R&T: F355 Nominated Best Sounding Road-Car V8

I agree with this nomination

 

That will drive the price of 355s up.

 

Darth in my car with Tubi exhaust, Fabspeed cats.

 

Yeah, the dry Southwest is easier on asphalt, and so many of the Vegas roads are less than 30 years old, many less than 15 - we get some nice smooth driving. That said, there aren't a whole lot of options to open things up unless you get a little ways out.

 

I no longer own one but agree wholeheartedly.

 

Main reason I bought one.

Actually this video specifically:

360 goes by first...then the 355 shows em how it's done.

 

Agreed. It's the most beautiful in a spider.


After my diesel drivetrain going to do a supercharged v12
Just need a donor chassis as that one will be a keeper


supercharged V12 sound

 

Man you aren’t kidding. Wow. That sounded amazing. (not the 360 either)

 

This is my favorite flyby of a 355.

 

Sounds very F1 doesn’t it?

 

Minor correction, it sounds very F1 when F1 sounded awesome and before it started sound like the leaf blowers and vacuums it sounds like now.

Forza Ferrari, Forza F355!

 

Which is why it's my favorite 355 video.

 

Ahh, I still love it though. I’m an F1 junkie, always will be.

 

That very same clip was one of things which inspired me to buy my F355! Thanks, Ernie.

 

Indeed, sounds very old-school F1, very lovely screaming sound

I'm guessing the 360 needed some regulatory changes in the stock exhaust, rendering it more muted in comparison to the 355? I think there was a Top Gear or Fifth Gear episode where they reviewed the 360 CS, and they mentioned how that car had one of the last "loud" exhausts before even stricter sound emission rules were put in place (if only I could find that episode...).

 

I've had a Theory for a while that it's actually the bypass arrangement on the 355 exhaust that gives that characteristic sound. Where it splits into two after the manifold the parallel exhaust lengths are slightly different which would mean there could be a super imposed 'false' engine pulse when the pipes merge back together. That makes the engine sound as though it's revving twice as fast as it is.

 

Love that car. Too bad it's not street legal. They aren't supercharged as far as I know. Unless you mean the electric motor part. A little off topic but I want this exhaust for my Mercedes:

 

hard to argue that the 355 isnt the best sounding v8 motor but i like this one too...

 

Anyone who has listened to 4 cylinder motorcycle engines revving over 10,000 will tell you that the F355 does not sound like it is revving at twice its RPMs.

My theory is that all the plumbing in the exhaust is just right (right length, right diameter) and this is what lets the musicality out.

 

amazing

 

I need to find out the exhaust set up on this car. Wow!