Why do WRX's sound like Veedubs?

[Guest Yoda]

two40 is right,

a V8 is actually very smooth. the more cylinders you have, the smoother the engine, because they fire closer together. ie a v12 fires 12 cylinders per rotation as opposed to a 4 cyl which only does 4 or a 2 cyl (eg harley). they are different i know, because they are intentionally rough, but still the same principle...

[BigAl]

Yoda, a 12 cylinder fires 6 times per revolution unless it's a two stroke

[Belly_up]

Yeah, i guess that true, there are a lot of very nice, very smooth V8s around the place, namely anything jap or euro (ie not american : ) I'm thinking Lexus, BMW, Merc, Ferrari, Maserati etc all have pretty nice 8's...

[Xeron]

u can make a very smooth american v8, its just alot of overlap in the cam, with small lober seperation in the cam etc, while good for power, dosn't make for a smooth idle. Also depends on what v8 it is, the internally balanced engines tend to be more smooth from the more accurate balancing.

[Guest Yoda]

True Al. u know what i mean tho

[ed]

I know of a WRX that has equal length exhaust manifold and sounds like a lancer with an exhaust system