Engine Appreciation

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Post videos of great sounding exhaust notes, or documentaries about the development of various engines.

I'll start with this one:





I've always been a big fan of how the VW W8 sounds, it's got four banks of two cylinders, formed by joining two 15° VR4 engines, placed on a single crankshaft, with each cylinder double bank now at a 72° vee angle.

Sadly they weren't very powerful and didn't last in production very long, but they sure sound nice.

You just can't beat the sound of the secondaries opening up on a Quadrajet 4 barrel carburetor.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/xRBCXU94HhE?si=nGtN98-5obuRYkyD

where we lived, with the big brick chimney(only 1) and a furnace in the building, things be always a bit noisy,
one side of the building had that same look, brick wall with high industrial windows

Well I certainly prefer a car that sounds how it's supposed to, than one that doesn't. Lol it is cringe on my ears when I hear some problematic vehicles drive by where it's just like 'what is wrong with that vehicle it sounds like hell' the last car my boyfriend had was getting some noises, before we got the new car, every time we were driving it got just a loud sort of idk chugging noise, and apparently when my boyfriend got it looked at one of the axles may have started going bad or something....so instead of paying to fix all that he figured it was better to just get a different vehicle. But yeah it got to the point anytime we were driving it just made the horrible chugging sound, like it was the little car trying too hard to keep working, so luckily, we found a new vehicle before that one totally crapped out.

but other than that from time to time I am outside somewhere, where a car with idk the worst breaks or something else wrong it just comes loudly squeaking through the neighborhood or area I am walking, and I always end up commenting, like 'damn that car sounds like s**t' I don't know much about cars, but I can tell if it sounds like s**t vs how its supposed to sound.

One of my favorites - Lexus LFA

Interesting choices.

https://youtu.be/ICS_lYlNt-0?si=sqebGUqbkdluw9CF

https://youtu.be/tuAki_tJvp8?si=lGPs2WGzSmyYhfS8

https://youtu.be/-VulO3PYLtM?si=jfkg72RLbMOwcoM_