Favorite engine note

[Spear-Chucker]

Simple really, what engine type creates the best noise?

Always liked Porsche's howling V10 (Carrera GT) but a big block V8 pips it for me

 

[Norrin Radd]

best engine note is the last one when you switch it off.bloody shouty noisey air polluting rust buckets all of em. ba em i say ,ban em all.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Don't understand the question - am oot!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

C sharp ?

 

[Hobbit]

The little cough a Rolls-Royce Merlin makes when going inverted. The early Merlins had carbs as opposed to fuel injection. Carbs don't like "inverted."

 

[IanG]

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqML1PMLKNw

from the Waverley paddle steamer :thup:

 

[Spear-Chucker]

The little cough a Rolls-Royce Merlin makes when going inverted. The early Merlins had carbs as opposed to fuel injection. Carbs don't like "inverted."

Interesting.. Didn't know the early ones were carbureted. Scary to have that technology pulling lots of G

 

[Spear-Chucker]

C sharp ?

Nice note, not one of the popular options

 

[Spear-Chucker]

best engine note is the last one when you switch it off.bloody shouty noisey air polluting rust buckets all of em. ba em i say ,ban em all.

The horror!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

My favourite isn't listed

My Laverda Jota 180 triple with straight thru pipes......reckon it was about 150 dB on full throttle

 

[Hobbit]

The little cough a Rolls-Royce Merlin makes when going inverted. The early Merlins had carbs as opposed to fuel injection. Carbs don't like "inverted."

Interesting.. Didn't know the early ones were carbureted. Scary to have that technology pulling lots of G

You're right, it wasn't just going inverted that caused problems. Bunting over into a dive would push the fuel back in the carb, affecting the float... nowt like a good bit of fuel starvation when you were in dire need of power

 

[Spear-Chucker]

You're right, it wasn't just going inverted that caused problems. Bunting over into a dive would push the fuel back in the carb, affecting the float... nowt like a good bit of fuel starvation when you were in dire need of power

Cripes.. Brave souls those lads!

 

[SaintHacker]

You can't have an engine poll without a Rolls Royce Olympus!

 

[Spear-Chucker]

You can't have an engine poll without a Rolls Royce Olympus!

Oops!

 

[MegaSteve]

From my days of attending F1 in the 60s/70s the engine notes I best remember would be...

The BRM H16, the Matra V12 and the Ferrari Flat12...

Each had their own distinctive note way better than the very mundane Cosworth V8...

As has already been said still something very special about the Merlin V12....

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I went to the Le Mans 24hr a few times around late 90's/early 00's and I'll never forget the earth rumbling sound of the Panoz, it was enough to loosen your bowels.

 

[lex!]

What about the day you got your Yamaha FS1-E and put the afterburners on?

 

[Hobbit]

What about the day you got your Yamaha FS1-E and put the afterburners on?

I've still got white finger from that!

 

[brendy]

Subaru ej20 flat 4 boxer turbo engine. Definitely biased as I have one

 

[Snelly]

V12. Someone I know took me for a spin in their Vanquish about three years ago and I decided then that it was my favourite.

Also love the sound of the big Ferraris. E.g. F12 Berlinetta etc. They sound amazing. Once saw an FF scream up a road in the middle of Paris with the sound reverberating of the walls of the apartments in Montparnasse. It sounded electrifying and wonderful.