what is a "european tone"?

[xray]

Bart,

Yup. My S54 spinning at 7k in the M roady is one of the best sounds coming from a car. Even better than the Z, but there's 30 years of progress between the two motors, so I'll cut the Z some slack...

[Fun_in_my_z]

This beats the sound of any super car.

[five&dime]

Yeah.... My freshly built BMW M52 with M3 cams sounds pretty damn good. My dad always tells me he can hear me coming long before I roll up in his driveway.

Although my Robello built L20b with twin Mikuni 44's and no filters sounds pretty damn badass

The best sounding car on the planet (best car on the planet period) is the Ferrari F40 IMO. Twin turbo V8 without all the computerized BS. drool................

[five&dime]

0.57 seconds and then again at 1.53 are my favorite sounds of all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgB3_OFRfAQ&feature=related

[wishihadaz]

So we have gone from "What does a European exhaust sound like" to what we like the sound of.

My 2 cents-

I'd have to agree that vintage E-Type Jags, Austin Healy 3000s and the like is what that sound is like, and I believe that "Monza" and "Ansa" marketed their exhausts to emulate that sound as evident when they were used on TR-6's and other straight 6's.

So our Zcars come along and those same exhaust systems were fitted and the same resonating sound was produced.

A Zcar with triple Webers, Mikunis, or ITB's is arguably most melodic; esp., with MSA's twice pipes.(when they were introduced, they also said something like "mellow-European exhaust note")

All these systems use glasspack type mufflers. (fact)

BTW -

Ferraris achieve that screaming F1 sound through the use of single plane crank technology which changes the firing order of the cylinders. This is further heightened using "Capristo or "Tubi" aftermarket exhaust systems. (also a fact)

Hats off to the American big block fans but that is definitely NOT "European".

[Panamared]

I love this one.

[ozy]

0.57 seconds and then again at 1.53 are my favorite sounds of all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgB3_OFRfAQ&feature=related

organism, er i mean orgasm!

sounds like satan forgot to leave the toilet seat down and the missus is giving him an arse whoopin!

unholy altogether!!!

[wishihadaz]

I love this one.

Love this one too!

I've played this over and over......and over....and over......

[TomoHawk]

Is that your idea of the Eropean exhaust tone"

[Force Fed]

BMW always pops into my head whenever someone mentions Euro-tone exhaust:

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/BMWPowerhu-Motorsport_62051.htm

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/BMW-M3-E30-with-M5tech_86045.htm

[TomoHawk]

The BMW is nice, but they use a dual exhaust arrangement with a single muffler. How could you do that without using twice pipes?

[beezee]

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