why do import motors sound so good?
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Originally Posted by mikevogel
why do they i love the sound of all import motors like the 350z it sounds so nice but most american motors sound like junk why is that?
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Originally Posted by mikevogel
why do they i love the sound of all import motors like the 350z it sounds so nice but most american motors sound like junk why is that?
Who said import motors sound so good?? The 350 sounds decent but doesn't do much for me. I agree with MMarshall regarding the distinctive sound of a mustang and corvette. To me the sound of a 4.6l or 5.0l mustang with off road exhaust is pure ear candy. And just to show I'm not only partial to V8's, listen to a Grand National exhaust. Incredible sound for a V6. Me, I'm just not a huge fan of smaller displacement exhaust notes. Especially 4 cyl up at 6000 rpm. But to each there own.
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Originally Posted by mikevogel
why do they i love the sound of all import motors like the 350z it sounds so nice but most american motors sound like junk why is that?
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Originally Posted by Koma
I like my SC400 V8. The stock sound is the best I've heard. Not whiney but not too obnoxiously loud.
I wanted to get this sound/note for my GS300, but of course wasn't possible when I asked here on CL.
Not even remotely possible especially when it's a 300 instead of a 400.
I agree with mmarshall on the mustangs
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
The Mustang V8 has always had a popular, distinctive sound. So have the Corvette and some other versions of the Chevy-Pontiac 5.7L V8.
Originally Posted by Lexusfreak
Agreed, a bit unfair to put all 'american' cars into one category. I know some import engines that sound like garbage too.
...I take that back... any engine not just Hondas.
Any engine with an excessive exhaust for the engine.
I really don't like teh American muscle car sound, unless it's an actual muscle car from the 60s and 70s, and maybe some 80s ones.
I always hated the last two gen. Camaros and 5.0 mustang, mostly based upon looks but when someone puts straight pipes on them... ugh... it just sounds so obnoxious.
Last edited by Koma; Aug 2, 2005 at 12:07 PM.
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i think the best import motors are the uh AMG55 kompressor engines...as jeremy clarkson puts it..sounds like "the god of thunder eating wasps.." a deep propeller engine sound. real hot.
the G35/350z Renault V6 engines have been fine tuned to sound that way...the exhaust timing, cats, etc. have all been tuned to give off that toned sexy sound...
the G35/350z Renault V6 engines have been fine tuned to sound that way...the exhaust timing, cats, etc. have all been tuned to give off that toned sexy sound...
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Originally Posted by Lexusfreak
I know some import engines that sound like garbage too.