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

[Taka Mizutani]

You took my statement and twisted it- show me a GM V-8 with the same firing
order and same crank orientation as a Ford.

Those two factors make the biggest difference in the sound of the engine.
You can hear the difference from far, far away.

Also, I never said you would mistake the sound of a Testarossa with a Camaro
or Mustang- I said I prefer the sound of a 12, be it flat or V, in terms of
the engine note. You should read more carefully.

Taka


On 4/14/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>  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
>
>