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paranoid_android74 Reader
6/4/13 4:55 p.m.

Driving home today a ratty Ford Ranger pulled up best to me at a light. The light changed and we took off and it was the most God-awful rusted out exhaust, no maintenance done in ten years engine/exhaust note I have ever heard.

So I thought to myself, what sounds the best?

This is my all time favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbBJQ4chhM&sns=em

I hope I didn't just hotlink that

mad_machine MegaDork
6/4/13 4:57 p.m.

I don;t have a soundtrack.. but I have been pleasantly surprised by the 5 cylinder in my Volvo. It doesn't sound special at idle, but once the intake starts to resonate with the din of 5 cylinders gulping for air, it sounds bigger and more powerful than it really is

ransom UltraDork
6/4/13 5:01 p.m.

I think part of it may be overdriven microphones, but that Shell Ferrari ad as we hit the '70s... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iItzJc-NHI4#t=51s

z31maniac PowerDork
6/4/13 5:02 p.m.

Lexus LFA

Swank Force One MegaDork
6/4/13 5:02 p.m.

I'm pretty stuck on these two at the moment.

Bridgeported 12A turbo.
http://youtu.be/0d9M1G35MTE

Bridgeported 13B turbo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbjZHHyXA4

OH, and the old Audi 5 cylinder 20v motors make me pee myself.

1988RedT2 UberDork
6/4/13 5:03 p.m.

My favorite would be something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPfghudUfoM

A little rotary bark and a lot of turbo whine.

EvanB PowerDork
6/4/13 5:07 p.m.

Swank Force One wrote: I'm pretty stuck on these two at the moment. Bridgeported 12A turbo. http://youtu.be/0d9M1G35MTE Bridgeported 13B turbo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbjZHHyXA4

I vote peripheral port.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQkhE6BOwK4

Swank Force One MegaDork
6/4/13 5:21 p.m.

EvanB wrote:
Swank Force One wrote: I'm pretty stuck on these two at the moment. Bridgeported 12A turbo. http://youtu.be/0d9M1G35MTE Bridgeported 13B turbo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbjZHHyXA4
I vote peripheral port. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQkhE6BOwK4

Related: http://youtu.be/DyoExpjNMGE

Knurled UltraDork
6/4/13 5:22 p.m.

I loves me the rotaries but the sound pales to an Audi five with Group B too-large camshafts, with an equal length header and a too-large turbo.

The howl... the howl...

Here's a more modern rendition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLc6Kwn0DW4

N Sperlo MegaDork
6/4/13 5:28 p.m.

RB20DET: "Blum Blum Blum Blum"

I need to go clean up now...

I <3 Dos Equis....

Swank Force One MegaDork
6/4/13 5:31 p.m.

Knurled wrote: I loves me the rotaries but the sound pales to an Audi five with Group B too-large camshafts, with an equal length header and a too-large turbo. The howl... the howl... Here's a more modern rendition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLc6Kwn0DW4

Agreed. Though i like mine in Dahlback, Martinsson, or Jonus Racing form.

The Jonus Audi 90 is just wrong. "The General Lee" Audi 80 is ridiculous.

Toyman01 PowerDork
6/4/13 5:34 p.m.

This:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLNQaSkTOiY

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvjzk3qaP8

Then again, I love me some V8 as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKH2RWZdZhM

Javelin MegaDork
6/4/13 5:36 p.m.

This 4-rotor FD RX-7 haunts my dreams day and night.

crankwalk Reader
6/4/13 5:44 p.m.

4 rotor , Big Block Chevy, 4g63 with 272s, Any v12 Ferrari, 2jz

FSP_ZX2 Dork
6/4/13 5:47 p.m.

With all due respect to the cars, I would prefer my engine sound to come from a Merlin at about 400mph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXqnCI1B_9g

m4ff3w UltraDork
6/4/13 5:52 p.m.

Alfa V6 /thread

Kenny_McCormic Dork
6/4/13 6:11 p.m.

The Porsche 917, and the Ford GT40, they sound like race cars should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha2ZqP-Hnvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGUwvBG3rQ

Uncoiled Reader
6/4/13 6:18 p.m.

I love me some Vr6.. and also a BMW straight 6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYONOP-WH4

Will Dork
6/4/13 6:32 p.m.

I only miss 2 things about my CTS-V: the brakes, and the noise. It made real Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God kind of noises. I wish I had a better recording of it.

Corsa exhaust on an LS6

accordionfolder Reader
6/4/13 6:34 p.m.

Lamborghini Aventador

or

Lexus LFA

mad_machine MegaDork
6/4/13 6:39 p.m.

Found me a good sound Volvo

Turbo 5 cylinder Volvo

stuart in mn PowerDork
6/4/13 6:49 p.m.

e28 M5, just posted on Petrolicious: http://www.petrolicious.com/the-unassumingly-powerful-bmw-m5

Jaynen Dork
6/4/13 6:58 p.m.

Honda RC166

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRop_ZMwo0

aussiesmg UltimaDork
6/4/13 7:00 p.m.

All 3 at once are right here

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-Datsun-B210-GX-ex-Craig-Angel-vintage-race-car-SCCA-Log-19-065-/151057552337?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item232bbb53d1