It’s time to pull your engines and tell us what sounds best when it’s cold
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- The cold starts a stronger sound due to higher slow motion speeds and more loose to cold motor tolerances.
- V8 and V12 engines often offer the most aggressive and pleasant cold start -up sounds.
- However, enthusiasts debate factory exhaust that offers the best cold hearing experience.
The mornings are not always nice, especially when they involve crawling out of bed and sliding behind the wheel for another work of the soul. But for those of you who have not changed aside from electric walks and still have a performance car, there is at least a small mechanical silver lining to start things: the cold start.
And if you have the right car, this first absence for life could be the only thing that makes the slog to work almost worth it. So here is the question: what is the original cold start -up the undisputed champion?
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Let’s go back a little. Why does a cold start see different in the first place? It comes back to a few things. First of all, when an engine is cold, it generally delights, pouring a little additional fuel to get things done. The speeds of idle also slip higher and the tolerances inside the engine are more loose until everything warms up. Combine all of this, and for a brief glorious window, you get more noise, more bite, more character.
Of course, once the engine warms up and sets in, things smooth and calm. But this initial burst? This is where the glorious magic occurs. So, which factory engine engine offers the best version of this sound chaos? Let us dive into some of the most obvious contenders.
The only rule: keep it in stock
From the start, we must define at least one rule and it is to focus only on stock production cars in this conversation. Almost nothing in this category would resist some of the wildest racing cars. Aptly everything from Nascar, WEC or F1 would probably run away with this price.
That said, the options are still endless. Take, for example, Aston Martin V12 Vantage Zagato. This is probably not the first thing you could take into consideration, but acquire your speakers and listen. Not only is it strong, but it presents a burble that some V12 does not do so. This is the kind of sound that says “yes, I am dear – and I will inform the whole neighborhood.”
Of course, we can’t really have this conversation without talking about V8. The great thing about them is that many seem incredible in stock without cost six figures as is the case for Aston Martin. For example, let’s listen to the cold start of a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, a 668 hp V8 sedan which seems perfectly perfect of the factory.
Now let’s compare this at the noise made by a hellcat dodge supervised charger. The two are noisy, have an attitude and come with just enough grater to let you know that they are serious. Bonus points here: the engines of the two are not exclusive to a single model, so the same glorious noise can be made on some different signage plates. A victory for the loyalists of the brand everywhere.
Obviously, they are not the only choices. Maybe you have a favorite that we have not cut-a six-six symphony, perhaps, or an eccentric five cylinder that strikes above its weight. Anyway, we want to know: what is the best original cold start you have heard?
Place it in the comments and settle it in the sole way that car lovers know how; By constantly arguing on the noise of the engine, a reverend at the same time.
