French Matra V12s always sounded fantastic. This clip of a Ligier Matra F1 is the best sounding clip I can find although the late 60s/early 70s Matra sportscars sounded wonderful. You can just about hear them screaming in the background during Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" film.
TVR = well tuned Rover V8
Peugeot 205 ... that french one ... Just cos it sounds so silly!
Hmmm, RS1800 (Group 4 Spec.) or a Group B 6R4, or maybe a hillclimb single seater, Pillbeam etc.
Not an RS1800, but a 16v valve Pinto conversion (Warrior?) I believe, but otherwise probably to Gp. 4 spec (two bonus single seaters) [url=
Trabant.
I drove a Ferrari 430 Spyder on Sunday.Now that sounded pretty good!
DB9
Mini 1000, with basic stage 1 kit.
MGB with a janspeed.
2 I have had, 1 I dream of, bet you can guess what I have had!
Patient: Doctor, Doctor! Whenever I break wind, it sounds like a small Japanese motor car.
Doctor: Calm down. I suspect you have a small, pus-filled area in your colon.
Patient: But how can you tell?
Doctor: Everyone knows an abscess make the fart go "Honda"
Thinking about it, just about anything nicely tuned sounds pretty damn good, and the opposite is also true. Anything not well tuned but with a large exhaust in an attempt to sound good to those who don't know any better sounds absolutely crap.
Most memorable exhaust notes I have heard.
Calloway Corvette (at Le Mans).
Lister XJS V12 7 litre
Metro 6 R4
F1 cars with a V10 in the back.
At the track day I went to at North Weald whre I drove the F430,the Maerati Gran Turissmo and Vanatge V8 also sounded pretty good.
Cobra didn't have a Rover/Buick V8 it was a Ford 289, then later a 427 cu in.
Or a Lamborghini Bat.
Enzo with Tubi exhaust. This clip is my all time classic.. At around 17sec's I cream myself:
There was another with a Tubi-exhausted Ferrari zooming past the camera man and on shift up I swear I had a hard on 8)
333sp - fast forward to 2mins (unless like like idling)
Panoz (prototype that followed the GT1) awesome V8, side-exit noise, especially from 1min 20s on
AJP8 engine was TVR original engine before the speed 6 wasnt it ??
I had a vw golf v5 once which when nailed sounded almost like the old group b quattro rally cars !!
my favourites are as follows....
original impreza turbo
f1 safety car
AMG engined mercs
nascar cars
shelby gt500
TVR speed 12
group b quattro
1> my old 1303 Beetle with a stainless steel exhaust
2> my old Nova with a bean can exhaust
3> Maserati Quattroporte
4> Citroen 2CV
[i]my old Nova with a bean can exhaust[/i] 😯
sound of a galvanised bucket of nails being vigorously shaken from the front and a flatulent mouse hanging out the back, kind of thing?
sound of a galvanised bucket of nails being vigorously shaken from the front and a flatulent mouse hanging out the back, kind of thing?
🙂
when it was cold, yes, but you'd be surprised at the rich deep burbly raspy thunder that came out of the back end when it had warmed up - especially after a long motorway run.
it was such a contrast though as the previous owner had been meticulous in his eradication of rattles by putting random bits of sponge in literally every gap and join inside the car.
Was it a Peco big bore 4?
My 430bhp RX7!!
Was it a Peco big bore 4?
hell yes!
I deliberated for weeks over which Peco to get.
in the end, there was only one choice.
No video but my first car was a Mini 1275GT with a peco big bore, I was a total hooligan with that car and at night used to drag race with one of my neighbours who had a Mini 1000 with the same along Princes St in Edin circa 1991.
I moved onto a Lancia Beta HPE after that which had a large twin weber carb fitted, the noise of it sucking air into the engine was glorious, the engine was a rough as a bag of old nails at idle but at full chat it was smooth and would run all day (provided the days were like those on mercury...i.e. very short!)
This sounds good, in a 4-cyl car way, I use to have a standard Mi16:
This sounded good, before the gearbox lurched:
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But this is brill, can you hear it yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQW1AUDhrok
+1 on the BRM V16
closely followed by a BDA in an escort
Matra 650 V12. Nothing comes close. I think I've just wee'd in my pants a little bit!
In the first vid fast forward half way then turn the sound up!
OMG how could I forget this! RIP Georg 🙁
Capri 2.8 Injection I had sounded nice.
oh and these:
first time i heard one in real life i just about shat myself SO LOUD! 😀
6R4 through the welsh forests for me.
This is a similar set up to how my mustang was...
My old Triumph Vitesse with Triumphtune exhaust 🙂
That's pretty impressive Dancake 🙂
Here's my mustang replacement...
That's pretty impressive DancakeHere's my mustang replacement...
lovely. I have had a MK4 Spit an 1500 Dolly and a dolly sprint too. When Dancake JNR is all grown up, I would Love a TR5 or 6...
My old Triumph Vitesse with Triumphtune exhaust
ooh bleedin' eck I wanted one of those so much when I was about 15 years old..
There was a bloke near us who had a pristine version in Colmans mustard yellow with all the bodywork deseamed and the suspension lowered.. that car used to make me quite ill with desire..
The 6R4 has to be up there at the top.
But what about the Ferrari 250 GTO ?
Some good choices there!
A personal favourite of mine was a Mk2 RS2000 custom that I owned. Twin 40's, 4-2-1 Janspeed manifold into a single box system. Sounded almost BDA like under hard acceleration. 8)
Used to go all over the UK in the mid/late 80's rally spectating, & the sounds of the Quattro's, 6R4's, & Lancia Delta S4's were proper hairs standing on the back of my neck stuff. Strangely though, the RS200 & the 205T16 didn't have the same impact.
My old Triumph Vitesse with Triumphtune exhaust
ooh bleedin' eck I wanted one of those so much when I was about 15 years old..There was a bloke near us who had a pristine version in Colmans mustard yellow with all the bodywork deseamed and the suspension lowered.. that car used to make me quite ill with desire..
My brother has a 1968 mkii convertible in primrose yellow I believe it's called. He's owned it twice, having crashed it quite badly in the south of France in the mid eighties and it not being economical to have it shipped back, it was left for dead. He spotted it in the auto trader whilst working down in Brum around 15 years later (the seller had brought it back and did it up). It's now in mint condition and gets a run out on sunny days.
Favourite sounding 'Race' cars are the older wrc cars running anti lag. Sound fantastic watching from the side of a stage!
Favourite sounding 'normal' car was the Subaru WRX I used to own. 3 inch straight through exhaust from the turbo back 😈
When I first heard this, I nearly wet myself... Eagle speedster (apologies for the Clarkson content)
Stratos
Quattro
6R4
Delta
Any works or suedo works Mk1/2 Escort
Had the pleasure of spannering;
GT6 race car complete with triple Webbers 😀
Imp race car with space frame chassis, Webbers 😀 Both raced at Ingleston.
Mini 1293 S with BV head, straight cut gear box, straight cut drop gears and....Webber 40 😆
Mk1 RS2000, ex Graham Elsmore championship car
Mk1 Mexico self tuned by mate
Mk2 Mexico with Burton tuned engine 😆
Some of the best fun cars I worked on: Hilman Holby Hunter I rebuilt from a write-off, so much fun sorting lots of "rattles" and setting it up 😉
VX Firenza droop snoot with Getrag gearbox
Triumph Stags...changed a few cylinder heads and engines 🙄 but was fun testing 😆
Rover P6 style V8s 😆
Audi R8 at Newcastle airport springs to mind 😆
Local boy racer has turned up with a Mondeo V6 with the obligatory big exhaust which does remind me of some of the above 🙄
There was a guy in the '70s who rallied a Hilman Imp with an exhaust system whereby he shifted a plate to allow a straight through system which sounded awesome 😆
