how to get a lumpy ide in my 6 cyl like an old school v8

[montyv8]

but i must ask, why bother??

if you're only after the sound......

i mean, everyone i know that drives an 'old school 8', doesnt drive it just because it sounds tuff......

and when you start playing with twin systems on a 6cyl, its easy to 'over exhaust' your car, which leads to bad economy.

[Clarke AV]

Get a v8

[boost4.0L]

crow stage 3 cam from www.americanautos.com.au have good performance little lumpy

[Hardtopxb]

If you cant tell the difference between a Cleveland V8 ANY 6 cyl regardless of make, you are either hard of hearing, cant count past 6 or just plain stupid....

[sphell]

if you want a v8 sound, buy a v8. You'll never get a 6 to sound like a v8. If you want a lumpy idle, disconnect the MAP sensor hose...it's free. But start saving your Safeway fuel discount dockets cause your gonna need em.

[gthofan]

haha, thanks for the tip sphell. i think ill save up and get the wade cam

[NZ]

People have commented before about my 3.9 sounding like a v8. Its great.

record the sound of a old skool v8 and pump it up while driving

[Clarke AV]

Yes I've done that. I've had a Triumph 2000 and I jigsawed the entire roof off. Had an old 15 inch Monitor Gold in the back. Had to take the seat out and remove the door to get it in and out. Pull the choke out at the lights, idle like a V8 and I sucked one person in. Now wasn't that fun!?

[niko]

unplug any one of your 6 injectors :P

[evlelf]

I agree with stiddy, But pull off TWO off your spark plug leads... give it a try

[MightyXR6Turbo]

Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Damn straight. Ask anyone who was at Heathcote when I dropped the pipes on the EB. Mmmmmm unburnt fuel igniting.

It was loud, the cam was lumpy as hell, but it didn't sound anything like at 8.

That would have just sounded like an old John Deere tractor... 6cyls with dropped pipes sound god aweful.

Back on topic - I am sure that with $400 you could buy yourself a beat up old XD Falcon with a 302/351 clevo in it, that will sound lumpy as all hell, but not because its cool, but because it is tuned very poorly and backfires when you give it any throttle... Wow that story sounds very familiar... I think I have pics of that.... lol ;)

[montyv8]

have any of you actually heard a cleveland?????

a 6cyl with two plug leads not connected will sound like, well, a 6cyl running on 4cyl's...

walkinshaw's car has a rather lumpy cam, has trouble idling, and that sounds like an ill-tempered 6......

my 5.0 ef has a twin exhaust etc, it doesnt sound like a clevo.....

[Van D]

The old 2V's can sound pretty good.

My advice though, is put a V8 in your car. Could get a long motor + trans for around $4-500 bucks.

[santoitaliano]

.650 thou lift! what the hell cam is that?

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by NZ

People have commented before about my 3.9 sounding like a v8. Its great.

bwahahaha! Badge Engineering <tm> at work here?

[evlelf]

[QUOTE=montyv8]
a 6cyl with two plug leads not connected will sound like, well, a 6cyl running on 4cyl's...

QUOTE]


My mate put new leads on my car, the sillyboy mixed up 1 & 2 cylinders, so they werent firing, and it sounded lumpy... backfired a bit, and while sounding ИИИИ, it did sound close to a lumpy v8.. 3 inch exhaust helped that

[The Goodz]

Originally Posted by santoitaliano

.650 thou lift! what the hell cam is that?

It was a custom grind cam that I got second hand, so I don't know all the specs. Power starts kicking in at 3500rpm, but when it does...

Alex

[Clarke AV]

It really does sound sexy when you have a real V8 and you start it - it just sounds so nice idling. hopefully this is of some help to you.

[montyv8]

next time me and Big mike are out in the XB and XC we'll take a sound recording. put it on a cd and sell copies. got a good car stereo?

[DUMTEF]

my ef has quite a nice note to it at idle as a few of the guys here have heard to get the note i have i am running a wade 1004@112 cam, lukey extractors, hiflow cat, 2.5" mandrel bent system with one semi straight through muffler. but it doesnt sound like an 8.

[agony]

:eclipsee_ :eclipsee_ MATE IF YOU WANT YOUR CAR TO SOUND LIKE A V8 WHY DONT YOU BUY ONE :eclipsee_ :eclipsee_

[Joes_meat]

I had a Holden blue 202 that sounded exactly like an 8 at idle.

The holes through the exhaust helped.

But mostly it was the lumpy idle that shook the whole car. Could possibly have been the 20 cent coin-sized hole right the way though piston 6. That could have something to do with it.

P.S. I've still got the piston if you're interested .

[heckaz performance]

A cam with 230deg @ 0.50 and a 3inch system with a single straight through or no muffler, or a twin system with twin large cats and 2.5inch or smaller pipes. That would be close for a six banger. Even my stage 3 crow cam and a 3inch exhaust with 3inch cat sounds like an 8, twangin' above 4000rpm. But clevos 'll hit 7000rpm, ours only hit 6000. Geeze they had big port heads, eb 6 heads have the biggest ports, which would help lumpen up the idle as their would be less air speed. If you have a broadband manifold, making it use the short runners all of time, would also lumpen up the idle. Clevos heads were huge, even in 2v form, thats part of the reason for their top end charge and lumpy idle. You can fit Clevo heads to a Windsor, that would start to sound like a Clevo.

[hornet]

Originally Posted by XRated

There is a sound clip over at fordmods with someone running a stage 2/3 Alted cam, and it is lumpy as f#ck! Can't say it sounds that crash hot, but it might be the sound you're after.

That may of been my EL with an Alted/RPD stage 3 cam. Recorded on a dying mic, but you get the idea..

http://www.a1oils.com.au/adrian/idle4.mp3