what makes a car sound good? (in terms of engine/exhaust noise)

[derekthetree]

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

You are actually kidding me right..? The M3 engine sounds like a bag of rusty nails being thrown at a victorian blackboard and a window at idle...

whereas an audi sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner, with a tiny box of nails being rattled in the background...

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

The M3 sounds good. And that's the end.

no

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

It cannot beat the Audi 5-pot 2.2Turbo or the 2.7TT end of.

no

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

Oh Porshce engines are to die for too, the flat six in my neighbors 1994 993 Turbo is so loud and makes the windows rattle, even at about 2,000rpm, it's amazing.

no

Originally Posted by derekthetree

whereas an audi sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner, with a tiny box of nails being rattled in the background...

yes

911 turbo's sound pretty dull all round. GT3's are where it's at, and even their idle sounds a bit rubbish, like BMW's

[Waugh-terfall]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

no

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911 turbo's sound pretty dull all round. GT3's are where it's at, and even their idle sounds a bit rubbish, like BMW's

I'm guessing a GT3 ClubSport sounds the same as the normal GT3? I've only ever heard the 997 GT3 RS and 996 GT3 CS

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

911 turbo's sound pretty dull all round. GT3's are where it's at, and even their idle sounds a bit rubbish, like BMW's

But who wants to hear the engines idling? I'm much more interested in the sound when they are revving/on the move.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

I'm guessing a GT3 ClubSport sounds the same as the normal GT3? I've only ever heard the 997 GT3 RS and 996 GT3 CS

depends if it's stock or not. i have heard a GT3 CS that sounded like a pumped up subaru boxer rumble..very deep.

Originally Posted by Ferrer

But who wants to hear the engines idling? I'm much more interested in the sound when they are revving/on the move.

true, but engines like a bridgeported rotary or a V8 with a lumpy cam can sound very menacing at idle.

[Slicks]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

But who wants to hear the engines idling? I'm much more interested in the sound when they are revving/on the move.

Listen to this thing idle.
http://video.ls1tech.com/search/9.51...a1ef26c803.htm

[The_Canuck]

I hate the way muscle car sounds. Too boring and souless.

Sounds like they're only trying to be loud.

[Slicks]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

I hate the way muscle car sounds. Too boring and souless.

Sounds like they're only trying to be loud.

LMFAO... Youve never heard a muscle car IRL...

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by Slicks

LMFAO... Youve never heard a muscle car IRL...

That is pretty funny!
He should go for a ride in an 11-sec Yenko Camaro or a 10-sec Super Stock Hemi Dart or Barracuda.
You don't just hear those powerful engines... you can feel the power they make.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Fleet 500

That is pretty funny!
He should go for a ride in an 11-sec Yenko Camaro or a 10-sec Super Stock Hemi Dart or Barracuda.
You don't just hear those powerful engines... you can feel the power they make.

...meh

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

...meh

What exactly does "meh" mean?

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by Slicks

Listen to this thing idle.
http://video.ls1tech.com/search/9.51...a1ef26c803.htm

It sounds good (of course), but if for some reason it sounded rubbish at speed what would be the point? Of course it isn't the case here.

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

I hate the way muscle car sounds. Too boring and souless.

"Boring" and "souless?" That's hardly what I would describe something like a 426-Hemi with open headers.

Sounds like they're only trying to be loud.

They are not "trying to be loud," they are naturally loud and have to be muffled to be street legal. When they are loud, they are closer to being in their original state.

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by IWantAnAudiRS6

I love the creamy wuffle of a big American V8- something with a suitably lumpy idle, maybe a Dodge Charger R/T (1968) with huge cams.

I agree. You mean something like this, right...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQJoYP5oZQ

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Fleet 500

What exactly does "meh" mean?

i don't really feel excited by either of those cars. Although leaving that out of it the older muscle cars do sound good. not a fan of last gen camaro's and trans ams and what have you, they lost something their predecessors had