Favorite sounding cars/engines by cylinder count

1MOREMOD · 10-05-2017, 09:15 PM

Yeah you're right there are some sweet sounding chainsaws out there

wdb · 10-05-2017, 10:26 PM

4: mgb with stebro exh
6: still conflicted between N52 and S54 although big Healy is nice too
I'll have to get back to on the rest

EDIT: 12: 1960s F1 Matra. Sweetest engine I ever heard.

Paul-Bracq-BMW · 10-05-2017, 11:45 PM

V12: the 3 liter Tipo 168/62 from the Ferrari 250 GTO and Testarossa. Small displacement V12 are just amazing...

You can hear it here:

Honda 3 litre V12 Formula one engine:

Paul-Bracq-BMW · 10-05-2017, 11:54 PM

V8 biturbo from the Ferrari F40 Le Mans race car, driven by Formula one legend Jacques Laffite (with loafers!): there's a lot to learn here on how to properly drive: the quickness of the upshifts, the perfectly rev-matched downshifts and the calm hands ;-). How he upshifts to 4th gear at 2:45 is simply incredible.

Paul-Bracq-BMW · 10-06-2017, 12:12 AM

Inline 6: of course the BMW M1 Procar.

c1pher · 10-07-2017, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul-Bracq-BMW

V12: the 3 liter Tipo 168/62 from the Ferrari 250 GTO and Testarossa. Small displacement V12 are just amazing...

You can hear it here:

Honda 3 litre V12 Formula one engine:

Very nice!

Archie Bunker · 10-07-2017, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mingwan

6 cylinder: F8x M3/4

Stop it.

NorCal f80 · 10-07-2017, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Don't forget Honda lawn mower in the 1 cylinder category

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Yeah you're right there are some sweet sounding chainsaws out there

Yes that would be the f8x platform.

NorCal f80 · 10-07-2017, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mingwan

favorite sounding engines:
6 cylinder: F8x M3/4

funny quote of the day

wdb · 10-08-2017, 01:48 PM

The F1 engines sounded even better but I'm having a hard time finding a good sound clip. In the meantime here is the Matra V12 in LeMans trim.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/10/...ers-v12-thing/

Shazz · 10-08-2017, 02:00 PM

Surprised no one has mentioned the Subaru WRX STI boxer engine for 4 cylinder?! I will always have a soft spot for it as it was THE car to get when I got my driving licence - the Colin McRae shape.

wdb · 10-08-2017, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazz

Surprised no one has mentioned the Subaru WRX STI boxer engine for 4 cylinder?! I will always have a soft spot for it as it was THE car to get when I got my driving licence - the Colin McRae shape.

Great choice. When I had my STi and was deep into those cars, I knew guys who put equal length headers on (bye bye boxer grumble) and took them off again just to get the grumble back. I know I loved the sound -- as long as it wasn't too riced out with stupid exhaust tricks!

NorCal f80 · 10-08-2017, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazz

Surprised no one has mentioned the Subaru WRX STI boxer engine for 4 cylinder?! I will always have a soft spot for it as it was THE car to get when I got my driving licence - the Colin McRae shape.

the problem is it reminds me of a 3 cylinder honda, 4th cylinder not firing.

c1pher · 10-08-2017, 03:51 PM

TBH when people reviewed the 4cyl Cayman and compared the sound to a Subaru, I don’t think it was a compliment. They do have a disctinct sound though.

M2Nebula · 10-08-2017, 04:20 PM

I'll put money down on this for the 6cyl category>

Viffermike · 10-09-2017, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MGM135is

TBH when people reviewed the 4cyl Cayman and compared the sound to a Subaru, I don’t think it was a compliment. They do have a disctinct something nd though.

Shazz wdb : As an owner of a 718 Cayman and a former owner of a WRX, I can say definitively that they sound very little like each other, particularly off idle. The 718 fours sound more like an air-cooled 911, actually -- and revved up on the track, they sound more like a Ducati (yes, I've heard all firsthand, and recently.)

Every single flat-4 Porsche has ever made sounds better than any flat-4 Subaru has ever made. Bank on it.

#TheEarthIsFlat

KingOfJericho · 10-09-2017, 04:13 PM

W16: Bugatti Chiron. VERY stiff competition in this segment but I finally narrowed it down...

c1pher · 10-09-2017, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Viffermike

Shazz wdb : As an owner of a 718 Cayman and a former owner of a WRX, I can say definitively that they sound very little like each other, particularly off idle. The 718 fours sound more like an air-cooled 911, actually -- and revved up on the track, they sound more like a Ducati (yes, I've heard all firsthand, and recently.)

Every single flat-4 Porsche has ever made sounds better than any flat-4 Subaru has ever made. Bank on it.

#TheEarthIsFlat

I really convinced myself I was going to get a new Cayman or CPO Cayman S. I love how they look and the interior is very nice. I did end up going with a Corvette though.

FrostyDC4 · 10-10-2017, 05:10 PM

The BRM V16 and the Matra V12. Everything else sounds lame.

c1pher · 10-10-2017, 10:53 PM

I’ll have to check those out, thanks.

3798j · 10-11-2017, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by FrostyDC4

The BRM V16 and the Matra V12. Everything else sounds lame.

Think the word "brutal" best describes these two engines. While the BRM V16 was before my days attending F1 races, it must have been wonderful to hear a 1.5 liter super charged 16 cylinder being driven in anger.

I saw (and heard) the Matra 3.0 liter V12 a good number of times. You could tell it was coming way before you saw it...nothing else in the field sounded like it. You felt it as much as heard it.

If we're talking other brutal sounding F1 engines, I'd have to include the BRM 3.0 liter H16 and as mentioned before, Honda's RA300...which I was lucky enough to stand near enough in the pits to watch the tach blip to close to 12,000 rpm.
and if it's the sweetest sounding F1 engine, for me, it was the 1965 Ferrari 1.5 liter flat 12.

FrostyDC4 · 10-11-2017, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 3798j

Think the word "brutal" best describes these two engines. While the BRM V16 was before my days attending F1 races, it must have been wonderful to hear a 1.5 liter super charged 16 cylinder being driven in anger.

I saw (and heard) the Matra 3.0 liter V12 a good number of times. You could tell it was coming way before you saw it...nothing else in the field sounded like it. You felt it as much as heard it.

If we're talking other brutal sounding F1 engines, I'd have to include the BRM 3.0 liter H16 and as mentioned before, Honda's RA300...which I was lucky enough to stand near enough in the pits to watch the tach blip to close to 12,000 rpm.
and if it's the sweetest sounding F1 engine, for me, it was the 1965 Ferrari 1.5 liter flat 12.

The BRM V-16 is very unique and brutal sounding. At WOT the sound is scary and carries on for miles

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Paul-Bracq-BMW Moderator 4131 Rep 1,973 Posts Drives: 1981 323i, sports M5, LSD Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	V12: the 3 liter Tipo 168/62 from the Ferrari 250 GTO and Testarossa. Small displacement V12 are just amazing... You can hear it here: Honda 3 litre V12 Formula one engine: __________________ 1981 323i, 143 Kashmir-Metallic, 0094 Pergament, Sports M5, LSD.
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Paul-Bracq-BMW Moderator 4131 Rep 1,973 Posts Drives: 1981 323i, sports M5, LSD Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	V8 biturbo from the Ferrari F40 Le Mans race car, driven by Formula one legend Jacques Laffite (with loafers!): there's a lot to learn here on how to properly drive: the quickness of the upshifts, the perfectly rev-matched downshifts and the calm hands ;-). How he upshifts to 4th gear at 2:45 is simply incredible. __________________ 1981 323i, 143 Kashmir-Metallic, 0094 Pergament, Sports M5, LSD.
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