What are your favourite engine types?

daedalus2097

V8

I have to say I like the V6, purely because it's small but packs a huge punch. Small enough that it can be fitted in place of the higher 4 cylinder types in a lot of cars. And because I've driven a couple of VW VR6s and they're just fantastic

Marcus.Aurelius

V10

Lexus 4.0 V8, fantastic. smooth. ahhhh

E92

V12

C_Breeze wrote: »

What about the Chevrolet Epica's L-6 engine .. I wonder what thats like!

Its like a straight 6 because it is a straight 6!

E92

V12

Mahatma coat wrote: »

Why isnt there an 'I love Diesel' bit.

seriously like when our Volvo F16 applies the exhaust brake, or driving the F7 Turbo up a hill with a hefty load of logs, these are beautiful sounds.

Are the Volvo F16 and F7 some kind of new Volvos that nobody has heard about? Cars use brake fluid to ehh brake, and the gearbox in the cae of a manual. No such thing as an exhaust brake, whatever that is.

As for an 'I love diesel' bit, diesels are all available in those engine formats(bar flat 6, and technically flat 4 and V12, but soon there will be a diesel flat 4 from Subaru, and Audi will soon have a Q7 V12 TDI), I never said it was a petrol only thing.

Gregor Samsa

E92 wrote: »

Are the Volvo F16 and F7 some kind of new Volvos that nobody has heard about?

Just coz you never heard of them, doesn't mean they don't exist :rolleyes:

http://www.volvo.com/trucks/global/en-gb/aboutus/history/1970s/F7.htm
http://www.volvo.com/trucks/global/en-gb/aboutus/history/1980s/F10_F12_and_F16.htm

No such thing as an exhaust brake, whatever that is.

You sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_brake

Max_Damage

V10

V8 all the way, but not any old V8, it has to be the American V8!

I'd take a 429 cubic inch Hemi V8 over any 4-banger rubbish any day (only if the finances prevailed!)

richie_rvf

V10

V8 for me

Here is a sample of my car - not the best but you get the idea;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzwh52rvZPU

Richie.

E92

V12

phutyle wrote: »

Just coz you never heard of them, doesn't mean they don't exist :rolleyes:

http://www.volvo.com/trucks/global/en-gb/aboutus/history/1970s/F7.htm
http://www.volvo.com/trucks/global/en-gb/aboutus/history/1980s/F10_F12_and_F16.htm



You sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_brake

Well since this Forum is about CARS, exhaust brakes don't exist in our world:D! And the only Volvos I know of and have any interst in are their CARS;)!

But at least I can sleep soundly knowing that Volvo cars aren't the only things with impressice safety cages and those fancy acronomys like SIPS and WHIPS:D!

Mahatma coat

flat 4

thank you Phutile although my trucks are a bit newer than the one from the seventies in the photo

E92, the question was about favourite engine sounds, those are mine.

also I would point out that I have 2 Detroit V12 Diesels sitting in the workshop here at the moment, so they do currently make a diesel V12


Exhaust brake through tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffGYV2XHLs

Diesel truck under load

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YXx4kytNU

SouperComputer

daedalus2097 wrote: »

I have to say I like the V6, purely because it's small but packs a huge punch. Small enough that it can be fitted in place of the higher 4 cylinder types in a lot of cars. And because I've driven a couple of VW VR6s and they're just fantastic

Im confused. Are you saying V6 or VR6? They are very different. The VR6 only has one head whereas V6 has two.

RobAMerc

V10

I imagine a lot of people said straight 6 because the BMW straight is the only distinct non 4 pot they know - but a v8 will beat it every time.

Those who have been lucky enough to live in Oz will know how a big V8 holden commodore or ford falcon can rattle your chest cavity as it trundles by, and the V8's can be heard tearing up roundabouts across the city at night like wild animal sounds in the jungle ( I am not joking ).

Has anyone heard a V8 AMG give it socks ? Sounds like the end of the world!

As for 6 cylinders - the flat 6 Porsche build is without doubt one of the best sounding engines in the world and makes the BMW one sound rather mute and tame I'm afraid - I drove both back to back a few days ago, Porsche wins hands down.

5 cylinders are great - with that off beat tune and sporty rasp. Audi's of years gone by sounded fantastic. More recently the Volvo one is a bit more tame but still sounds nice.

As for the rest I have not heard enough of them to know really - I mean they sound great but thats as much down to the individual engine as the configuration.

Mahatma coat

flat 4

RobAMerc wrote: »

I imagine a lot of people said straight 6 because the BMW straight is the only distinct non 4 pot they know - but a v8 will beat it every time.

Those who have been lucky enough to live in Oz will know how a big V8 holden commodore or ford falcon can rattle your chest cavity as it trundles by, and the V8's can be heard tearing up roundabouts across the city at night like wild animal sounds in the jungle ( I am not joking ).

Has anyone heard a V8 AMG give it socks ? Sounds like the end of the world!

As for 6 cylinders - the flat 6 Porsche build is without doubt one of the best sounding engines in the world and makes the BMW one sound rather mute and tame I'm afraid - I drove both back to back a few days ago, Porsche wins hands down.

5 cylinders are great - with that off beat tune and sporty rasp. Audi's of years gone by sounded fantastic. More recently the Volvo one is a bit more tame but still sounds nice.

As for the rest I have not heard enough of them to know really - I mean they sound great but thats as much down to the individual engine as the configuration.

I'd have to say that a turboed six can hold its own and oft come out on top against most of the V8's on the market

richie_rvf

V10

Mahatma coat wrote: »

I'd have to say that a turboed six can hold its own and oft come out on top against most of the V8's on the market

....and a turboed V8 or a SC'd V8 would come out on top of any forced induction six....

this is one of those debates that will never end

zilog_jones

flat 4

I voted straight six, but I'm not really sure. Subaru's flat 4s and 6s sound awesome with noisy exhausts (have yet to hear the latter in real life though), and so do any of the sporty VTECs. Also, anything made by TVR.

Only things I've driven myself have been a Hyundai Atoz and my Fiesta with a 1.3 pushrod that sounds like a magical bag of oily nails

Dwilly

V10

I once drove a 3 cylinder Suzuki. Sounded great when you floored it, even though you were barely moving.

Must be the odd number of cyls like the 5 cylinder VAGs a few years back.

CarLover

flat 4

Yes..guilty as charged. I voted straight 6 cos I own one

If I'm honest I love the roar of many a Ferrari I've heard...and the 4.2 V8 in the XKRR is outstanding. Sounds like someone pissed off a lion or something
But for everyday use the straight 6 is great...lovely, lovely hum...smooth as a baby's bottom and relatively cheap for chucking fuel into!!

Let's face it though...we'd all love a dirty big V12 under our bonnets if funds allowed!!!

JHMEG

5 cylinder

RobAMerc wrote: »

I imagine a lot of people said straight 6 because the BMW straight is the only distinct non 4 pot they know <snip> BMW one sound rather mute and tame I'm afraid

I'd agree with this. Someone posted a link a few posts back to an E34 6-cyl M5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an5crbsOj00
To echo RobAMerc that sounds somewhat mute and tame to me!

This sound from this lowly I4 impresses me more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jcF3ObQkVc

kdevitt

flat 4

RobAMerc wrote: »

Those who have been lucky enough to live in Oz will know how a big V8 holden commodore or ford falcon can rattle your chest cavity as it trundles by, and the V8's can be heard tearing up roundabouts across the city at night like wild animal sounds in the jungle ( I am not joking ).

I'm in Sydney now - and while those big V8's are loud, they don't sound nice... its almost like all of them have a huge hole in the exhaust system.

maidhc

4 cylinder(in line)

Picked 3 cylinder because I love the engine that was fitted to the small ford tractors in the 70's and 80's. Lovely simple engine to work on, will last forever and will always start.

SouperComputer

JHMEG wrote: »

I'd agree with this. Someone posted a link a few posts back to an E34 6-cyl M5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an5crbsOj00
To echo RobAMerc that sounds somewhat mute and tame to me!

This sound from this lowly I4 impresses me more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jcF3ObQkVc

For some reason I like the understated snarl and howl that the S36 makes, its one of my favourite sounds actually. Its not stupid loud and doesnt sound stressed or manic, thats how I like my road car engines to be. The nascar engines ive worked with sound awesome under acceleration through the gears and are amongst my favourite track engines alongside the mid 50's Mercedes engines with desmodrinc valves.

I've worked with and driven all kinds of engines from single cylinder engines that pull over 24K RPM and produce 360 HP/L to I6, VR6, Flat4, V8, V12, in both racing and road config. It would be fair to say that BMW I6's are far from the only non-I4 I am familiar with.

The Integra does nothing for me, it just sounds like a mid 90's BTCC engine, rough as a bears arse I have to say though, I saw an e36 (I think) fitted with a B20 (again I think) a while ago and it was hilarious to watch the tacho to wayyy off the scale.

Horses for courses I guess. But I admit I'm probably a bit of a freak hehe.

JHMEG

5 cylinder

SouperComputer wrote:

it just sounds like a mid 90's BTCC engine, rough as a bears arse

As you say horses for courses. Sounds superb to me! Lovely raw sound. Minor technicality but the BMW had an F20C from an S2000, bigger B-series were usually lazy.

I posted over on the modified forum about this one. Fantastic roar from 5k all the way up past 10k rpm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzW8ECb5xWk

SouperComputer

JHMEG wrote: »

AMinor technicality but the BMW had an F20C from an S2000, bigger B-series were usually lazy.

haha, yea I reconed I would be off with some of the details!

E92

V12

SouperComputer wrote: »

For some reason I like the understated snarl and howl that the S36 makes, its one of my favourite sounds actually. Its not stupid loud and doesnt sound stressed or manic

The Integra does nothing for me, it just sounds like a mid 90's BTCC engine, rough as a bears arse I have to say though, I saw an e36 (I think) fitted with a B20 (again I think) a while ago and it was hilarious to watch the tacho to wayyy off the scale.

I'd echo that.

Neither the 10 k rpm Civic nor the Integra raise my heartbeat even slightly. Even at the rev limiter.

The engines would drive me mad if I had to listen to the every day.

The BMW on the other hand may not rev anything like as high, but it sounds better at any rpm than the Hondas, so it doesn't matter. It muist be said that the quality of the vid is poor, the non M5 E34s make a nicer sound than that!

This 335i sounds like a proper straight 6 BMW, just listen to it a 7,000 rpm! And notice how good it sounds(IMHO) when it accelerates in 2nd gear. Unlike a lot of engines a straight 6 makes a great(if sometimes subdued) noise at low and high revs.

It must be said that all engines sound a lot nicer in the real world than on youtube, so maybe the VTEC 4 pot Honda sounds great in reality at tose stratospheric revs. But I'm sure the BMWs sound a lot better too.

Anyway, if we all loved straight 6's or 4 bangers life would be very boring indeed!

Biro

V8

E92 wrote: »

I'd echo that.

Neither the 10 k rpm Civic nor the Integra raise my heartbeat even slightly. Even at the rev limiter.

The engines would drive me mad if I had to listen to the every day.

The BMW on the other hand may not rev anything like as high, but it sounds better at any rpm than the Hondas, so it doesn't matter. It muist be said that the quality of the vid is poor, the non M5 E34s make a nicer sound than that!

This 335i sounds like a proper straight 6 BMW, just listen to it a 7,000 rpm! And notice how good it sounds(IMHO) when it accelerates in 2nd gear. Unlike a lot of engines a straight 6 makes a great(if sometimes subdued) noise at low and high revs.

It must be said that all engines sound a lot nicer in the real world than on youtube, so maybe the VTEC 4 pot Honda sounds great in reality at tose stratospheric revs. But I'm sure the BMWs sound a lot better too.

Anyway, if we all loved straight 6's or 4 bangers life would be very boring indeed!

You're beginning to sound like you've never been in anything other than a I6 BMW...

E92

V12

Biro wrote: »

You're beginning to sound like you've never been in anything other than a I6 BMW...

Oh dear....:D

I've been in many many cars, and not that many are BMWs at all. Mercs, BMWs, Fords, Toyotas, VW, Audi, Skoda(including my absolute least favourite car of all time the Estelle), Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, Fiat, Honda,Nissan(including the almost-as-bad-as-the-Estelle Serena), Volvo.... will I go on, because I can think of at least 10 other makes I've travelled in:D?

I've been in cars with I6,I4,I5,V6,V8 and I3 engines.

My own car is an I4(and its not a BMW either, its a Volvo:o, but in my defence, its the fastest thing I can afford to insure).

I've had the pleasure of hearing V12s, V10s, Wankels, flat 4's and flat 6's too.

I've heard the noise the Ferrari Enzo and F50 make. Its a million times nicer than an I6 BMW(obviously). The noise of a flat 6 Porsche is also a lot better than a BMW 6 pot too. The 360's V8 is like no other V8 I've ever heard. It is absolutely amazing. Again, an awful lot nicer than an I6 or a V8 BMW.

I don't like repeating myself, so I won't:D, but needless to say I've given my reasons for my love of straight 6's already earlier on in this thread.

el tel

I supppose it simply boils to the texture, mood and ambient (preferably soft) lighting but at the end of the day any port is good in a storm, as they they say.:)

Marcus.Aurelius

V10

el tel wrote: »

I supppose it simply boils to the texture, mood and ambient (preferably soft) lighting but at the end of the day any port is good in a storm, as they they say.:)

Not wishing to throw more fuel (geddit??? ) on the fire, the lexus 4.0 V8 from the LS is so smooth. I did the silly little test with the plastic cup of water on the engine body. Barely any ripple or movement. Brought a silly childish smile to my face.

I love the hoover sound of the car as it moves along, and the blowing of the twin exhausts. While I will admit that a good V6 can sound wonderfully sporty, and that other V8s have a fantastic snarl, I really do like the whisper of the Lexus V8, smooth.

Sigh.....:p

JHMEG

5 cylinder

Lexus smooth:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7621622662327174932

Henry Ford III

V6

I have a few favourites:-

1/. Flat 6. Porsche 911 - air cooled.

2/. Audi Quattro S1

3/. Ford Escort RS1600/1800 BDA

4/. TVR V8's.

mrvan

V12

has anybody heard the new jag xkr4.2