Originally Posted by BenFenner 
The cross-plane crank V8s sound the way they do because of the improper pairing of the cylinders as Vadim said and the unequal timing of the cylinder firing. A good bit of the sound can be "fixed" by pairing the proper cylinders, a la the Ford GT. Although really, an incorrect length header or incorrect cylinder pairing is sort of the same thing when it comes to the sound. It is tough to fully overcome the sound of uneven cylinder firing, which tends to give a lub-lub-pause-lub-lub-pause sound.
You know one cross plane engine I DO love the sounds of?? The Ferrari V8s
And the Yamaha R1. Sounds like a V-twin but a littlre less chain saw and a little more "refine"
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