Best Sounding Injected V8 - Page 3

kiwikid · 01-04-2005, 10:17 PM

i think you mean LS2's..

xr8gn3 · 01-04-2005, 10:31 PM

Nah they lost already.

RPO83 · 02-04-2005, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Awesome noise they make! The previous M5 (V8) sounded pretty crisp too, and even nastier with aftermarket exhaust.

However, at the moment I am in love with the noise coming from a shiny new black A8 with full dual aftermarket exhaust, that I see nearly every day on George St. in the city. It's not stooopid loud because loud doesn't equal good, but the quality of the note and the growl are just pornographic.

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Gotta agree with you there Mr S! The 4.2 sounds very sweet, best engineered V-8 in a road car IMO.

The Merc 5.5 s/c is awesome as well though!

Quadcams · 02-04-2005, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by RPO83

Gotta agree with you there Mr S! The 4.2 sounds very sweet, best engineered V-8 in a road car IMO.

The Merc 5.5 s/c is awesome as well though!

One of my mates had a 4.2 sounded quiet good, have to admit the holden 5.0 did sound good with a decent exaust as well the winsor 5.0 was good to but man the boss in full flight, had and heared them all but the boss is just heaven.
Boss after 3500rpm... OH!

CSV_LS1 · 02-04-2005, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RPO83

The Merc 5.5 s/c is awesome as well though!

I'm pretty sure it's a 5.4

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deankdx · 02-04-2005, 10:38 AM

my 4.0 LEXUS quadcam V8 sounds great up until about 4 grand with a 2.5" 5L commodore muffler and cat but at 6 grand it sounds like a quiet V8 supercar.
personally i like a 5Lcommode note the best

Sylox · 02-04-2005, 02:01 PM

The HSV 5.7L strokers sound absolutey awesome with a good 3 inch exhaust especially at idle. Nothing in the factory Ford line up comes even close for sound.

You start adding bigger cams etc and the fords sound much better but the Holden 5.0/5.7 stroker with a bit of work still sounds better.

That being said my ute has an awesome note but the idle note doesnt cut it, a lumpier cam will sort that out though

neil101 · 02-04-2005, 02:26 PM

Hate to say but my mate 98 5.0 clubby sounds awsome shits all over mine and Dads xr8 for zorst note but we shit all over him in perfomance

yet to hear a decent ls1 that grabs my attention Brads xr888 is the niceist boss I've so far.

Neil

niko · 02-04-2005, 02:41 PM

dont hear many 5.0 fords in my area, BUT ALOT of commo 8's with not much in there systems, the grubling sounds sweet u hear burnouts all the time to, WHO NEEDS EASTERNATS :P j/k's (just live down my way ehhahhahaha)

HQ2VY · 02-04-2005, 03:19 PM

Holden 5Litre for me.

galaxy xr8 · 02-04-2005, 09:13 PM

The Holden 5ltr Efi for me followed by the 5ltr Efi Windsor, the Boss and LS1 are loud and sound ok but they both lack the pure rumble that you feel as well as hear in the 5ltr Holden/Ford.

mcflux · 03-04-2005, 11:39 AM

My #1 vote: Holden 5.0. This girl at work has a VT Berlina 5.0 with extractors but std exhaust, and I reckon it sounds nastier (albeit quieter) than my EB (see sig).

If voting could be staggered, I'd go:

#2: Boss
#3: Windsor
#4: LS2 (only because I haven't heard one at full noise yet)
#5: LS1 (behind the LS2 because almost all that I have heard are shithouse)

#1, 2 and 3 are pretty close for me, with 4 & 5 trailing waaay off...

-Dave-

rob_o · 03-04-2005, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by biased99

Probably the best I've heard is a local (Canberra) car which began life as an AWD Celica GT4 and is now a RWD twin-turbo Lexus V8! The sound that thing makes is just pure sex!

Is this the one?

03-04-2005, 12:29 PM

Jeez, you wouldn't pick that one would you?!

AUIII XR8 MAN · 03-04-2005, 12:31 PM

I like the Ford 5l than Holden 5l as both sound old school when done right. The newer Boss & LS motors do sound sweet but not as good.

neil101 · 03-04-2005, 12:49 PM

How in the hell did he get that in there

???? must of cost big $$$ to make it rear wheel drive.

rich · 03-04-2005, 01:21 PM

He used the 4wd gt4, so the rear wheel drive part wasn't the hardest part of the conversion. I've seen video of this thing doing a burnout and it certainly sounds very tough.

RPO83 · 03-04-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CSV_LS1

I'm pretty sure it's a 5.4

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lol yeah, that was a typo...honest! :S

flappist · 03-04-2005, 03:35 PM

Just had a look at the voting. It appears that the majority of people who voted windsor are AU owners and the majority of people who voted boss are BA owners....

Funny that.

HSE2 · 03-04-2005, 03:43 PM

AMG E55 or SL55.

Of the engines in the poll the windsor got my vote although the old Holden was very good

**Charliewool** · 03-04-2005, 04:03 PM

Boss 290 with straightout Herrod extractors sounds pretty awesome! (even though, less power) I dropped my exhaust numerous times at Calder & Heathcote.. And the sound is magic!

FST57L · 03-04-2005, 06:56 PM

A slightly modified LS1 sounds tops

http://fastls1.homeftp.net/FST57L_Flatout.mpg

(The server is a crappy PC so you might have to wait a couple of minutes if it says 'to busy')

Not that im biased ;)

Hope you have good speakers, you know what its like when you see a V8 supercar on TV then you hear them in real life

svo347 · 03-04-2005, 07:00 PM

Sounded alright.. Shame most of you havent heard mine either.
Mind you FireFoxes old EF sounded the goods..

Sylox · 03-04-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by svo347

Sounded alright.. Shame most of you havent heard mine either.
Mind you FireFoxes old EF sounded the goods..

Did it what :sm_headba Firefox's EF was nasty very very nasty. Surely some one can put that vid link back up

GTP 320 · 03-04-2005, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by charliewool

Boss 290 with straightout Herrod extractors sounds pretty awesome! (even though, less power) I dropped my exhaust numerous times at Calder & Heathcote.. And the sound is magic!

Got to agree with you Charlie the Boss with the Herrods exhaust especially the quad system.
Cheers John

Bossxr8 · 03-04-2005, 08:21 PM

The LS1 would come a distant last, nearly all of them sound like vacuum cleaners. The Boss sounds awesome up in the revs, and the old school 5 litres sound tough too with a decent exhaust but the best sounding modern EFI V8 would be either the latest Mustang Cobra, for its awesome deep rumble with a decent exhaust and the Merc/McLaren SLR, cause at full noise it sounds like a WW2 Spitfire on a straffing run. Absolutely amazing sound that I have never heard another car sound like, except the SL55 with the same engine but slightly different sound.

clampy · 03-04-2005, 08:32 PM

1st : Boss 5.4 (after hearing a manual take off i fell in love)
very mean throaty note..

2nd: holden 5ltr carb/injected
the classic aussie v8 note.. very mean very throaty.. even when stock!

3rd: ford clevo carb
cant beat the twin exhaust clap of a 351.

4th: ford windsor injected
but only with a good exhaust setup.. and pref manual. my eb manual had the best "tear" sound goin past 3500...

5th: ls2
better than ls1.

6th: ls1
crap unless got a good exahust.. even then its just like two jap cars.

old 350 chev is in there somewhere but i aint herd one lately so i couldnt place it.. somewhere just below ford cleve' maybe..

deankdx · 03-04-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rob_o

Is this the one?

same motor as my XF falcon's got(albeit without twin turbo's)

AuFairlaneV8 · 04-04-2005, 12:46 PM

some of those german v8's sound sweet, I drove a 4.0l 7 series, sound nicer than the motors listed here in my opinion.

but yeah my vote goes to the boss

Gambit · 04-04-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by svo347

Sounded alright.. Shame most of you havent heard mine either.
Mind you FireFoxes old EF sounded the goods..

It sounds heaps better now. Still has the grunty sound without the cowboy ute bark.

Hoops au sedan also has an awesome note.

View Poll Results: Best Sounding Injected V8
BOSS 5.4L	215	37.13%
Ford 5.0L	202	34.89%
LS1 5.7L	25	4.32%
Holden 5.0L	120	20.73%
LS2 6.0L	17	2.94%
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