Why does each engine have a different, signature sound?

[Cadillacboy]

Originally Posted by dkozloski

I don't know what the torque output is but I do know that the power curve was so steep that the car was almost undrivable. Even Juan Fangio had trouble with it. If it ever got the lead the other drivers couldn't pass it because the exhaust was so loud they couldn't stand it. If you play that sound file through a 5.1 sound system turned up as loud as it will go you'll get some idea. The guy that owns it will get it out on the track and people tell him it can be heard at least five miles away.

JMF was a legend but when he was racing there was no such safety systems called ESP,TCS,PSM whatever it is .You know those systems help drivers handle with their cars better way but still you wouldn't override physical rules lol
I mean he could have put up with what you say if today's safety systems had been invented in that era .

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Originally Posted by OffThaHorseCEO

since we're on the topic i will say, i hate ford but i loooooove the sound of a mustang, especially souped up mustang they have this distinc sound where one can pass by and i will know its a mustang without looking at it

Hell Yeah! Those 4.6L Ford motors sound so nice!

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Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

Hell Yeah! Those 4.6L Ford motors sound so nice!

Yeah they do. If there is one thing Ford has over GM it's that their 4.6 is by far the best sounding domestic engine we have IMO

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Originally Posted by Blackout

Yeah they do. If there is one thing Ford has over GM it's that their 4.6 is by far the best sounding domestic engine we have IMO

Well I dunno if I'd say that...I assume you've heard an early Northstar at WOT. That IMO is the best sounding american motor ever. I'd say the 4.6 is the best sounding american SOHC engine ever.

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Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

Well I dunno if I'd say that...I assume you've heard an early Northstar at WOT. That IMO is the best sounding american motor ever. I'd say the 4.6 is the best sounding american SOHC engine ever.

I've driven Northstar powered cars from when the motor first came out to as late as 2001. The Northstar is a hell of a motor but it didn't really do much for me at WOT (sound wise). Now driving my buddies 2001 Mustang Cobra with a Borla cat-back exhaust it sounded as if god was speaking directly to me

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Ah, true, that SOHC 4.6 (or is '01 the DOHC S/C 4.6? No, wait...that didn't come out until '03), with a good aftermarket exhaust, sounds a lot more like a muscle car than the Northstar does.

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The Cobra's had the DOHC while the GT's got the SOHC. The Cobra's have been DOHC since back in 1995 or 96 when they first put the 4.6 in it

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Ohhh wait, now it makes sense. The 99-01 Cobra had the 320 hp DOHC motor, then they didn't make one in '02, then when it came back out, it was the Supercharged DOHC 4.6 at 390hp.