I’m pleased someone’s revived this thread.
I know, I know, I posted it before, but there’s a guy called sushpants that has a youtube channel that’s becoming one of my new favourites. He’s put a 20v 4AGE in his old AE82 Corolla and keeps putting out videos from just outside the ITB trumpets and good god, yeah, it might just be a 4 cylinder but the noise:
That exhaust does sound menacing.
Just imagine the one in Initial D, revs 11000 rpm.
They used a real one to make the sound in the later stages of the anime, but it was limited to “just” 9000 rpm.
Damn! That’s snorty!
But not as snorty as this…
I see your Sauber-Benz and raise you a V4 bike
…Me liKeY!
It actually sounds like a mini-V8, which technically is what a V4 is, just half a V8…
Enjoy the Italian orchestra
Fiat 131 Abarth
Alfa 155 2.5 V6 Ti ITC
Alfa Romeo 4C
Maserati Biturbo 2.24
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm
I could go on but I probably shouldn’t 
Who could forget the awesome Mazda 787B
This car is something else, I’ve been lucky enough to be stood inches from one idling through a paddock and then having it fly by, it physically hurts when it revs when you’re next to it. Videos of this thing just do it no justice.
Here are my nominations. I have so many picks, in fact, that I spent a lot of time narrowing it down to just the five shown below:
Four cylinders - Honda S2000 AP1: It may not have been an actual Type-R, but it definitely channeled their spirit. It redlined later than the AP2 (8800 vs. 8200 rpm), and still makes all of today’s affordable front-engined, rear drive sports cars - 86, BRZ and ND MX-5 all feel limp-wristed by comparison. Sadly, the chance of a replacement for the S2000 is almost nil, and even if it somehow came out, it’s unlikely that it would feel the same.
Six cylinders - Porsche 911 R (2016): I find this car to actually be even better-sounding than the previous-generation GT3 RS 4.0 (in my view, at least) - which was the very last road car ever to be powered by the iconic Mezger flat-six - and that’s saying something. It gets increasingly harder-edged as it approaches 8800 rpm. And when you consider that almost all of the current 911 range is turbocharged, that just makes the 911 R even more special, especially since unlike the dual-clutch-only GT3 RS with which it shares its engine, the R is available exclusively with a six-speed manual gearbox.
V8 - Ferrari 458 Speciale: There are plenty of great-sounding V8s, but for me, this one takes the cake, with a flat-plane crankshaft, 9000-rpm redline and a frenzied top-end shriek reminiscent of a 2.4-liter F1 car. We will most definitely never see or hear its like again.
V10 - Lexus LFA: It took 10 years to develop but all the expense was totally worth it, and like the Speciale, it also reminds me of old F1 cars (and sounds way better than the current crop of V6 turbo hybrids, too), although in this case it evokes memories from the earlier 3.0-liter and 3.5-liter eras. Again, it’s unlikely that any other car will sound as epic as this one does while it closes in on the rev limiter at 9500 rpm.
V12 - McLaren F1: evo Magazine once called it the best-sounding car in the world, and for good reason - its multifaceted growl throughout the rev range has never been bettered, let alone matched, and in all likelihood never will be. The hardcore LM and GTR long-tail versions, in particular, are just mind-bogglingly awesome.
Wait! One more V4 please!
THIS. Fastest ford mod motor car
12 Rotor Engine
And a procharged bigblock
Nissan Skyline KPGC10
The way she resonates does it for me. Be sure to listen to the exterior view at 2:44.
Hopefully my 302 will sound similar to this one when I get it together.
(I am using the same cam)
Edit:
The full drive is quite nice to listen to. Poster linked it in the description.
A Marvel of Engineering and a good noise to boot. The Commer TS3
This is a car while it’s on the ground, right?
That supercharger screech is nonpareil.
Holy shit that startup is good. Personally the drone of Ju-88’s is more my thing when it comes to aircraft.
And by your logic, this also counts as it’s on the ground (for a bit at least); the Vulcan and its howl
