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Originally Posted by Nate_ERC
You have to remember that we are discussing road cars here. The V6 turbo would be great if you're driving flat-out, but IMO not so great for most of our applications. If I was building the "ultimate" 3500+lbs car, I would typically rather have the torque and throttle response advantage of the V8.
Also you have to consider that after you plumb and cool the turbos (especially for a 600hp application), you will probably negate any potential weight distribution improvements. LSx's are so cheap, and so easy to build, that I really feel that they are a no-brainier. It's not like the LSx is an iron big block or something, as long as you set the car up right you can get a very good weight bias with it.
There are a lot of things that affect the sound of the exhaust. I usually like the sound of an engine with a really aggressive cam and very little exhaust, that tends to give it that guttural rumble.
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Nate:
I forgot a couple things.
"There are a lot of things that affect the sound of the exhaust. I usually like the sound of an engine with a really aggressive cam and very little exhaust, that tends to give it that guttural rumble."
I agree with you. I too like the guttural rumble, but what I was wanting to understand is the CAUSE of the Rumble.
It can't be a function of merely having 8 cylinders. I've heard v12's that have a high pitched scream rather than a low rumble. Also the Harley V-Twin has a great low Rumble with only two cylinders.
It must be a function of the size of the Cylinder and the Shape rather than the number.
Is this plausible?
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"You have to remember that we are discussing road cars here. The V6 turbo would be great if you're driving flat-out, but IMO not so great for most of our applications. If I was building the "ultimate" 3500+lbs car, I would typically rather have the torque and throttle response advantage of the V8."
As I mentioned in the post following this one,in the "Trans Am" road races of the 60's, the Camaro 302 Z/28 was not a torque monster, it made it's power up high.
(Not meant to be confrontational, just purely for the sake of discussion)
By your reasoning, wouldn't that make the V6 Turbo a good Road Racing Engine?
Thanks,
Ty