I think it's safe to say that nobody's going to ever think a Toyota Yaris sounds good.
If we are just talking sound get into the Way-Back machine before VVT, turbos, optimal computerized tuning, smog equipment. I love the ground shaking idle of a big cam, the old Roots blowers were great sound enhancers compared to modern screw type and especially turbos. What would sound better than an inefficient 45 degree V8, think 4 Harleys. Heck, my 73 Harley sounded much better than my 07 with 30 more cu in and much more power, the best Blatt Blatt was from my 1940 80” flathead.
No doubt a big block with a nice cam sounds good, I love mine, but I think the point is there are a lot of motors that sound good, just not in the same way. The small displacement high revving V8’s from an Italian manufacturer sounds nothing like the deep rumble of a big block, but that high pitched shriek sounds amazing too.If we are just talking sound get into the Way-Back machine before VVT, turbos, optimal computerized tuning, smog equipment. I love the ground shaking idle of a big cam, the old Roots blowers were great sound enhancers compared to modern screw type and especially turbos. What would sound better than an inefficient 45 degree V8, think 4 Harleys. Heck, my 73 Harley sounded much better than my 07 with 30 more cu in and much more power, the best Blatt Blatt was from my 1940 80” flathead.
old guy nostalgic and misses the sound of a big cam.
Yep- even a cammed small block makes the right noises. I replaced the 265 in my 55 Chevy with a HP sold lifter 283 for at best 100 more hp. It was still done after first gear but sounded good. Full build 6-71 blown 350 (63 Jeep L-79 replacement
) blown 454 marine (son’s now), 1 of 500 Homolgonation 69 Plymouth that shook the ground, building, and you idle jumping ~12 - 1400 RPM. Formative years in NHRA pits with an older cousin that raced a 409 B/G 55 Chevy, stroked to 427 and ran A/A in a Fiat Topolino in 63, my addiction is incurable.All I have is a home built 540 in my Chevelle. It’s strictly a street car though. Has a pretty small cam .647/.647 248/[email protected] on a 112LSA. Has a nice choppy idle at 900 and peaks at 6500. I pulled away from a friends hellcat with it.Yep- even a cammed small block makes the right noises. I replaced the 265 in my 55 Chevy with a HP sold lifter 283 for at best 100 more hp. It was still done after first gear but sounded good. Full build 6-71 blown 350 (63 Jeep
I mean the new charger has a speaker..I’m convinced the mod of the future will be electric cars going down the road blasting Anime soundtracks for pedestrian awareness safety. I might actually want to hear a Pentastar V6 at that point… nah
Fun toy, I have no fix having given the Sanger V drive to my son. Ca resident can’t even put a decent cam and tune in my V8 Jeep, the withdrawals get worse with threads of those who have, made worse with sound clips.
Not just one, the Active Sound Enhancement pumps fake engine noise into Both the Cabin and the Outside Word, and works with the same sensors that control the Active Vibration System that vibrates the Chassis, Seat, Steering Wheel.
Very nice, I have a 427 out of the Chevelle my Dad had right after High School. We tracked down the car but a barn had fallen on it. I got the motor out of it at least. Still trying to decide what I want to do with it.
