V8's from around the world

fonecrusher1

Ford Mustang V8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYk1nGLSAFk

Aston M V8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRJYQ1Vc0nA

Ferrari V8

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

Audi R8 V8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQK4X1O1HE

My personal favourite has got to be.....come on you know it, its the F430. Have another listen, you know you want to.

The Aston comes a very close second.

af_thefragile

Right now this is my favorite V8 sports car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpINKXTQ6c

And this my favorite V8 muscle car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYAr38BfGzk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_GOiXcs9n4

Hard to find a decent video of the Dodge's sound.
But they both sound absolutely heavenly!! Just like a V8 should!!! Loud with that characteristic low throaty burble roar of the V8 muscle we've all come to know. Not a big fan of the high pitched high revving scream of a Ferrari V8.

bazz26

Not a V8 but the NSX still sounds good for a little V6:

mike65

When I win the lotto....

From Switzerland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mHCrBl0sUo

From Italy with 4 doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdrp16MjUjM

stealthyspeeder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU

fonecrusher1

How could i forget. The classic multipurpose legend that is the Rover V8. Listen to this angry capri.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rcZVJhJ3M

mike65

Bloody Australians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9pnA7rLIk

fonecrusher1

mike65 wrote: »

Bloody Australians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9pnA7rLIk

A ridiculous looking car that just looks wrong from every angle except straight-on. Stupid, stupid stupid.

And i want one.:o

Seriously, V8 muscle car that can take sheets of 8x4....oh yes. Not exactly a frugal way of getting rid of an oul washing machine though.

Big Nasty

No V8 anywhere, ever, will beat the sound of a V8 Muscle Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzF8o_fcyXY

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

And finally, my little beast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBF1iMsc8XM

stealthyspeeder

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I came a wee bit!

Big Nasty

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

I came a wee bit!

That's how we roll dude!

JHMEG

Wot? No Chevy 350? FFS! Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSNQcH8Jlo

Honda is the sole engine supplier for the Indycar series, are all V8s. Kinda ironic as the company doesn't have a V8 in a commercial offering. Completely different to the Chevy.

3.5L, 600bhp, redline just over 10k rpm. Nowhere near as awesome as the Chevy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6gPEKmFk0

Bodhan

I'm afraid to pick a fav sounding car, but this is the greatest thread ever started in Motors!

Big Nasty

JHMEG wrote: »

Wot? No Chevy 350? FFS! Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck!

If you like your trucks dude, I mean real trucks - or semis as they call 'em have a gander at this! :eek:

Big Nasty

Bodhan wrote: »

I'm afraid to pick a fav sounding car, but this is the greatest thread ever started in Motors!

Quite right dude! V8 ROCKS!

See ya in Kilbeggan!

af_thefragile

MCMLXXV wrote: »

No V8 anywhere, ever, will beat the sound of a V8 Muscle Car

Ohhhhh... that is very orgasmic!!!
6secs of pure bliss!!!!

Forgot about the legendary Hemi Cuda there!!

Bodhan

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Quite right dude! V8 ROCKS!

See ya in Kilbeggan!

Good man, I'll be there!

BigEejit

MCMLXXV wrote: »

JHMEG wrote: »

Wot? No Chevy 350? FFS! Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck!

If you like your trucks dude, I mean real trucks - or semis as they call 'em have a gander at this! :eek:

Christ, I thought the fecking thing was going to explode, or at the very least set fire to the lane he was in

bmw535d

some german stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYU8C46NSjA

JHMEG

MCMLXXV wrote: »

If you like your trucks dude, I mean real trucks - or semis as they call 'em have a gander at this! :eek:

Not especially, just love the versatility of the 350 and how it sounds thru straight stacks.

ShadowHearth

Dodge challanger... only 20k in usa... what can you buy here for 20k? ford fiesta?


Seriuosly now... americans maybe dont biuld moust reliable or best cars in the world, but the lovelyiest v8 sounds is coming only and only from american v8! they are the only ones who can make it sooooooooooooo nice sounding!

CaraFawn

bmw535d wrote: »

some german stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYU8C46NSjA

M5 V10 gets my vote here in terms of exhaust tone!

JHMEG

bmw535d wrote: »

some german stuff

Sorry dude, just not doing it. Any of them.

ShadowHearth

JHMEG wrote: »

Sorry dude, just not doing it. Any of them.

same here, m5 was really not bad, but all of them cant even compare with american v8. not euro not jap can do such an awesome gloriuos sounds like american v8...

bmw535d

ShadowHearth wrote: »

same here, m5 was really not bad, but all of them cant even compare with american v8. not euro not jap can do such an awesome gloriuos sounds like american v8...

i know but the fact that they were all scared to rev it out doesn't do them justice. any v8 at 8200rpm sounds god like, american v8's rarely go above 6k and get very poor bhp per liter. alot more torque than European v8's though

JHMEG

bmw535d wrote: »

any v8 at 8200rpm sounds god like, american v8's rarely go above 6k

Some don't go past 5k, but it doesn't matter.

US V8s are typically very large displacement by comparison to euro engines, and that's where they get their awesomeness from.

How many euro V8s are over 6 litre? How many euro *any* layout are above 6 litre! Remember, a Chevy 350 small block is 5.7 litres!

unkel

Agreed, displacement is everything

Here's the sound of the V8 engine of my nearly 25 year old car at fairly low revs:

http://www.landsharkoz.com/mmedia/928start.wav

af_thefragile

JHMEG wrote: »

How many euro V8s are over 6 litre? How many euro *any* layout are above 6 litre! Remember, a Chevy 350 small block is 5.7 litres!

Hmm... There's the Mercedes C/E 63AMG...
Apart from that I could list a few V12s... There's the Pagani Zonda F with its 7.3L AMG V12, There's the Lamborghini Murcielago 6.5l V12, there's the Merc CL63AMG... Can't think of any more for now...

But I get what you say about American engines. The legendary 426 Hemi engine was a 7l beast! The Corvette Stingray ZR1 had a 454 Big Block 7.4l engine.

JHMEG

unkel wrote: »

Agreed, displacement is everything

Here's the sound of the V8 engine of my nearly 25 year old car at fairly low revs:

http://www.landsharkoz.com/mmedia/928start.wav

On the small side by American standards, but sounds awesome at the same time.

Small euro inline sixes, or worse still TDIs, are majorly sucky by comparison.

af_thefragile

^You can't compare a Diesel with american muscle.

Speaking of 6s, I quite like the sound of a Porsche flat six though.

JHMEG

af_thefragile wrote: »

Apart from that I could list a few V12s... There's the Pagani Zonda F with its 7.3L AMG V12, There's the Lamborghini Murcielago 6.5l V12,

Unfortunately V12s don't have the rawness of V8s due to being "smooth"... they're essentially two straight sixes on the one crank.

af_thefragile

JHMEG wrote: »

Unfortunately V12s don't have the rawness of V8s due to being "smooth"... they're essentially two straight sixes on the one crank.

A supercar has to be a V12 though. They're just more refined...
I love the deep grunt of an American V8 but I like the refined howl of an Italian V12 more. Its like the ultimate motoring engine.

JHMEG

af_thefragile wrote: »

A supercar has to be a V12 though. They're just more refined...
I love the deep grunt of an American V8 but I like the refined howl of an Italian V12 more. Its like the ultimate motoring engine.

Nope, wouldn't agree. Only decent sounding V12 is an Aston Martin.

af_thefragile

JHMEG wrote: »

Nope, wouldn't agree. Only decent sounding V12 is an Aston Martin.

Lamborghini Miura? Pagani Zonda?! Even the Murcielago sounds great.

I will agree the V8 is louder but performance wise a V8 seems to make more noise and less power than the V12 which feels like its finely tuned to for the high performance of the car its fit in. Its like when you think of a high performance exotic car, you think of a V12 supercar.

V8 muscle is more crude and less refined compared to the V12 performance. V12 sounds exotic and expensive. V8 sounds more like a blue collar workshop machine if you get what I mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEEDjh4tn8

skip to 2:00 mark.

unkel

JHMEG wrote: »

On the small side by American standards, but sounds awesome at the same time.

Yep. It's only 5l

JHMEG

unkel wrote: »

Yep. It's only 5l

Yup, well it's probably a bit more now due to wear, but on the small side for our US brethern who would say life starts at 5.7L

It's funny how the Europeans have never really made a great line of engines. They came close a few times, but the most enduring line we seem to be blessed with is the mighty VAG 1.9 TDI. The Americans must be quietly laughing to themselves.

JHMEG

af_thefragile wrote: »

Pagani Zonda?!
skip to 2:00 mark.

Sounds great. Not awesome tho... unkel's auld porker sounds better, even after all those miles.

Max Power1

my all time favourite!

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

inforfun

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

ShadowHearth

af_thefragile wrote: »

Hmm... There's the Mercedes C/E 63AMG...
Apart from that I could list a few V12s... There's the Pagani Zonda F with its 7.3L AMG V12, There's the Lamborghini Murcielago 6.5l V12, there's the Merc CL63AMG... Can't think of any more for now...

But I get what you say about American engines. The legendary 426 Hemi engine was a 7l beast! The Corvette Stingray ZR1 had a 454 Big Block 7.4l engine.

i think he ment aswell, that euro newer had such huge V8, not v12 etc. As to be honest V8 sounds way better then V8. Its like V8 is that golden spot!

7.4l hemi? MMMMMmmmmm..... when you start engine i bet all car just jumps lol!

Americans maybe not making moust efficient V8s, but they sound and feel the best! And when you drive one, i bet you dont care it has less hp then some euro car, just becouse the sound of it, makes you forget everything!!!

ShadowHearth

Max Power1 wrote: »

my all time favourite!

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

somehow it was very... blank.... no offence... it sounded like some 4 pot with more silented exhaust then trollycarts.

JHMEG

ShadowHearth wrote: »

somehow it was very... blank....

Yeah, didn't do it for me either..

fonecrusher1

JHMEG wrote: »

The Americans must be quietly laughing to themselves.

As much as i love the yank V8 muscle cars its us europeans that are usually laughing at them to be honest.;)

American motor industry was on its knees up untill last year. For years they built cars that were completely inferior to euro/jap competitors as far as build quality & refinement go.

af_thefragile

Some V8s, V12s and a straight 6...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJY6ah5pC-o

JHMEG

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

As much as i love the yank V8 muscle cars its us europeans that are usually laughing at them to be honest.;)

That's cos we actually believe our own hype.

fonecrusher1

JHMEG wrote: »

That's cos we actually believe our own hype.

Do you think they were laughing at us when Ford, GM & Chrysler all asked for government bailouts a few years ago because they were on the verge of collapse?

JHMEG

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Do you think they were laughing at us when Ford, GM & Chrysler all asked for government bailouts a few years ago because they were on the verge of collapse?

Only GM. Don't forget European car makers were also in trouble.

They're laughing at us cos we have decided to put up with the awful rattles and smells of 4-banger diesel by VW and the like.

They said fúck that shít and chose a petrol V8 soundtrack to their daily lives.

fonecrusher1

JHMEG wrote: »

Only GM. Don't forget European car makers were also in trouble.

They're laughing at us cos we have decided to put up with the awful rattles and smells of 4-banger diesel by VW and the like.

They said fúck that shít and chose a petrol V8 soundtrack to their daily lives.

Christ you should move over there so if we're all just a bunch of diesel loving fools.:)

CoDy1

Love the V8 sound. I also think the M5 V10 sounds incredible. Posted this before as one of my youtube favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4wxVZGDX-U

ShadowHearth

af_thefragile wrote: »

Some V8s, V12s and a straight 6...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJY6ah5pC-o

i have to admit, bmw straight 6 sounded amazing, but them american engine came....

was it only me, or merc was moust dissapointing one?

fonecrusher1

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i have to admit, bmw straight 6 sounded amazing, but them american engine came....

was it only me, or merc was moust dissapointing one?

Yeah it was a bit muted alright. The mustang was definitely the best sounding.

The Aston was unreal as well.