Each to their own, I havn't heard the W16 myself in person - they sound different when it's there in front of you, rather than on TV or on an audio track, until then 'for me' V8's rule the sound department
I have a CD which features audio tracks of the exhaust note of a multitude of car types, every single one of them that I've heard in real life, dosn't sound the same as on that CD...especially the IL6 of the M3.
I've heard an M5 in person, sounds good, but no where near as good as a V8 IMHO.
And also, the beauty of V8's is that different types produce distinctly different sounds, mainly due to different firing orders, the newer LS1's etc. sound great, but the old school V8's sounded even better, then there's the Ferrari V8's, again for eg: an F430's V8 sounds awesome, but different to say an LS1
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That's because the F360 and F430 V8s rev much, much higher than the LS1. Have you heard the new AMG 6.3L?
Sounds ridiculously good, and is perhaps louder than the V8 Supercars.
Never the less, I'm more of a fan of the V10 than the V8 sounds just because it's very rare.
Correct, as I've mentioned, the firing order makes V8's sound different and the Ferrari's sound different because of that and the reason mentioned above - nothing to do with revs Bornwild....
I've been in an F430, even at low revs it sounds different from and LS1 or older V8 I love the sound, but it's not as good as an old Chev all the older V8's had a much deeper and gruntier sound aaarrrghhhhh :drool:
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In an engine sound off comp. it's game over with any V8
One of these days, I'll have to get my mate to bring down he's heavily worked 70's Cleveland 351 ZD Fairlane to a Melb. meet - believe me this thing will make anyones pants explode just listening to it idling and when it's being revved or hammered it'll blow your mind
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