best sounding car ever made?

[PeeBee]

Originally Posted by FaytalsCamaro

IMO nothing sounds better than a v8. The V8 ROARS when floored. V10 and V12 SCREAMs. Its almost to high for me to like it more than the V8. . And nothing sounds better than a CAMMED V8

Spot on

[PeeBee]

Originally Posted by upflying

Best sounding airplane.

Make that any airplane fitted with the Rolls Royce Merlin (Spitfire, Hurricane, P51 C/D)

My personal 2nd and third best:

BRM V16:


Mazda 787B (heard that one in Le Mans, was ABSOLUTELY amazing to "locate" the car on track only by listening to the sound)

[Mindz]

Hands down the best sounding engine ever made.

[The Blue Angel]

Nothing like a F1 going through a tunnel:

[LimaCharlie]

A cammed LSx engine with headers/full exhaust sounds the best I think:



Best sounding racing is the Unlimited class at Reno Air Races:



NASCAR Sprint Cup is a close 2nd:

[LSXaddict]

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

Well, the XF-84H turboprop actually has that distinction. In a sense, quite literally. The thing made a constant sonic boom as the ends of the props were breaking the speed of sound even before the plane started to taxi. They called it 'Thunderscreech'.

Nausea among crew members was common. The thing would knock people over just by running the engine. You could hear it 20 miles away when it was on the ground. The thing could screw up equipment in the control tower by its vibration.

Anything that does that could make you piss your pants uncontrollably

I am sure it's not as loud as the XF-84H but have you ever heard a gulfstream III use full reversers? In my year and a half working at the airport I never heard any thing louder than those GIII's. Even with the "hush" kits they were louder than 98% of the other aircraft we had coming in.

As for cars I think it's really tough but I do love a cammed V8 sound but will still take the high revving 4.0l V8 in the current M3. God that motor sounds wonderful.

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by LSXaddict

I am sure it's not as loud as the XF-84H but have you ever heard a gulfstream III use full reversers? In my year and a half working at the airport I never heard any thing louder than those GIII's. Even with the "hush" kits they were louder than 98% of the other aircraft we had coming in.

As for cars I think it's really tough but I do love a cammed V8 sound but will still take the high revving 4.0l V8 in the current M3. God that motor sounds wonderful.

No never hear that G3 but I'm told it's really loud

[AWSME SS]

Sounds like a swarm of bees.

[SEVEN-OH JOE]

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

The BEST sounding factory car I ever heard was a '70 Road Runner 440 Hemi Six Pack.

Which was it: a 426 HEMI? Or a WEDGE 440 6 BBL? (Dodges were 6 PACK)

They're two entirely different engines.