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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-22 days agoFun trivia: Volvo, for a time, sold 60-degree, Yamaha V8s in their XC90: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_B8444S_engine Engine geometry essentially determines sound, and a 60 degree V8 is very rare. Hence it gave what was supposed to be a safe, boring SUV a hilariously burbly pipe: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI&pp=ygUHWGM5MCB2OA%3D%3D And that’s cool. It’s neat, and exotic; the engine earned that noise.
minus-squareseathru@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoDuring the 90’s you could get this beauty with a tiny 3.4l 60deg Yamaha V8. Unfortunately the exhaust note was the only redeeming quality. The car and engine both were junk.
Fun trivia:
Volvo, for a time, sold 60-degree, Yamaha V8s in their XC90:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_B8444S_engine
Engine geometry essentially determines sound, and a 60 degree V8 is very rare. Hence it gave what was supposed to be a safe, boring SUV a hilariously burbly pipe:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI&pp=ygUHWGM5MCB2OA%3D%3D
And that’s cool. It’s neat, and exotic; the engine earned that noise.
During the 90’s you could get this beauty with a tiny 3.4l 60deg Yamaha V8.
Unfortunately the exhaust note was the only redeeming quality. The car and engine both were junk.