Good Sounding Engines

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:54 pm

I've read lots of posts about the sound of a radial engine, the larger the better and how they sound and I totally agree.

How about the sound of a mororcycle. Id like to put forward the sound of a Shovelhead as being up there with a radial.

Rice burners not in the picture!! Some Brit iron ok but nothing sounds like a Shovel

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:59 pm

You mean engines like this?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... 506015.jpg

tiggermoth · Post by **tiggermoth** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:06 pm

Big radials, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Allison V-1710 all sound great to me!!

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:53 pm

The 1340 on the front of a norseman sounds pretty rockin! I love the beavers 985.. so long as they don't have the anemic sounding 3 bladers on 'em

The 2.5L turbocharged chryco motor in the project car sounds pretty wild at idle.. Mind you.. it has a 3.5inch dump tube right off the t3/4 hybrid ball bearing turbo

As for motorcycles.. gimme a duc! Such a delicious sound!!

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:58 pm

Grumman Tracker - pair of Cyclones at t/o sounds like a herd of D-8 Cats heading home at quitting time.

northwings · Post by **northwings** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:24 am

I'm going with my '74 Dodge Dart. That 340 V-8 really hums when she's open headers.

l_reason · Post by **l_reason** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:59 am

I'm sorry but in the motorcycle world the Honda VFR800 V-4 tops my list. It sounds like a 70's muscle car that will rev out to 10 grand.

The M-18 sounds just as good as any other big radial. I personally have never heard anything that sounded as cool as 12 Dromaders idling waiting to take off in the morning. 12,000 radial horse power has nice rumble to it.

I could hear his engine over mine, once the vent window was opened to take the photo.

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:11 am

The Honda V4 sounds clean and smooth, we're talking loud and dirty.

Havn't heard the RR and Merlin V12's for a bit but used to go to Seattle for the hydroplane races and yes they sound good.

So its agreed the Shovel has it??

Cat when you do the Europe war bird show have you come across the twin prop Corsair? Flown by a French pilot Eric.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:20 am

http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/play/port_ ... iid.164414
Twin R2800's on a Tiger Cat

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:24 am

Call me a heretic, but the V-12 Merlin never really did much for me.

Similarly, the radial engines are cool at idle, but at an airshow, the
Sukhois with their radial engines sound a lot like a tractor. The scream
of an over-revved Lycoming, with the prop tips supersonic during
multiple snap rolls, spins my crank.

Probably my favorite engine sound was the 12-cylinder Lamborghini
Diablo that Bobby had, with an aftermarket Stebro exhaust. It was
a mechanical orchestra - a symphony of overlapping valves.

Another great-sounding engine was the RC51 which was a 90-degree
one liter twin cylinder sportbike, with the full Akrapovic exhaust. Like
the Ducati, nothing else sounds like it. I went out for a ride with some
friends that weren't familiar with the RC51 and one guy told me, "It
sounds like a Harley on meth".

As you might expect, I kinda like the sound of this:

http://www.pittspecials.com/movies/flyby.wmv

You can actually hear the wind in the wires.

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:26 am

Radial engine noises are the sounds "Progress" would make if it were getting raped by a 400lb man.

And my follow up is: no, I do not have experience in that arena.

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:53 am

If this doesn't give you a chubbie, there's no hope for you:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RdbSYKFJ1s

This little piggy's got great cans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8VorqLfLto

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:23 am

Hedley wrote:If this doesn't give you a chubbie, there's no hope for you:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RdbSYKFJ1s

This little piggy's got great cans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8VorqLfLto

All that jostling on that thing can't be good for the ol' package.

HuD 91gt · Post by **HuD 91gt** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:49 am

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

Sure a big radial or V8 sound great at idle, but even a super bike can't beat this

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:46 pm

Renault F1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=MGEqlNU30TgGod Save the Queen
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI WE are the Champions

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:21 pm

The 1340 on the front of a norseman sounds pretty rockin!

Here ya go Rowdy. Click on audio on the menu to the left of the page.

http://www.norsemanhistory.ca/

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:57 pm

The engine sound does not have to be loud to be good, you should have seen the look of ecstasy on my girlfriends face with the low buzz sound of her vibrator.

V1 Rotate · Post by **V1 Rotate** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:38 pm

Garretts...

northwings · Post by **northwings** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:22 pm

V1 Rotate Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject:

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Garretts...

Hehehehe Garrets, they sound like my shop-vac.

Strega · Post by **Strega** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:46 am

The sweetest sound of all!

Mike Brown in September Pops!

I'll see If I can dig up some Rarebear footage

[img][img]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n114 ... V02594.jpg[/img][/img]

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Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:26 am

I, too, enjoy Garretts !

Garrett Start

Dex · Post by **Dex** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBD6wLRYqzk

THEICEMAN · Post by **THEICEMAN** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:01 pm

The sound of those GE-90s from the 773. It passes ove my house everyday 7 i love it!

BoostedNihilist · Post by **BoostedNihilist** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:53 pm

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:29 pm

Best sounding aircraft engine:

The Daimler-Benz 601.

Which powered one of the greatest fighter aicraft of all time

The ME-109

Video, watch it all to appreciate its beautiful sound, and amazing sounding supercharger!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nj77mJlzrc

While the Merlin was great, only hacks of WW2 history think it sounded better