[Closed] What's your view; BEST ENGINE SOUND?

Merlin.

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Lambo in cannonball run
My fav childhood Xmas movie, that and smokie and the bandit

Long stroke Rover V8 with nice wide bore exhaust manifolds. (Although I am obviously biased). But actually, there's something a little magical about the the sound of most V engines. (See Merlin, Lambo etc above) must be something to do with the regularly irregular exhaust pulses.

Or the scream of the 20k v10s

But then there's this, more of a whole body experience than a sound

more of a whole body experience than a sound

Quite.

🙂

It's got to be a gas turbine

Top Fuel Dragster.

Classic mini, Arden 8 port and a straight cut box, music to my ears.....

Big lazy n/a V8, I'm not fussy which tbh... or sporty v-twin (I'm biased but my little SV with hot cams and big exhaust sounded glorious... Soft and rumbly til about 7000 and pretty mild mannered, then wailed its way to the 11000rpm limiter, but it was best on engine braking... Like riding a thunderclap :lol:)

Merlin
AMG C63
Mitsu Evo rally cars running lag eliminaters
Ford Escort Mk2 BDA Cosworth

I really need a headphone amp to get the best of these 🙂

Panos GTR-1, unfortunately good videos are few and far between so have the LMP version instead:

Sounds like hell has actually broken free

Ducati 1199 panigale with Termignoni exhausts

Auto Union V16

Alfa Romeo P3 at full throttle

I actually prefer the sound of RR Kestrel compared to a Merlin

Edit:
But the most evocative, for me, is the sound of the Gnome 50hp in the 1913 Blackburn Monoplane on a still summer's evening

One of the best sounds and possibly my favourite vid, like, evva

Threads like this make me sad, because in ten years internal combustion engines won't be made anymore.

Many, but the Merlin, the Vulcan, and the C63 AMG are up there for best.
Particularly the C63 because I've driven one, the sudden 'bark' when I fired it up actually made me jump, and that wonderful noise once I got it onto the motorway and could open it up a bit.
But not as much as I'd like... 😀

Threads like this make me sad, because in ten years internal combustion engines won't be made anymore.

That's the global aviation business buggered then

But I guess you mean road vehicles

Kurrr cachoo kurrr cachoo

That's the global aviation business buggered then

But I guess you mean road vehicles

Well yes,

but - who knows what might happen in another ten years to aviation!

P1 Powerboat for me..

Or...

Favourite class 1 video for sound

5 cylinders

Far to many to choose , V12 merlin's , detroit diesels , Ducati 851 & 888 on race exhausts at early 90's BSB rounds & the JPS norton rotarys , kawasaki KR1S , aircooled YZ490's , my old V6 alfa , big chuggin bin o **** Harley's , small block chevy V8's , V4 yamaha outboards , I love em all & loads I've forgotten.

English-Electric, Class 37:

Love this video...

Either a big lazy V Twin or a 955cc Triumph Triple at full chat - engine starting to wail like only a triple can - with the induction howl coming in over the top.

Epic 🙂

Or a big V8...

I so want a GranTurismo. If I hadn't gone and got a job that involves 12K miles of driving a year, I reckon it would be my next car.

Any love for the DC2 Type-R? 14 seconds on this the VTEC switches over. Loved mine.

Best sound ever ... 😆

I would like to use it as my ringtone ...

Awesome A-10 Thunderbolt II Brrrt Compilation - Happy Brrrt Day Special

agree too many

scooby is only half an engine anyway 😉

for me...
packard bentley 42 litre V12
autounion V16
top fuel dragster close up
or a spitfire

was going to suggest Norton V4 but changed my mind about that now

Fairbanks Morse Model 32D - Like an enormous diesel burning Roland TR-808 that blows smoke rings on the the snare. 🙂

As much as I love it, I don't think the A-10s gun counts as an engine tone 🙂

If were going to have a v16brm let's have this one

a10 certainly qualifies as one of the best aircraft sounds, but more for the sound of death (erm life?) - if you hear it, thank your deity, you're still alive. it's when you can't hear it it's the problem... either they haven't fired yet, or you're going to die before the sound arrives.

there's an 8 rotor (V8 rotary) that sounds even better, but I couldn't find the vid (think it's in one of those compilations)

As much as I love it, I don't think the A-10s gun counts as an engine tone

the sound of italy....

your all wrong it's a 10,000hp top fuel dragster.....

you can feel the sound waves hit you !!!!

a must for all petrol heads

The 787B earlier gets my vote, heard one at Goodwood and it's such a strange and vicious sound it's unreal!

Not a fan of really loud engines like Dragsters and the 20K F1 engines really, too hard to hear what's going on.

This on the other hand I could listen to all day:

Napier Deltic Diesel at full chat.
Alfa v6 (the proper one, not the rebadged Holden junk).
Lancia Delta S4.
Russian BTRs

I'll put these two forward....

Jesus this forums is turd at embedding videos.

not all of us were wrong about top fuel 😉

can always tell a n00b at the pod... trying to get nice close up photos of the exhaust flames... the burnout is exciting, then they totally c**p themselves and get the shakiest photo ever and nearly drop the camera 🙂

that was me on either the first sub 5s run or the first 300kmh run on UK soil (or both) forget which. that was a while back.

I love the [i]impact[/i] of a top fuel but the sound itself is rubbish. Bolts in a spindryer then raaarrrr and it's done. OK, it vibrates your soul while it's happening but it's like stopping and listening to Kerry King's actual guitar tone.

Also,

Klunk - Member

you can feel the sound waves hit you !!!!

Yes- that's how you hear 😆

Original Mini 1000 or TVR Griffith.

1) Rolls Royce Merlin

but as I can't afford one of those but I may one day be able to afford one of these,
2) Ford Mustang GT 2015 5.0 V8

Rolls Royce Griffon

This has got to be up there as one of the best sounding engines, none of your turbo'd V6 crap...

I loved the sound from this before it fell over.

2500bhp from a big block supercharged Hemi V8. Brutal.

Actually thinking about it, it's quite a similar engine note to the Bullitt Mustang, just angrier. No bloody turbos!

Pretty much anything V12 Ferrari for me. However the 6.3 in the FXX certainly left an impression on me after hearing it at Goodwood - glorious sounding thing! Nearly 800 horses at 8500rpm.. savage

Another shout for Ferrari v12

Love a rally Escort coming down a forest stage and you hear it miles away

I do appreciate a good Deltic

For me a racing two stroke single ~riiinnnnggg ding ding ding

Honda rc166

Big ducati on termigoni's

A good old 1980's ring, ding,ding,ding 2 stroke

It's not all about the volume

As a bike racing fan I used to get told that I'd heard nothing until I heard a MV Augusta.After hearing one in the paddock at Stafford the other year I understood why people loved the noise they made. 😀

I've always thought the 3 cylinder 675 Triumphs make the best sound in the modern era,but MV contested the Supersport race at the TT the other year & ran a loud but beautiful sounding pipe.You could never run something so loud at a BSB round as it would fail scrutineering... 🙁

I've been very lucky. The best have been H-16 brm followed by 27 litre zeppelin engined special followed by Ford's own gt40.

My Bsa A10 makes a lovely noise as well. 360 degree crank.

Probably one of my favourite ever sounds and one that i miss on my local rally now rule changes stopped him competing 🙁

Seconded

A Vulcan? Naa.
How about 4 Vulcans scrambling at RAF Finningley in September 1977 during the Queens Silver Jubilee Airshow.

A Merlin engine or multiples thereof.
A 500cc MV Agusta like what Ago used to ride.

Any LS 1 with loud pipes, any Harley Davidson too. I know they aint the best bikes but they are loud.

When I was seven, this would have beaten everything posted so far: [url= http://http://www.turbospoke.com ]Turbo Spoke[/url]

Metro 6R4 - 2.5l international

(Preferably heard in the middle of the night over Otterburn)

Lexus lfa. Sounds like a f1 car. A real one without hybrid turbos...

This makes me giggle when it gets on song..

Now I like the 6R4 as a car, but not convinced on the sound...

Had this little clip on my hard drive for quite a few years

Hmmm, might have to get my 916 back on the road!

Marge - Member
Metro 6R4 - 2.5l international

(Preferably heard in the middle of the night over Otterburn)

And another from me.. Alfa 1300GT Junior.. because I owned one.. and I LOVE them.