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What are your favourite engine types?
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V6Forget 4 pots, especially Honda V-Tech engines, they make the worst noise possible IMO, like a Vespa !
The thing with modern cars is that the CAT's usually restrict the aural pleasure and forced induction do the same to the inlet noise.
The BMW 6 have a lovely induction roar, which is nicer that the V8's, but the latter has a far better exhaust note especially in uncatalysed form. Hard to beat a Yankee muscle car, especially at low RPM's juts gurgling past. No other engine can give that bassy rumble.
The Flat 6 Porsche is superb, the howl when it comes on cam is awesome and as mentioned the ur-quattro has a lovely off-beath thrum. Incidentally i thought Volvo dropped the 5cyl. engines a few years back ....no ?
The AMG Kompressor cars are nice and loud and do generate a NASCAR-esque type track.
A lot of the Ferrari's now have v8's with flat plane cranks, like some TVR's, and to me they sound awful, as do the V10 BMW's.
V12's in general are so smooth it can be hard to hear them, but the later Astons sound the best IMO.
BTW its apart from the cylinder layout, its the firing order, as determined by the camshaft, that distinguishes the sound and makes certain engines unique. Not all with similar layouts are the same, its the actual noise of air being sucked, compressed and blown out that makes the noise.
A ford V8 sounds different to a small block Chevy, the latter being much nicer !
I think the carb fed Alfa 3.0V6 is possibly the nicest I have heard !
Anyone remember the feature that Classic Cars did on "Classic Engines", a whole series a few years back, it was pretty cool !0 -
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