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numerouno · 11-13-2004, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by dons5

well then i guess i either must of been hearing things in the mexico video or it was fake and added on by Ferrari lol which i doubt

Gotta say that I agree with you dons, what I remember from the mexican vid isn't a dull soundtrack!

dons5 · 11-14-2004, 08:13 AM

thank you numerouno

TT · 11-15-2004, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by f48koenig on supercarfrance's forum:

nejcdolinsek · 11-15-2004, 03:13 PM

Shit, thats a lot of white tape

mindgam3 · 11-15-2004, 06:23 PM

http://www.sportscarscene.com/de/alb...r=DESC&start=0

http://web323.server9.webplus24.de/f430.wmv - nice sound but definately not as nice as the 355 - see video clip og 355 exhausts i posted before

dons5 · 11-15-2004, 08:01 PM

lol how could u judge the cars sound by that, hes barely touching the throttle and its not even great quality

mindgam3 · 11-16-2004, 06:37 AM

You can still get a good idea, plus combined with the following vid and the original ferrari release one, IMO it doesen't sound as nice as a 360 and definately not as nice as a 355 although it still beats just about any other car in sound.

http://redirect.streaming.szm.de/red...i_f430_320.wmv

EVO: "The Ferrari's (430) engine has a more impressive reach, but the electric exhaust not has lost some voltage compared with the 360's ear splitting shriek"

Top Gear: "I would disagree with the noise thing, though. The 430 is loud enough, theres still a bark as exhaust valves butterfly open over 3,250 rpm, but the F430 is not quite the rev range maestro that the 360 was. It can drone in parts of the rev range. It can be slightly muffled. He's right, it has got personality still but I'm not sure if it's as instantly likeable as the 360"

Seems like 2 of the worlds top magazines that have actually driven it agree with me too

dons5 · 11-16-2004, 08:58 PM

first off i know about that video im the one who posted it, second, when i heard it being floored in the Mexico video it sounded insane and third in that really short video clip posted eariler it sounds much better then a 360 and 355 at idle and lower revs, it sounds alot meaner, as for in the upper rpm ranges he doesnt bring it up there so ill have to judge from the mexico video which it sounded nuts in. From what ive heard in the upper rpm ranges the F430 doesnt have the howling of the 355 or the mettalic shreiking of the 360 but to me personally it sounded like a mix in between. Thats why i said it sounds like a 355 and 360 put together. Ive heard 355's and 360's at idle in person and none of them sounded like that 430 in the video idling. I actually thought that 430 idling had put another exhaust system on becuase Ferraris are never that aggresive sounding at idle when they are stock. Even a challenege stradale at stock isnt much different then a regular 360.

mindgam3 · 11-17-2004, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by dons5

first off i know about that video im the one who posted it, second, when i heard it being floored in the Mexico video it sounded insane and third in that really short video clip posted eariler it sounds much better then a 360 and 355 at idle and lower revs, it sounds alot meaner, as for in the upper rpm ranges he doesnt bring it up there so ill have to judge from the mexico video which it sounded nuts in. From what ive heard in the upper rpm ranges the F430 doesnt have the howling of the 355 or the mettalic shreiking of the 360 but to me personally it sounded like a mix in between. Thats why i said it sounds like a 355 and 360 put together. Ive heard 355's and 360's at idle in person and none of them sounded like that 430 in the video idling. I actually thought that 430 idling had put another exhaust system on becuase Ferraris are never that aggresive sounding at idle when they are stock. Even a challenege stradale at stock isnt much different then a regular 360.

lol, well its all a matter of opinion.....

But why does it matter what i sounds like at idle? :S

I've heard a 355 and 360 at full revs live, from inside the 360 as well, and from the videos i can say the 430 doesen't have the same gogrgeous spine tingling scream tht the 360 and 355 have.

The 430 has a lower overall tone probably due to the bigger capacity which doesen't make it as appealing imo.

And as i said, the magazines who have actually driven the 430 seem to agree with me....