So then which is better in your opinion?

I personally can think of nothing better than a high revving naturally aspirated engine, like an M3's straight six...what a noise!

Depends.

What upon?

if were talking about the sound, its a hard one.
i love the sound of a v6/v8 at low revs and i love the sound of a BDA being thrashed but i dont think you can beet the noise of a turbo'ed v6 (but then in biased)

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Originally posted by Queebs:
What upon?

What you are forcing. A thumping great V8 or a 2ltr high rever?

I am in the sound of a V8 camp.....

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Originally posted by Tomark:

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Originally posted by Queebs:
What upon?

What you are forcing. A thumping great V8 or a 2ltr high rever?

I am in the sound of a V8 camp.....

I know what you mean, I love the noise of a thumping great na v8, but then again I see the appeal of a turbo v6.

I guess it's horses for courses really.

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Originally posted by Queebs:

I know what you mean, I love the noise of a thumping great na v8, but then again I see the appeal of a turbo v6.

I guess it's horses for courses really.

There are some Brit bruisers that knock spots of the ex colonial's V8's.

Cars i have owned i love the sound of.

BMW M3 CSL.
Corvette 454 ci.
Monaro 6.0 VXR.
Honda S2000.
Ford Capri 2.8 V6.
Lancer Evo 340.
Jaguar E Type V12.
De Tomaso Pantera.


Loads and loads more besides.

To answer the original question, yes it depends. On what you want from an engine.

There is no 'best'.

Turbo is make preferance, then N/A, then supercharging.

Must admit that the Saleen a few years ago was very good at the races. You could see the crowd all vibrate two feet to the left when it went by.

The Corvette, with it's 7.4 litres of virtually unsilenced side pipes sounded incredible going up through 4-5000 rpm.

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Originally posted by Bamford:
The Corvette, with it's 7.4 litres of virtually unsilenced side pipes sounded incredible going up through 4-5000 rpm.

Ahhh, I await to be re educated......

Why re-educated? Don't you like the sound of a big-block Chevvy?

To the US or UK v's

Forced induction is a compromise, and a cheap way of getting power from a small engine in a cheap car.

The very best engines are naturally aspirated.

What about all those big supercharged Mercedes AMG's, Palmy?

Exactly!

S65AMG?

The supercharged V8s?

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Originally posted by Palmira:
Forced induction is a compromise, and a cheap way of getting power from a small engine in a cheap car.

The very best engines are naturally aspirated.

Veyron ain't a bad engine either!

Oli they are pretty good, but noisy compared to the new AMG models which are naturally aspirated. Somehow the V12 versions which are turbocharged seem to be smooth and as quiet as a whisper even at speed and under hard acceleration.

Supercharging is probably the best of the forced induction methods, but for me, I would still prefer an atmospheric pressure system.

Would you want a totally silent supercar though?
For me, sound is a big part of it all.