Agent G Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I was at a light yesterday evening sitting beside a honey in a Foxbody convertible. The car was a bit rough but that 5.0 sounded real sweet when the light went green. I had almost forgotten that sound, brought back some memories. What "does it" for you? G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Basher Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 A big V8 with glass packs, or a 600HP V12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikevillena Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) 1952 BRM V-16 Around 600 bhp from 1.5 liters (1500 cc) The sound is from Nick Mason's "In the Red". Nick Mason's car was driven around a circuit with the microphone stationary in the paddock so the exhaust note rises and falls and sometimes disappears as the car navigates the circuit. Edited May 13, 2014 by mikevillena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow12 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) They do sound good. Trying to get a vid up of my little 5.8 Edited May 13, 2014 by freakshow12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vypurr59 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 This would do it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majel Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 The sound of my 330hp 350 cubic inch1971 el camino as it starts up every morning!! She ain't pretty but she's all mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 For me it's this when I hit the throttle and the car leaves with both wheels off the ground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCacR4N92Ug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yeah, sweet sounds. I remember back when I had my '59 Dodge. I had it converted to dual exhausts with a pair of Cherry Bombs. It only had a 326 cu. in. engine but those glass packs gave it a real sweet sound. I used to be able to tell how fast I was going without looking at the speedo by the sound of the exhaust. Those were fun days. My friend Tom had a '67 Pontiac LeMans that had a beautiful rap..rap...rap sound when he let off the gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I had a 77 dodge truck with a 318 and dual exhaust with the long glass packs on it. Beautiful sound just right. Man I still regret letting it go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Detroit Diesel 8V71, had one in the first engine I worked on. That is what a fire engine should sound like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 That 440 Magnum with the air cleaner reversed and dual exhaust when the full-pedal-acceleration roar of the engine gulping air drowned out the siren. Living! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ1971 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Any HEMI! ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 The incredible sound of Tommy Ivo's Showboat in the movie Bikini Beach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B07ByoCKGso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 All of the above. Whether it's a throaty rumble, or a roar that scares small animals for three miles, and makes Ralph Nader wet himself, I love the sound of aggressive exhaust, no matter it's source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I had a '73 Challenger, 318 2-bbl with a "Lynx" air cleaner, with Cyclone headers and turbo mufflers- no crossover pipe- and the exhaust ended just after the rear pan with custom-bent stainless steel tips. The car sounded nice while I drove it, but I never heard it above idle outside the car(besides tuning) until the new owner drove it away... I do miss that car. I was able to control the turbo whistle in my Spirit by manipulating the gas pedal just the right amount. Pretty neat, especially driving alongside a median divider. Didn't have much of an exhaust note, though. But the big one that floats my boat is the exhaust note of the ("old") Sprint Cup car in which I drove ten laps at Charlotte. Soooooo cool, sooooo loud, even with the helmet. Well worth the price of admission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I will never forget the sound of my built 75 Trans Am I once owned feeling the engine run in your chest as you breathe....sweet music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I love the sound of a 5.0 Mustang too, that's why I've had 6 of'em! But when I was a teen ager, the guy down the street had a '74 Chevy pickup with a 350 and what he called "kackle pipes", man that thing sounded good! Especially after he nailed it' then let off the gas, that's when it kackled..............Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagoneer81 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 What sounds good to me? Any V8, gas or diesel, with true, dual exhaust... not the small diameter pipes, I'm talking 2 1/2 to 3" pipes, from the manifolds back with about 2 feet of 4" "cans" bringing up the rear. No cross over pipe. I did this with a '97 F-150 with a little 4.6L V8... Darn thing sounded like a big-block... Now, how did I get away with it? The first year that Ford built that style truck (technically, mine was a '96 1/2), they used small converters on each side and then wyed into a single muffler . Being that Indiana considers catalytic converters 'sound dampening chambers', we were legally able to run 2 1/2" pipe from the downstream O2 sensors, all the way back, with the 4" cans, with no mufflers... A little 4.6 with that exhaust put out a lovely, rich tone... until you put yer foot in it... Then it roared at you... Oh, that exhaust mod also improved my fuel mileage by 10% and increased my HP by 15-20 ponies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbox55 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://youtu.be/8MZSsgTwSTI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Bill that 6cyl sounded good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The sound of my dad's '69 El Camino SS396. He's been gone 19 years now, the Elky was gone a few years before that, but I can still hear it in my mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 ... The car was a bit rough but that 5.0 sounded real sweet when the light went green... I have to agree that the little Ford pushrod V8 is one of the sweetest sounding engines out there. The Porsche 928 V8 has an aural similarity. I love the sound of a Ford flathead through open pipes too, which is unique in all the world. Heavily-cammed drag-racing V8s staging and launching still make my pulse race, and the air-cooled, flat-six Porsche 911 engine still does it too. Big-inch 4-cylinder bike engines that rev like formula one cars do it, hot-rod 4-cylinder air-cooled Porsche and VW engines with light flywheels and 4-into-1 pipes, and just about anything with a V-12.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I used to love the sound of my "sleeper" RX4 coupe at 8,500rpm 5.0L Mustangs were my favorite prey- they'd holeshot me, but I'd pass them in 2nd gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) How could I possibly forget...radial aircraft engines lighting off, or cruising overhead late at night. When I was small and all of commercial aviation was radial-powered, I used to lie in bed at night and wonder where all the airplanes were going, imagining the softly-lit cabins and the beautifully dressed and perfumed women, when flying was still an adventure and an event. I've usually lived close to airports, often military bases, and I really miss the sounds of the big old round engines. I worked at a small airfield in Az. a few years back, and the neighboring hangar was the off-season home of a fleet of Canadair 215 firebombers, each powered by a pair of war-surplus Pratt & Whitney R-2800s. The high point of my week was often hearing the start and runup of those engines after overhaul or maintenance. Edited May 14, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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