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I vote Colin McRae Subaru Impreza 555 Prodrive Group A
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 thenBut 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
That's chewkw getting onto his favourite subject. Guns.
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