sounding engines you have ever heard? My are the Honda, Suzuki works 2 strokes , 10 and 12 speed bikes flat out on the Isle of Man in mid 60s at 20000rpm. Also Hailwood's 5 cyl' Honda, unbelievable sounds.
mechnificent,
Feb 10, 10:26am
Gardner diesels.
mechnificent,
Feb 10, 10:28am
Though I did see some old second world war plane going flat out across the waitemata harbour and then go into a near vertical climb once. That was rather a cool sound !
tamarillo,
Feb 10, 12:14pm
Yep the mustang and spitfire overhead in Marlborough. My god what a sound.
poppy62,
Feb 10, 1:32pm
A Hit and Miss engine. Mesmerising
grantm,
Feb 10, 1:34pm
agree - but add the Merlin engine - and also a Polykarpov has great sounding motor.
mechnificent,
Feb 10, 1:37pm
Ha Poppy. those are interesting but I wouldn't call them a good sound. I've got a few old petrol and diesel motors here, no hit and miss though. Old motors are cool to watch and hear.
And I think the plane I saw was a yank one. and man did it go. I though it was going hard across the water. until he opened it up for the climb. I wanted one straight away.
bill-robinson,
Feb 10, 1:38pm
just about any 12 cylinder on song, music to me. closely followed by a v16
floscey,
Feb 10, 1:51pm
BRM V16
zak410,
Feb 10, 2:19pm
3 cyl, 2 stokes Saab.
elect70,
Feb 10, 2:51pm
Aston Martin vanquish at full noise , or top alcohol funny car
dublo,
Feb 10, 2:58pm
Pratt and Whitney R-1830 14-cylinder radials in DC-3s. But getting back to cars, my Triumph 2000 makes a nice sound, just enough burble from the twin stainless steel mufflers!
countrypete,
Feb 10, 3:11pm
Whittakers' TVR down the back straight at Manfield.
melonhead1,
Feb 10, 3:13pm
A straight 6 with a proper normal quiet exhaust system, not a fart can.
robotnik,
Feb 10, 3:17pm
General Electric J79 particularly when installed in an F-104 Starfigher, when it would howl at certain power levels.
807,
Feb 10, 3:18pm
Yep . DC3 at full noise . awesome !
brapbrap8,
Feb 10, 3:27pm
A surprisingly good sound is the VW 3L V6 diesel in our boat. Being a marine engine it has not much mufflers, and the intake is a pod filter on 4inch polished stainless. Actually sounds awesome going on and off the throttle in rough seas and hearing the turbo spool up then the woosh of the atmospheric vented waste gate as you back off the throttle. Does a surprisingly good impression of a WRC car.
The WRC usually goes past my house when it is held in NZ, I quite like that sound too.
The best sounding road car I have been in would probably be a Ferrari F430 convertible, with the exhaust in race mode of course.
muzz67,
Feb 10, 6:16pm
18cylinder radial in the Hawker SeaFury,, absolutely perfect sound. Used to love the Merlin, but ya only get to hear one bank of 6 properly during a flypast.
franc123,
Feb 10, 6:48pm
McLaren Mercedes SLR, when Clarkson put the boot up it on the Autobahn on the London to Oslo challenge on TG a few years ago it sounded absolutely gorgeous at 160mph.
ema1,
Feb 10, 6:56pm
Agree either the Packard 1710 Merlin or Rolls Royce Merlin for sure but when you get several going in unison . weeeeell that's pure music. Pratt & Whitney R1830 in full song and even in cruise are a lovely sounding and one of the most reliable aero engines of the piston kind ever built. Just to see and hear a couple of Douglas DC3's and a Consolidated PBY Catalina ( same engine types) going over in close formation really is something. The Wright Cyclone 9 cyl was bland sounding in comparison.
ema1,
Feb 10, 7:00pm
The old SV Ford V8 engines were a good sounding thing in stock form. They had a sound all their own. even the sound of starting them was a unique sound Had lots to do with those old girls.
horses7,
Feb 10, 7:24pm
Cant beat the sound of a BDA with twin sidedraft Webbers wide open
bwg11,
Feb 11, 7:32pm
Quite a variety here: 1. BRM V12 2. Kawasaki Mach 111 3. Yamaha V-Max on V-Boost 4. Manx Norton
sw20,
Feb 11, 7:37pm
de Havilland Mosquito with twin Merlins.
/end thread.
chevcamaro,
Feb 11, 7:45pm
truimph hurricane mid-hi rev
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