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Which rover sounds the best???

High pitched k series scream?

KV6 smooth as silk purr???

T series induction note and dump valve?

or the mighty rover V8 rumble??

I am really curious about this one, all the rovers i have driven/been drivin in have been k series engined! Anyone else love the noise that just starts at about 3500rpm???

Warren

sorry left one out,

the mighty rover diesels!!!

Driven a K and a T the K wins hands down for the shear roar!

Having said that the DV sounds cool aswell on my T mmmmmmmmm

Will contemplate before voting.

Robert.

Well I can say if vtec was down there it'd be jonny's however I think my silencer gives a gorgeous roar on full throttle - love it to bits, and gets my vote.

There is no contest here.

Anyone who has driven/been passenger in or stood next to the mighty V8 will have ended up wiping the drool from there chin.

I've had the great pleasure of thrashing a Landrover V8 around the Kalahari Desert in Botswana (It was absolute heaven!!) Remember the time on Topgear when Richard Hammond proclaimed "I am a Driving GOD!!" well i know exactly how he felt.

well i love the throaty burble that my Ti has with the induction kit....

...but i think the V8 wins hands down.

Remember the first time I heard a mightly V8 SD1 years ago and I don't think I have ever heard any Rover sound better.

Mind you I love the sound of Jonny's vtec - but that's not a Rover engine

V8! no if's but's or maybe's!! Comes with a sublime burble as standard, but play with the exhaust and it's like something else! Having owned a few Rover V8s as well as big Yank V8's no way can a four pot compete on the noise front! Go listen to a TVR at full pelt, makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up!!!

WayneH wrote:Mind you I love the sound of Jonny's vtec - but that's not a Rover engine

I take it this was after the blast to pod?

V8 is a real engine .. a REEAAAAALLL engine.

1st = V8
2nd= KV6
3rd= K series
4th = A well tuned A Series
5th = O series (obviously)
6th = T series
7th = L Series and Perkins Prima Diesels

Gareth

HAS to be the Rover V8. Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when hearing one at revs, so sweet and smooth *in* the vehicle, yet they sound so lovely and rorty and lumpy due to the odd firing impulses.

After a week of flat out work converting my dads Series III landy to Rover V8 EFi - with Chrysler 3spd auto and 230 transfer box, it was a welcome noise to hear when it fired up. Had a lot of trouble with the EFi relays - spent a couple of days tracing problems, but when it first fired up and kept running and a steady idle it made it all worthwhile.

The sheer laziness of driving a V8 - even in a landy - just makes it *the* best Always like the torque reaction that threw a 1.7 ton landy around when you whacked the throttle open - and the intake noise through the air flow meter with a K&N is divine..

I'd agree on a tuned A series though - very sweet little motor at revs, with it's odd 3 port exhaust creating a wierd noise signature..

Brian.

bgunn wrote:
I'd agree on a tuned A series though - very sweet little motor at revs, with it's odd 3 port exhaust creating a wierd noise signature..

Brian.

Aye, a big-bore A series with a wild cam and a single-box RC40 exhaust... Luvly!

Jonny 5 wrote:

I take it this was after the blast to pod?

Yep, and when I heard it at Castle Combe earlier in the year... awesome sound

Oh - and don't forget that ride you promised me

V8 for me too ... by a long way. Anyone here see the V8s win the BTCC back in 82? Impressive tools...

Modern (mostly)stuff:

here's my line up:

1st = V8 (that's modern ?....
2nd= KV6 ... v. naaaice!
3rd= T series ( like the induction noise at large throttle openings until turbo takes over fully.
4th = O, S, A and K series equally
5th = B series ... Early MGB - had an almost Ferrari like mellow note at around 4000 rpm ... superb (If I still had one of these, I'd probably put it No. 1 !

The above is from the driver's view(ear?) point. As a bystander hearing a passing car .... V8 and early B joint first. Modern stuff in standard trim a bit too suppressed soundwise both exhaust and induction.

Oh yes ... nearly forgot. The MGC Straight six was a nice engine both inside and out of the car.

my vote went to the real engine (v8) but i love the sound my vvc coupe makes. its just a standard exhaust with a 3" trim at the mo but once its warm it sounds the nuts. a nice rasp/bark but not like a nova.

Ever since i heard a moddified S1 escort turbo ive loved the format.

the T16's are even better because of the longer gearing and bigger torque, its not a particualry special sound its just way the turbo smooths out the unbalanced noise of the straight 4 and the effortless pull of long gears.
they sound quick without trying to be noisy.

I would of probably said the KV6 but ive never heard one!

J

T16 turbo when the exhaust has a straight through system with no baffles.

Followed by the V8

I loved the sound of my K when i had the back box put on it, i only wish it had MORE power. It was a funky little engine

I've got the same back box as Bjorn, and as he said, there's a definate roar full throttle at the higher revs. I'm happy it makes the car sound nice. T series is nice and deep at idle.

In my last mini i had an RC40 exhaust but only had a mild cam in that took me and dad 2 days to fit . For what it was, it was poky and makes the typical whining sound when pulling away

KV6 has the nicest sound through a meaty exhaust , but the winner by far has to be the V8. Just sounds like pure power

I know it's not strictly a Rover engine - but as Jonny's car was mentioned, I thought I might forward another candidate: The Honda C series V6 - as fitted to the 800 and Legend.

Not as "raspy" as the KV6, but it has a lovely deep, quite mellow, relaxed sound at low revs, getting typically Honda frenetic sounding at high revs. Very good throttle response due to the far superior PGM-Fi engine management too

Brian.

ohhhhhh,

nice response ppl, i think the v8 wins hands down then.

can you fit one to a mk 2 200???

Warren

There's a few clubman mini's with V8's sitting on top of 'landcrab' gearboxes - yes that means transverse, so given a huge amount of time and effort you could conceivably fit one to a 200

Hard with the low bonnet of a 200 though - at least with a Mini you've got the benefit of it originally having a Transmission In Sump motor, hence a high scuttle..

Brian.

if i were going to go to that trouble i would longlitudinally mount it, with rear wheel drive, wouldn't fancy a fwd v8, my 214 torque steers too much as it is

If i had the time or the money it would be an excellent project. perhaps when my career kicks off

Warren

So you wouldn't fancy a Lancia Thema 8.32, comes with Ferrari V8 driving a rather terrified pair of front wheels!!

There's a pair of mint SD1's that patrol Preston every so often, that wins hands down for me, second would be the T series, as demonstrated to me by Neill once. :p

After having been round a couple of the local race circuits in a Ferarri BB512, absolutely NOTHING can compare with the sound that the flat 12 makes - especially when it is just behind your head
Gary

I like the noise my VVC makes.

Like a million mile diesel on tickover and a screamer over 4000rpm.

Do like the T Dump though.

Ed_harasym wrote:I like the noise my VVC makes.

Like a million mile diesel on tickover

not just mine then

I'm going with:

1) V8
2) tuned A-series
3) Perkins Prima

NotoriousREV wrote:I'm going with:

1) V8
2) tuned A-series
3) Perkins Prima

Weird choice for No.3 but then i think it sounds better than most diesels under load, nice and grunty.

Gareth

My vote (of the ones that are there) goes for the V8.
But an S-series with twin webers and a decent bore exhaust (not too big) sounds decent.
Of the Honda units, a 12 valve with K&N and 2 box 2" exhaust sounds much sweeter than any of the 16v units.

No contest surely? Even since I met the mighty Rover V8, I have always incisted that it is one of the best british engines (I know its not 100% british!) ever made.

Just roll on getting and Rangie

5.0L V8 is a monstor. Makes you laugh every time you start it

roverspeed wrote:I am really curious about this one, all the rovers i have driven/been drivin in have been k series engined! Anyone else love the noise that just starts at about 3500rpm???

Yeah, I do think it sounds pretty good alright. You can hear it quite well in the in-car video of mine you can download here:
http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6727

I'm not going to vote on this though as I can't really say I have heard any of the other engines, at least not lately anyway. I'm surprised to read that many people are saying the K sounds better than the T. Can't wait to decide for myself!

BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM !!!!!!! MIGHTY V8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!