gritty sound on all Porshes

[andera]

Originally Posted by finally_retired

OK, the 250 i'll give you, but that is one of the all time classic Ferrari's. But the 575, are you mad!

Am I the only pearson who finds the sound of modern Ferrari's quite annoying. They seem to scream. To me they sound to tense and up-tight.

I much prefer the baritone baseline of a Benz V12, or the raspyness of a Porsche flat 6. Think about it. When you stop at the lights, would you rather your supercar sound like a its a chid having a tantrum, or that its announcing a thunderous, tarmac shivering battle cry?

i dont care if it sounds like a fartcan civic, if it performs like a ferrari

[finally_retired]

I realise that this is a matter of personal taste, but the fact of the matter is that there are a lot of Mercs, TVR's, Porsche's etc etc that can perform better than a Ferrari, Have a better driver image than Ferrari, are built to a better standard than a Ferrari, and that are a damn site cheeper than a Ferrari. I for one refuse to pay over £200'000 for a car with pannel gaps that I could walk through, and for a car thats not guarenteed to start on the sunday morning that I want to go out in it. The exhaust note is just one of the many reasons that I hate Ferrari's

[neo the hacker]

I live in the uk and there aint no other better sounding engine than air cooled flat-6 hanging out the rear, and the GT3? need i say more.

[Cbass]

Originally Posted by andera

you fucking idiot what are you doing on a car forum?

No need to get personal and start insulting people, Andera. That sort of thing can get you banned around here.

The 911 Flat Six is in my opinion the best sounding engine ever made, especially in it's RS guises.

As for the GT3, I'm not sure how many people have seen this, but Porsche has a few videos up on their USA website. Tetsuo, you should check it out if you want to hear it sing.

It also has a nice interactive video player for the track, where you can watch little videos of the GT3 carving some of the corners at the test track.

http://www3.us.porsche.com/english/u...ig/default.htm

[neo the hacker]

naughty?

[shstrang98]

I know a guy that had a '74 IROC Carrera RSR. I seem to remember him saying that it had an actual racing engine (320 HP natural), headers and redlined at 8000 rpm. He had no heater (because of the headers) and no A/C which I figure was due to the 8000 rpm.

It's sound was was stunning but very hard to describe. I sounded kinda like a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel V6 or V8 but with a higher pitched scream. When he drove off and let of the throttle, the exhaust made one hell of a crackle.
It also decreased in RPM's as quickly as it increased.

I never forgot the sound of that car.

[smarjoram]

Here's a good site for some mp3's of various Porsches (and other cars). I can recommend the 2.7 RS, 935 and Carrera GT.

..and the SC - if you want to hear what mine sounds like

http://www.albertweb.de/Sound-Spiele/Sound.htm

[shstrang98]

I must say that this one is the closest to that IROC 911 that I've ever heard. Close enough to take me back to that first time hearing in 1982.
http://www.albertweb.de/Sound-Spiele..._anbremsen.mp3