Best sounding 4-cylinder?

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01/25/2017 at 09:20 • Filed to: None

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I think it is. What’s your favorite four-popper sound?


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Kinja'd!!! TysMagic > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:28

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my abarth tickles my fancy a lot so does the new 124 abarth. However that’s my thought without putting any thought in to my answer


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:33

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Kinja'd!!! SnoopDouggyDougg > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:34

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Honda K20Z3


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:34

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A V8 with cylinder deactivation


Kinja'd!!! PotbellyJoe and 42 others > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:35

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Weber carb Alfa Twin Cam is up there for me.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:35

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Detroit 4-53


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:36

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EJ255/7 with straight pipes. Rumble rumble.


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:36

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one spinning well past its redline, obviously

this is basically my ringtone, gives me a grin every time


Kinja'd!!! jimz > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:41

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I’m not a big fan of 4 bangers, but the one in my SRT-4 didn’t sound bad on the inside. I’m not gonna go looking for a YouTube video of one with a stock exhaust because that’ll probably take me forever.


Kinja'd!!! The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:43

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You never said it had to be a car. 500cc, 2 stroke, V4. It can only by the Honda NSR500.


Kinja'd!!! marvthegrate > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:44

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Kinja'd!!! DasWauto > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:47

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I like the traditional Subaru rumble and am a bit sad that mine doesn’t do it. Damn equal length header.


Kinja'd!!! cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > MonkeePuzzle
01/25/2017 at 09:47

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Nothing sounds like a Honda B engine.


Kinja'd!!! cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
01/25/2017 at 09:48

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I adore the sound those make.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:48

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The one that revs the highest maybe? From all production vehicles, the Kawasaki ZX-2R (or ZXR250 or ZXRR) from ~1990 goes the highest. The brave little 250ccm engine pushes over 20k rpm in the models without limiters.

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The other possibility would the largest 4-cylinder engine ever to power a car. This would be the Fiat S76 with a 28 liter airship engine.

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Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TysMagic
01/25/2017 at 09:52

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I believe 4-cylinders sound better with a turbo. They don’t sound great by themselves, but give them another noise maker, and they can make awesome noises. Stock, the Abarth wins.


Kinja'd!!! bob and john > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 09:58

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Yamaha R1 motor.

THE NOISE. SWEET HONEY COVERED BABY JESUS THE NOISE.


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 10:14

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Two 4-bangers joined in a V configuration.


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > DasWauto
01/25/2017 at 10:27

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Both the turbo and non-turbo Boxer engines can sound great!


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 10:34

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I love the typical Subaru flat-four rumble, which I already posted in here, but I also really love the sound of the 20V 4AGE engines:


Kinja'd!!! Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 10:54

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Offenhauser.


Kinja'd!!! Vicente Esteve > TysMagic
01/25/2017 at 10:57

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Stock Abarth has this competition beaten.


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
01/25/2017 at 15:18

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