A Dodge Viper and a Lexus LFA both use a V10 engine, but a Dodge Viper has a very “deep” sound, but a Lexus LFA has a very high pitched whining sound?
What makes a car like a muscle car like a Mustang or Viper have such a different sound than a car like a Lamborghini or Ferrari when they use the same kinds of engines?
In: Engineering
Here is an amazing video explaining everything about car sounds, dont know if it will let me post a link, there was another video i think from Engineering Explained that he did a while ago that explains just the part of why V8 american muscle cars sound different than V8 european cars but i cannot find that video.
TLDR is:
American V engines normally have a cross—plane crankshaft, which results in their distinctive rumble at low revs, whereas European V engines normally have a flat-plane crankshaft, which results in a less distinctive low rev sound but a distinctive high rev scream.
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