Certified Concrete had a fleet of them many years ago.
woody1946,
Nov 18, 4:29am
When I was a kid I used to think were like a 'sounder' of pigs Had to Google that one 'The name for a group of pigs depends on the animals' ages. A group of young pigs is called a drift, drove or litter. Groups of older pigs are called a sounder,'
tintop,
Nov 18, 5:39am
I wonder what a TS4 would have sounded like ?
Another strange engine is the Napier Deltic, 18 cylinders, 36 pistons, 3 crankshafts.
Deltic Class locos. Most beloved of British trainspotters pulling passenger trains at 100mph :)
Sound nearly as good as 3 Ka class NZR steam locos pulling a south bound school holiday special night express up the Raurimu Spiral in the late 50's :)
specialk11,
Nov 18, 5:49am
What about a dirty big two stroke as it hits powerband?
tmenz,
Nov 18, 9:58am
Napier Deltic
westwyn,
Nov 18, 10:48am
Napier Deltic? Pfft. Try the bastard orphan hell-child of all Napier engines, the T9-29 two-stroke 9-cylinder, of which there is only one left in the world, currently undergoing a very long path to restoration in the "Baby Deltic" project.
This thing sounds like a bucket of angry banshees on Halloween. Music to the ears surely!
Or- for a more down-to-earth engine, either the Detroit Diesel 8V92TA with a well-tuned set of anti-mufflers, or the final version used in the "shorty" WRC Audi Quattro, the five-cylinder turbocharged vunderbeast.
There is at least one complete running ts4 in existence, a well known commer rootes engine reconditioner in auckland has it.
My personal favourite engine would be the scania V8, followed close by the mack v8s. That crackle they make when the revs get up, especially when they have straight pipe exhausts!
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