some engines are good
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some engines are bad
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but some engines are V10s
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yes, V12s can be a bit lovely and V8s can be absolutely brutal
but my opinion
nothing can compete with a screaming v10 bein rude or race car form
now I know
I'm not alone in thinking that way
so, why do V10s sounds so great
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to begin with let's start with a cylinder count
having ten cylinders to spread an engines displacement over
means that the Pistons can be nice and small
small means light and light means they're easy to reciprocate
having less reciprocating mass per cylinder means an engine can Rev higher
giving a v10 an advantage over a v6 or a v8 of a similar size
getting nerdy about the sound an engine makes
fundamentally
sound is the interaction between vibrations created by air pressure changes and our ears
the pitch of an engine comes down to the frequency of a sound wave
but only one main frequency mix with from the engine
down the exhaust and to our ears as the dominant sound of a car
and that is called the Root note
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an engines root note is created by the timing and pressure of the exhaust pulses
now these exhaust pulses reach our ears is governed by the engine speed
the faster the engine speeds the more exhaust strokes are performed
this is why an engine no increases in volume and pitch as revs increase
now the calculation of a root note also concerns and the amonut of cylined firing
and the way of v10 affects that
frequency value seems to work wonders for it soundtrack
an V10 engine along with its firing order
gives a specific root note that obviously resonates well with many petabytes years
shall we hear some more
yeah let's hear some more
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also V10s like v12s are rather expensive and tricky to develop hence by
the phoned in so few cars they're mostly reserved for motorsport which means
they're going to be strong powerful and generally high revving all factors that
contribute towards an awesome soundtrack
so what V10 offered is more revs
more exhaust pulses
and the perfect frequency of sound waves
which results in audible loveliness
and maybe V10s have a
special place in our hearts because of how rare it is to hear one my personal
favorite is the 3.5 liter v10 find in the partial 905 Group C car
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who can forget about the mighty f1v tens from 20 years ago
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and of course that Audi adverb
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