Best Sounding Rover engine? You vote!

Dave V6 · Post by **Dave V6** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:03 am

i voted for the kv6 but not in o.e trim ,one of my friends recently drove past me in my car accelerating hard in 2nd gear and i was shocked by the sound ,it was flippin awesome

Dave400 · Post by **Dave400** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:39 am

When I last voted on this I had the T Series NASP which I liked the sound of..

But now I have the 1.6K I have to admit it sounds better, even though I only have a bog standard ZS exhaust and drilled airbox.

Grawolf · Post by **Grawolf** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:16 pm

which engine would have been in my dads 93k 416 gsi The honder one that sounded very nice thats when my love affair started with rover but strangly my first was the 420 turbo much faster dont sound as good though

Rover220CoupeTurbo · Post by **Rover220CoupeTurbo** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:45 pm

Grawolf wrote:which engine would have been in my dads 93k 416 gsi The honder one that sounded very nice thats when my love affair started with rover but strangly my first was the 420 turbo much faster dont sound as good though

Is that a Honder Vtech?

Post by **agw_01** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:49 pm

Gotta be the K for me

When ticking over from cold the engine sounds nasty and tickety, but the exhaust is putting out quite a nice deep burble (although quiet on the standard system).

When flooring it though, that roar just does it for me!

topgod6 · Post by **topgod6** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:03 pm

Floating along at 30 in the kv6 and listening to the rumble as you push on, smile every time, sounds race car ish with a twin exhaust on the motorway when overtaking !

Jase 220 · Post by **Jase 220** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:54 pm

Rover v8 without a doubt. Having heard it start and go and driven one it has to be one the best sounding engines of any. Very nice.

2.2-600-VTEC · Post by **2.2-600-VTEC** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:21 pm

used to love my mg montego turbo "O" series turbo, fitted a induction kit and the turbo noise was superb and had loverly wastegate chatter.

Next would be v8

Liam Olf · Post by **Liam Olf** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:46 pm

Well, the KV6 powered ZS 180 I was in the other day sounded orgasmic.

But like many others, the sound of a roaring V8 gets me really weak at the knees. Being on a main road, I often hear quite a few Rover V8 powered Range Rovers blasting up and down.

They don't shift as much, but they sound absolutely beastly!

rovertomcat · Post by **rovertomcat** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:14 pm

got to be the d series i've only ever had in the family the SOHC so on that i've got a induction kit that just grunt like a c**t (put your lips together puff your cheeks and make an R sound with your tongue on the top of your mouth) i love that sound from it

and with the added rear silencer i've been told it makes it sound like a scooby

Artrhur · Post by **Artrhur** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:45 pm

I think this would have been great had someone put a sound file or video file of each engin at Idle, Cruise Say 30-50mph and the one at full Pelt hard Acceleration as it's hard for people who have never heard them to give an informed reply or maybe it's just because I love the sounds of all engines cause as in life everyone is stunning to someone.

JPW600 · Post by **JPW600** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:48 am

The V8. With a straight though pipes mmmm

Si · Post by Si » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:17 pm

T16 with a load of boost running through a Mongoose. Still miss the noise my old Rover made. Awesome

Neill · Post by **Neill** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:59 pm

LIke this matey???

http://www.nfuk.net/Rover/Vids/1.avi

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:33 pm

It's the V8 no question!

Bob SLi · Post by **Bob SLi** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:09 am

Punx0r wrote:It's the V8 no question!

what he said

jase · Post by **jase** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:34 am

I agree with Si, they may not have the character of a 6 or 8, but with extra boost and a mongoose they really do sound like they are just plain quick.

J

apywell · Post by **apywell** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:30 pm

When it come to the sound of an engine, you can't beat 'cubes'. The V8 has to win hands down

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:12 am

Unsurprisingly the diesel lumps have no votes!

jawanne · Post by **jawanne** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:01 am

hi av sat in a rover v8 and had a go it was a x police one fast as f...k and sounds like a monster but there getting rare now not a lot on the road any more were i live they used to be a blue one with wide wings looked the nuts but that was 10 years ago ....................

boydy220turbo · Post by **boydy220turbo** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:20 pm

oh yeah baby the v8 hands down

eddybrown · Post by **eddybrown** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:46 am

Definately the V8! A lovely burble that can't be beaten!

sharky55 · Post by **sharky55** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:31 pm

Your all wrong. I am a big fan of the V8 after working at a tvr garage but the best sounding rover lump is the V6 from a 6R4. Nuff said.

BrackenFox · Post by **BrackenFox** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:37 pm

Punx0r wrote:Unsurprisingly the diesel lumps have no votes!

Seeing as this thread has been resurrected - The L-series apparently now has 4 votes.

To all those who voted for the L-series - Mad as a sack of slightly damaged stoats, the lot of you!

(although, to be fair, once tuned a bit, the sound of an L-series on full throttle is quite aggressively petrol-like, and I actually prefer it to the T16 when you're driving like a loon!)

V8 FTW!

200coupe · Post by **200coupe** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:46 pm

got to be the mighy v8 for me, i love the sound of that engine.

The T series in turbo form sounds sweet with a loud back box.
Mind you so does the d series with a good back box and a cone filter, nice roar past 4000 revs

veitchy · Post by **veitchy** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:51 am

v8 v8 v8 v8 . Thats all that matters pure raw power. no silly t series or high reving vvc just roar

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:51 pm

V8 ftw. ESPECIALLY if you've heard it through twin 5" straight through exhausts on a 3500 trike conversion... Oh my lord, I wanted that engine, just the engine, to start up and keep in my house as musical entertainment.

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:27 pm

When we first got the SD1 both downpipes were rotten right through so it was completely unsilenced. It did sound quite good

Post by **Din** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:15 pm

Rover V8 by a long shot, we ran an mgb gt coupe in the workshop once with no downpipes attached...... loud is an understatement

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:23 pm

I don't know if it counts but the best sounding Rover (well, MGR) I've actually heard being driven hard was the SV at TOTB in 2006. Even on idle it was crackling but once the throttle was opened in anger.....

Post by **Din** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:28 pm

BlueRover wrote:I don't know if it counts but the best sounding Rover (well, MGR) I've actually heard being driven hard was the SV at TOTB in 2006. Even on idle it was crackling but once the throttle was opened in anger.....

That a ford engine though

still uber

though.

David-Ti · Post by **David-Ti** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:09 pm

You could probably add any engine into that poll I would still say rover v8..

Roger Red Hat · Post by **Roger Red Hat** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:51 pm

your kidding right?..

v8 anyday!

what tht hell!

fatboy.01 · Post by **fatboy.01** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:34 pm

v8 everyday allday

PJF220 · Post by **PJF220** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:37 am

Perhaps I'm being picky, but the poll is tottally flawed. The thread title is best sounding ROVER engine, yet there is a HONDA engine at the bottom of the poll. So if we are really talking best sounding engine ever FITTED to a Rover, surely the Merlin engined SD1 has to be a contender along with the turbine engined P6.

However, from the list of engines available in the poll, it has to be V8 though I much prefer the smoothness of a straight 6.

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