I have recently become enamored with V8s but I have a questionq

Started by sportyaccordy, February 18, 2009, 02:05:53 PM

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The Pirate

#30
February 18, 2009, 09:16:51 PM
I love the V8 soundtrack.  I want a V8 for my next car too, and regular updates on ChrisV's ride have me checking prices on E38s. 
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sportyaccordy

#31
February 19, 2009, 06:59:14 AM
Quote from: The Pirate on February 18, 2009, 09:16:51 PM
I love the V8 soundtrack.  I want a V8 for my next car too, and regular updates on ChrisV's ride have me checking prices on E38s. 
Euro V8s are getting cheap. You can haz E39 M5 for 20K no problem. Same for B6 S4.

ChrisV

#32
February 19, 2009, 07:41:55 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwl0lwgf-TI

I'm thinking of getting a couple small racing mufflers to knock the edge off without reducing rumble. Of course, in the vids, the YouTube (and cheap camcorder microphone) audio is not really representative of the tone in real life as it's much raspier in the vid than it is when you are standing there. At lower rpms, it's exactly like my buddy's Bassani equipped '06 Mustang GT, but at higher rpms it really starts ripping like a bigger Italian V8.
Like a fine Detroit wine, this vehicle has aged to budgetary perfection...

ChrisV

#33
February 19, 2009, 07:44:04 AM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 19, 2009, 06:59:14 AM
Euro V8s are getting cheap. You can haz E39 M5 for 20K no problem. Same for B6 S4.

Here's an E38 we need. Needs a bit of cleanup, but it's got a rare 6 speed manual conversion:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/1037139415.html

Like a fine Detroit wine, this vehicle has aged to budgetary perfection...

omicron

#34
February 19, 2009, 07:47:42 AM
I will own an American V8-engined car one day. Observing them up-close at shows and the like just will not cut it.

sportyaccordy

#35
February 19, 2009, 08:14:17 AM
Quote from: ChrisV on February 19, 2009, 07:44:04 AM
Here's an E38 we need. Needs a bit of cleanup, but it's got a rare 6 speed manual conversion:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/1037139415.html


OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I would rather get a 540i but still, cool as fuck!

ChrisV

#36
February 19, 2009, 08:29:33 AM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 19, 2009, 08:14:17 AM
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I would rather get a 540i but still, cool as fuck!

Yeah, if I had the cash right now, it'd be mine. The conversion cost more than he's asking for the car. And I could fix the carpet and inevitable NYC bodywork issues.
Like a fine Detroit wine, this vehicle has aged to budgetary perfection...

Raza

#37
February 19, 2009, 08:44:38 AM
That is awesome.  I'd drive around in a suit and gloves all day pretending I was the Transporter.

Although, I too would rather go for a factory 540i six speed.
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CALL_911

#38
February 19, 2009, 08:51:44 AM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 19, 2009, 08:14:17 AM
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I would rather get a 540i but still, cool as fuck!

:hesaid:



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Submariner

#39
February 19, 2009, 09:26:31 AM
Quote from: ChrisV on February 19, 2009, 07:44:04 AM
Here's an E38 we need. Needs a bit of cleanup, but it's got a rare 6 speed manual conversion:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/1037139415.html



Oh holy crap!
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AutobahnSHO

#40
February 20, 2009, 09:24:55 AM
Quote from: R-inge on February 18, 2009, 05:11:58 PM
There is nothing quite like the sound of an uncorked Mustang at redline.   I love it.

Better yet is a Supercharged V8 Mustang at WOT near redline.   :ohyeah:

Listen fast though, because that doesn't last long..
Will

Raza

#41
February 20, 2009, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on February 20, 2009, 09:24:55 AM
Better yet is a Supercharged V8 Mustang at WOT near redline.   :ohyeah:

Listen fast though, because that doesn't last long..

I was behind a modified Cobra the other day.  The engine sounded like a bag of chainsaws when he got on it.  It was irritating.
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NomisR

#42
February 20, 2009, 11:09:47 AM
Quote from: omicron on February 19, 2009, 07:47:42 AM
I will own an American V8-engined car one day. Observing them up-close at shows and the like just will not cut it.

Australian V8 you mean.

SVT666

#43
February 20, 2009, 11:34:16 AM
Quote from: Raza  link=topic=17682.msg1002367#msg1002367 date=1235149920
I was behind a modified Cobra the other day.  The engine sounded like a bag of chainsaws when he got on it.  It was irritating.
Just a shitty exhaust setup.

FoMoJo

#44
February 20, 2009, 11:37:59 AM
Quote from: Raza  on February 20, 2009, 10:12:00 AM
I was behind a modified Cobra the other day.  The engine sounded like a bag of chainsaws when he got on it.  It was irritating.
Sidepipes?  They make a good V8 sound like crap.
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sportyaccordy

#45
February 20, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: FoMoJo on February 20, 2009, 11:37:59 AM
Sidepipes?  They make a good V8 sound like crap.
Straight piped V8s sound like ass in general. A good set of mufflers goes a long way.

Raza

#46
February 20, 2009, 11:54:15 AM
Quote from: FoMoJo on February 20, 2009, 11:37:59 AM
Sidepipes?  They make a good V8 sound like crap.

I couldn't get that close to it; he was really moving along, and it took some doing to catch up to him.  Then he turned, and a car turned in front of me before I could.  I tracked the guy down, but I thought it was weird for me to pull into his driveway to look at his car. 

Also, it was painted in black and orange.  Very easy to spot.
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MX793

#47
February 20, 2009, 11:55:50 AM
Quote from: FoMoJo on February 20, 2009, 11:37:59 AM
Sidepipes?  They make a good V8 sound like crap.

Depends on if there's a crossover pipe or not.  If it's a 4-into-1 from the same cylinder bank, yeah, it'll sound pretty strange (a flat-plane 8 will sound like a 4 banger and a crossplane will just sound weird).
Needs more Jiggawatts

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Raza

#48
February 20, 2009, 11:56:23 AM
Quote from: HEMI666 on February 20, 2009, 11:34:16 AM
Just a shitty exhaust setup.

Probably.  My friend's Mustang (4.6L GT 5MT) sounded like crap.  When you were in it, it was exciting and fun when he was getting on it.  But then, you realize that it was just loud, and barely sounded like an engine. 

He had an X pipe and something or other. 
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FoMoJo

#49
February 20, 2009, 11:59:48 AM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 20, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
Straight piped V8s sound like ass in general. A good set of mufflers goes a long way.
Imo, the best sounding V8 is a high-compression (10.5:1 or better) small-block (5 litre or less) with a set of glass pack mufflers and tail-pipes straight out the back.
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." ~ Albert Einstein
"As the saying goes, when you mix science and politics, you get politics."

SVT666

#50
February 20, 2009, 01:15:06 PM
Quote from: FoMoJo on February 20, 2009, 11:59:48 AM
Imo, the best sounding V8 is a high-compression (10.5:1 or better) small-block (5 litre or less) with a set of glass pack mufflers and tail-pipes straight out the back.
These are the Magnapack mufflers I had on my Mustang.



The inside is a straight through design.  The pipe on the inside of the muffler is perforated and the casing is stuffed with stainless steel wool. 

Eye of the Tiger

#51
February 20, 2009, 01:31:36 PM
I love little Euro V8's  :wub:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYdarg2I7s

:cry:
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FoMoJo

#52
February 20, 2009, 01:39:05 PM
Quote from: HEMI666 on February 20, 2009, 01:15:06 PM
These are the Magnapack mufflers I had on my Mustang.



The inside is a straight through design.  The pipe on the inside of the muffler is perforated and the casing is stuffed with stainless steel wool. 
They would do as well :ohyeah:.
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." ~ Albert Einstein
"As the saying goes, when you mix science and politics, you get politics."

SVT666

#53
February 20, 2009, 06:16:36 PM
Quote from: FoMoJo on February 20, 2009, 01:39:05 PM
They would do as well :ohyeah:.
They're essentially glasspacks with stainless steel wool instead of fibreglass.  Glasspacks are annoying after the fibreglass burns up and blows out.  That annoying BLAAAAT! never happens with these.

sportyaccordy

#54
February 20, 2009, 08:10:50 PM
Quote from: NACar on February 20, 2009, 01:31:36 PM
I love little Euro V8's  :wub:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYdarg2I7s

:cry:
I see your V8 & raise you one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjcTUhDRzNY&feature=related

See little Euro V8s are great until one of the coil packs go, and you go to the parts counter...

Then when you ask the little snot behind the counter how much it is, he says "COIL PACK????...

THAT WILL BEEEE... ONE MEEEELLLION DOLE-ARSSSS!!!!"

Eye of the Tiger

#55
February 20, 2009, 08:34:45 PM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 20, 2009, 08:10:50 PM
I see your V8 & raise you one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjcTUhDRzNY&feature=related

See little Euro V8s are great until one of the coil packs go, and you go to the parts counter...

Then when you ask the little snot behind the counter how much it is, he says "COIL PACK????...

THAT WILL BEEEE... ONE MEEEELLLION DOLE-ARSSSS!!!!"

You can't do that, you only drive Accords.
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AutobahnSHO

#56
February 22, 2009, 06:41:41 AM
You gotta V8 in a TAURUS?!?!?!?!!!    :nutty:  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vr77YItBS0
Will

Vinsanity

#57
February 22, 2009, 10:55:04 AM
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on February 22, 2009, 06:41:41 AM
You gotta V8 in a TAURUS?!?!?!?!!!    :nutty:  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vr77YItBS0


only if they can tune the turbo Ecoboost exhaust to sound like that...
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