Just out of interest; What is everyones favourite engine noise
1; from a car they have been in
2;any car ever

here goes mine;
1; ferarri 355
2;v8 vantage aston

McLaren MP24!

BRM V16. Violent noise really.

PS, thats for both 1 and 2.

1- Rover V8 with minimal silencing in a landy

2- Austin Healy 3000

when did you get to go in that? bet your ears were bleeding!
the v16 i mean

[Edited on 9/3/09 by daniel mason]

Metro 6R4

Again for 1 & 2

1. My Locost with it's old crossflow

2. Another vote for the BRM v16

1: Big block chevy on throttle bodies and race exhaust in a 79 camaro

2: The sound of a top fuel dragster ticking over...

I love the flat four scooby music

1 - My own tintop (97 Jag XJ) over 4k
2 - Jag XJR15

1 Audi quattro 5 pot
2 v16 brm
3 detroit diesel, under full load.

1) 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454

2) Corvette Le Mans car

1. My Tiger
2. BRM V16 again

I'm hugely jealous of anybody who had a go in that!

1) Audi 2.2 5 cylinder turbo (owned) or Ferrari 348 (someone elses) - I thought it was great at the time!
2) 6R4

[Edited on 9/3/09 by slimtater]

1) 6R4
2) 6R4

6R4 in the forest.

F1 Ferrari V12

Most becs..............

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Originally posted by flak monkey
1: Big block chevy on throttle bodies and race exhaust in a 79 camaro

2: The sound of a top fuel dragster ticking over...

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1) Would be Rover P6 V8 or my old BMW 3.0si or Fiat 2.0 20V 5 cylinder in a Fiat Marea which I had.

2) This is a really tricky one.
Vebra Chevrolet which was based on a McLaren M10 or, 6R4 or, the boss of the racing team I help out at has an Italian V10 engined supercar which is nice.

There's lots of nice engines.

Yamaha 350LC with Allspeed spannys on...

a ring ting ting

Wish I'd kept them all

After the 2 strokes I rode around on a Z1000 with 4-1 that was a 6" by 2" diameter pipe after the collector with no silencer or baffle, boy did that make a noise. It was worse slamming the throttle shut BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Edited on 9/3/09 by coozer]

Saab 96 2 stroke flat out

Daihatsu charade 3 cyl turbo

Volvo 5 & 6 cylinder

Bikes, the 297 Honda 6 that Hailwood raced or the crazy 250 Yamaha 4s of Read and Ivy.

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Originally posted by speedyxjs
1 - My own tintop (97 Jag XJ) over 4k
2 - Jag XJR15

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Ducati 916 - music.

Easy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXUOomynxw

Sorry the firsts not a car.

1, Rolls Royce RB199 (full reheat)
2, McLaren SLR

ATB Dan.

Observation - There's not that many bike engines being mentioned here now is there?
Fav that I've driven - 360 Modena
Fav not driven - Haven't got A favourite. There are lots that have been mentioned in the thread that I could sit and listen to all day. I think that as long as it involves sparks and petrol, I'm happy!

OK, I've not driven a V16 BRM, but I have sat in one, ie been in it . And been very close to it at 'full chat'

Best sounding one I have really driven was a scooby impreza, really nice 'burble' to them

1) Jag XJS V12.
2) This One sounds great

Love a high rpm V8.

And, controvercially, a big angry diesel!

Big Block 1976 Corvette Stingray

One day, one day...........

6R4 for both for me. brings a big grin everytime for me

the gaffers new masaratti sounds awsome ,you can hear him coming which is usefull

Big V8

About as left field as you can get Nissan Micra CG13 with no exhaust/airbox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0QyTNIYjx0

id like to hear the car andy green is proposing to break the land speed record in - 1000 mph... or thrust ssc will do..

1: My old 86 cr500 2 smoker
2: Mazda 787B

[Edited on 20/3/09 by flibble]

Any Yank V8 especially if it's in a Cobra with side pipes!!

So many favourites its hard to decide.

One im not keen on though is sound of a diesel engines turbo failing and a piston lunching itself.

A good stright six or a v12 everything else sounds rough.


V6 and 3 and 5 cylinder engines are an offense to engineering and whoever came up with the perverted idea of a V5 wants locking up.