Sounding good

[Agent G]

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

[Kit Basher]

A big V8 with glass packs, or a 600HP V12.

[Cato]

Mine:

[mikevillena]

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

[freakshow12]

They do sound good. Trying to get a vid up of my little 5.8

Edited May 13, 2014 by freakshow12

[vypurr59]

This would do it for me

[majel]

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.

[W-409]

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

[Ramfins59]

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.

[slusher]

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...

[Aaronw]

Detroit Diesel 8V71, had one in the first engine I worked on. That is what a fire engine should sound like.

[Danno]

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!

[CJ1971]

Any HEMI! ???

[ChrisBcritter]

The incredible sound of Tommy Ivo's Showboat in the movie Bikini Beach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B07ByoCKGso

[Jantrix]

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.

[johnbuzzed]

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

[disabled modeler]

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.

[Ford guy]

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!

[Wagoneer81]

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...

[Longbox55]

http://youtu.be/8MZSsgTwSTI

[slusher]

Bill that 6cyl sounded good...

[Brett Barrow]

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...

[Ace-Garageguy]

... 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..

[Mike_G]

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

[Ace-Garageguy]

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