So all, I'd love to hear some sweet encouragement for my I6 project, mine's stock and sounds like a sewing machine (62 ranchero). Any videos/sound clips of naturally aspirated inlines that sound as good as a tweaked V8? Different of course, but as good. Lay em out, let's see what 'cha got.
i have a o/t 68 toyota jf 40 with the 3.9 i6 with a header and true duals it sounds just like a v8 at idle and a bumble bee at higher rpm.... ill try to get some sound clips of it
As much as I'll get "hated on" for saying this....there is NO 6 cylinder engine that will ever sound as good as a hot V8......IMO.... Race prepped Porsche aircooled flat 6's come close....they're kinda "inline"...haha.
Here's a short vid of the GMC 302 Inline in my '37 from the truck's builder (Truckedup). It has a home fabbed tube header dumping into a three inch flowmaster. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPkYL8QdX0
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chevy 250ci in a '67 camaro, cammed, split headers, 4 barrel, flattops, decked to .000 - sounds awesome - runs low 9s
you know,i'm a small block chevy man from birth ,i think.but a i6 or 8 split pipe/header with a good cam sounds pretty damn wicked!! jmho.i've said it once and i'll say it again iwish i had kept the 6banger in my 59 elky. just because its not a s/b
"Can inlines sound good"??? Can they not??!! Nothing sounds quite like - and nearly as sweet - as a radically built inline-6, screaming it's brains out, going through the traps at 7000-plus rpm!! Absolute music! Mart3406 ==============================
I had a badass 235 with a split manifold and 2.5in exhaust through cherry bombs. the pipe was big enough it didn't get that "bomb lowrider" cackle and pop. The little Chev had a 4bbl and huge cam as well. It would outrun most 350/350 combos and always had people askin what was under the hood.
Wow, guys. Those videos pretty-much answer the question! LOL! WOOOOOHOOOOO! SinisterCustom...ya change your mind at all?...
You can hear my 235-6 in the right lane, pay no mind to the hemi in the coupe. http://www.streetfire.net/video/old-school-32-ford-at-island_132624.htm
Nope....sorry...... Fast, yes.....sound as good as a "tweaked" V8? Nope... There's not an engine sound on this planet better than the sound of a hot V8. I'm sure I'm alone on this....I'm a weirdo.....
I've built several inline 6's that sounded great. High compression, long tube headers, big cam, and an original Flowmaster 40 will have everyone fooled at idle. At 4000+ it doesn't sound like a bumble bee, but an exotic 60's import. I had a 300 Ford, full N/A build that sounded like a Ferrari at 6000+ RPM. Hard to believe, but it's true. Any inline six with a glass pack, smithy, chambered exhaust, whatever will sound like a buzz box. Some dig it and it's a "traditional" sound, but I prefer the sound of a Flowmaster 40. They sound wicked when backing off the gas from 6 grand and letting the pipes scavenge... Just my opinion. -Chris Jeep 258 long tubes 2x Flowmaster 40's 200 long tubes, dual Flowmaster 40's
Is the question, "can inlines sound good", or "can inlines sound like a V8?" Inlines can sound killer! I love to hear a straight six rapping out. When my 194 was on the run-in stand it sounded like a freakin' airplane engine. I loved it. I can't wait to hear it screaming through the new header.
Coolest sound in the world, bar none...I had a '57 Chev in HS...way back in 1960...had a six with an early Corvette split manifold on it...got my share of noise infraction tickets...still love that sound... R-
Street wise, split manifold, duals and Smitties or Porter steel packs. It's all about the sweet rap of a set of six cylinder duals and not about how loud or how much you shake the ground when you fire it up. That little Falcon in post 21 has too much ring in the pipes with the Flowmasters and not the mellow sound you get with the right glass or steel packs. Great for a Street Machine but not the classic six cylinder custom car sound.
This is my early falcon ute, much similar to your ranchero. It's a 250 with a 2V head on it, and I split the stock headers, which were on the aussie 2V engines (i hope this video works) http://www.youtube.com/v/9Yc87FXmTPM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><EMBED type="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" src="<a href=" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com" www.youtube.com http:>http://www.youtube.com/v/9Yc87FXmTPM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"> (if not) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yc87FXmTPM</EMBED>
I agree - an inline with a split manifold - great sound - nothing like it ( as long as there's a cam and some compression there too. A v6 with any kind of exhasut - God Awful/ They should have the biggest quietest muffler available. I have a neighbor with some kind of import with loud exhaust - what a piece of crap.
My 49 dodge with a split would would wake the whole neighborhood at 2 AM as I came home down a 1/4 mile side street. I found out when I graduated and the school secretary at school wrote in my year book that she was glad I was gone so she could get some sleep.
Here is mine. I think it sounds pretty good. No it doesn't sound like a V8 but then I didn't want a V8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxfKQ4KMM9s
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