one of those idling also had my attention. It had such presence. I dig Ducatis, too, with or without dry clutch jangle.
So a V5, a V4, and some twins... 
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