Oak-Pescarolo becomes Morgans!

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

an on-board car isn't the best way to judge the sound of an engine, btw i've seen too much videos of sgt races of last years and the sound of VK45 (and his big brother that powered the gt-r gt1) resembles a lot the sound of an american low revlimit sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bLfBR-nPfk

GT-R GT1. That doesn't sound at all like the onboard from the Zytek. And I think the difference between a flatplane and crossplane V8 in terms of sound is pretty obvious.

Also for more proof that the VK45DE (at least in LMP2 form) is flat-plane crank:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKr6Wi-qlmE

Trackside video of the Greaves Zytek. Doesn't rumble.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by CTD

Love that sound!

Are you all there ?

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

oak uses judd-hk engine, the nissan VK45 is easy to recognize because has an "american" sound

What is that supposed to mean ?

[alexkiller8]

it means that when i hear the sound of the VK45 used in 2008/2009 nissan gt-r GT500 (and a zytek modified version actually used in lmp2) and reminds me the sound of an american racing engine, but after reading the post after mine i decided to clear some dubts and i found out that the the engine sound is similiar to the one of the matech ford GT3 that is a yankee-roush one. For sure i don't have the absolute ear, but the sound of VK45 makes me think much more to those kind of engine and not to a typical japanese turbo engine that were commonly used some time in japanese racing cars.
The VK56 was used in the gt-r gt1, i heard again it and i have to admit that i remembered it much louder than what i've heard today

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKr6Wi-qlmE

Trackside video of the Greaves Zytek. Doesn't rumble.

Fully agree on this whole sound thing. More so, the LMP2 Nissan actually sounds a lot like an older 4.0L Zytek engine and even shares the same habit of backfiring more than others (nice flames too). Perhaps it's to the Zytek electronics.