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rsaviciunas
rsaviciunas New Reader
10/14/23 2:39 p.m.

787B

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/14/23 2:49 p.m.

This has been stated already...

 

First start of the project car.

 

Otherwise, turbo rotary.  Or pretty much anything made by alfa Romeo in the 70s through 90s.

livinon2wheels
livinon2wheels GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/14/23 3:49 p.m.

In reply to Turbine :

I wonder if that was Walter Rohrl driving?

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/14/23 3:59 p.m.

In reply to livinon2wheels :

#4 was Stig Blomqvist, #6 was Hannu Mikkola.

You reminded me of something Herr Röhrl said once, how he hated Finnish rallies because he wanted to drive a car, not fly one smiley  He was a real technician of a driver.  His comments got him into a little trouble...

NermalSnert (Forum Supporter)
NermalSnert (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
10/14/23 4:33 p.m.

Well tuned inline 6's and v12's up on a song. Same for v8's.

Also love to hear big radial aircraft engines on start up. We used to go to the airport in Oxford in the '70s and watch the "Southern" come in and leave. It was either a dc3 or Martin 404-can't remember. It sounded wonderful and smoked like hell on starting. They always left the far engine idling while they got the cargo and passengers swapped. It left huge puddles of oil too.

Starting one of the K19, K38, or K50 Cummins on a crew boat is something I can't describe. Sounds like a Giant radial or thundering doom from hell. Man it's sweet. Edison Chouest used Cats in their crew boats that sounded really good at full throttle.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/16/23 9:11 a.m.

All these years later, I can’t get the sound of a certain C Prepared Mustang out of my head. 

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/16/23 11:21 a.m.

there are 2 that absolutely do it for me every time. 1 is the Lexus LFA. 2 is an RB26. I can't afford an LFA, but I get to enjoy the RB often.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/16/23 11:33 a.m.

MonZora hot start

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/17/23 11:34 a.m.
wvumtnbkr said:

This has been stated already...

 

First start of the project car.

 

Otherwise, turbo rotary.  Or pretty much anything made by alfa Romeo in the 70s through 90s.

Related to that, a friend recently shared a video of his third-gen RX-7 on the dyno. It sounded good–all the brap yet none of the harshness. 

Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
10/17/23 11:55 a.m.

...............all these pages and no one said "a rod knock in a competitors engine" Guess it shows we are generally good people...............I say generally because, well I posted this..........the rest of you seem OK.

On a positive I really dig prewar straight 8s of the Alfa variety.

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
4/1/24 4:46 p.m.

Gotta love any loud, American V8. laugh

jerel77494
jerel77494 New Reader
4/1/24 4:50 p.m.
jerel77494
jerel77494 New Reader
4/1/24 4:59 p.m.
yupididit
yupididit UltimaDork
4/1/24 7:20 p.m.
yupididit said:
yupididit said:

 

Wringing out the s85 bmw v10.

The fun starts around 40 seconds.... that 8k+ rpm pull from the 54 second mark...whew!

 

 

Ah got my yearly fix

Only 6 months but damn I still love this sound

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/1/24 7:21 p.m.

There is a Voodoo engine on eBay that I need to be told that I don't need

Triplesn8s
Triplesn8s New Reader
4/1/24 9:06 p.m.

Dueling Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 in the the original LeMans soundtrack.

Dootz
Dootz Reader
4/1/24 10:54 p.m.

Modular 2V hands down. Wouldn't say no to the Testarossa's flat-12

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
4/1/24 11:53 p.m.

Jaguar V12 IMSA car!

CurtissDean
CurtissDean GRM+ Member
4/2/24 3:00 a.m.

BMW M1 at the IMSA races (if I recall correctly) in Portland in the early 80's.

And Tom Walkinshaw in an XJS in 1985 here https://youtu.be/M9I7GWllPFY?si=mtLP2WlYYcrOVUr4 In-car starting at 1:19.  Why do sports commentators not appreciate the value of not talking constantly?

Any Mazda 3 or more rotor.

Honda VFR800.

Ford small-block v8s (the one of these 4 that I will always own myself).

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/2/24 9:09 a.m.

How about the sound of a Honda starter motor coming to life? It has a unique note (that I know well). 

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
4/2/24 9:12 p.m.

I really like the sound of this. It sounds downright angry, grumpy, yet serious, and the non-synchro tranny is icing on the cake:

 

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish)
SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) UltimaDork
4/3/24 8:56 a.m.

Ferrari 488GTB

Porsche GT4 RS

GM 2.8L V6 from the late 80s

rustomatic
rustomatic HalfDork
9/13/24 1:00 p.m.

Here's a vote for the Ducati L-twin.  Honda and Suzuki did it pretty well, too, but Ducati . . . what a song.

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