[s-cars] CEO car (Quattro... sort of)

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

To take your statement one step further there is no such thing (at least in
the real musclecar era) as a GM V-8...Pontiacs sound totally different than
a Buick, Chevy, Oldsmobile, etc.  I guess my point was that for those who
have not built a lot of American V-8's they could easily mistake a Ford for
a Chevy or vice versa.  BTW, this is especially true with open headers.
However, I very seriously doubt anybody would ever mistake a Testarossa
sound for a Camaro or a Mustang 5.Slow

--Calvin


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 5:49 AM
  To: calvinlc at earthlink.net
  Cc: Pasqualoni, James E; pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com;
wmahoney at disk.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] CEO car (Quattro... sort of)


  Big block GM doesn't sound anything like a Ford!

  A worked, oversquare 289 doesn't sound anything like anything that GM
makes.
  Different firing order, oversquare vs. undersquare, high-rpm vs. low rpm.

  I think the Z06 sounds sweet, but it's a totally different sound than the
Ford- much more
  bass in the exhaust note (even w/ Corsa), the Ford has a lot more midrange
and treble
  in the sound.

  Closest thing in the GM camp would be a C3 LT-1 vette or a 302 crossram
Camaro Z-28.

  I guess I just don't really like Ferrari V-8s- that flat-plane crank gives
it a rather dull sound.

  The flat and V-12s are, OTOH, a totally different experience, although I
still prefer the Lambo
  sound (I have a clip of a catless 6-carb Countach 5000QV that sounds
unreal).

  Taka