The most awesomest sound in the world!!!

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Originally Posted by Sprint

hmm.... 2.6L 4 cylinder eh? wonder if you could slip one into a sigma without anyone noticing.....

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You would need to tow a tank trailer for the methanol blend. These little jiggers were just a tad thirsty.

I forget where it was polled, but this was supposedly voted the best sounding engine of all time. A 1953 BRM V16

http://www.geocities.com/rijidijau/1953brmv16short.mp3

I neither agree nor disagree, there are a lot of awsome sounding engines out there.

I was impressed when I fired up my 4BD1t for the first time with just a short header pipe.

Nope... the best sound is a BDA Escort.....

YouTube - Simon McKinley Ford Escort Mk2 Early 07 Hillclimb Season VPV

Now i know why i'm about to climb back in the navigators seat of and BDA Escort and HDT VB Commodore....

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Originally Posted by rijidij

I forget where it was polled, but this was supposedly voted the best sounding engine of all time. A 1953 BRM V16...

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Originally Posted by sclarke

Nope... the best sound is a BDA Escort...

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Sorry, but neither of those examples come anywhere near close to Mike Hailwood's 250cc 6 cyl Honda GP bike (around 1966).

This video clip pales by comparison to when Hailwood had it on full song.

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

A 4BD1T with no exhaust or dump pipe... :twisted::twisted::twisted:

It sounds like a cross between a Jet turbine and a Deutz. With no dump pipe I could hear the turbo whine constantly.

Drove it to the exhaust place today. He is very busy (fitting it in between jobs), and doesn't like the lack of space in the engine bay... (needs to squeeze in a 3" flex pipe and 3" mandrel system...)

So far, no problems at all with the install. Turbo is 100% and the oil stays where it is supposed to.


Sorry - forgot that I have a ricer turbo - I shd hv typd txt spk lol - f'ly sik m8

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So wheres the youtube link then?????

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

So wheres the youtube link then?????

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Sorry, didn't take a vid...

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Originally Posted by Bush65

Sorry, but neither of those examples come anywhere near close to Mike Hailwood's 250cc 6 cyl Honda GP bike (around 1966).

This video clip pales by comparison to when Hailwood had it on full song.

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What about the 1960ish V8 Isle of Man Moto Guzzi???

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O_7zwGFGwI

Either Gilera or Guzzi had Maserati build them a 1000cc V6 for the European 1000km race series in the sixties. This was an attractive little engine with almost no extraneous bits hanging off it. It looked like a little car engine with its triple throat Webers. Wound up to peak revs in top on the long straights of Pescara it made an amazing sound.

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Originally Posted by rijidij

I forget where it was polled, but this was supposedly voted the best sounding engine of all time. A 1953 BRM V16

http://www.geocities.com/rijidijau/1953brmv16short.mp3

I neither agree nor disagree, there are a lot of awsome sounding engines out there.

I was impressed when I fired up my 4BD1t for the first time with just a short header pipe.

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I just turned up the volume on this one and my missus went and got me a condom and roll of paper towel!!!!

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

What about the 1960ish V8 Isle of Man Moto Guzzi???

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The link didn't work for me :(

From memory, Guzzi ran the 500cc V8 in 1958. Ridden by Aussie Keith Cambell, it did 180 mph in the German GP that year. Unfortunately I never saw/heard it in action.

Edit: To save another off topic post.

The single cylinder 500cc Guzzi GP bike was a great package, so much so that it continued to win world championships against the 4 cyl Gilera, which had about 25% more power. The horizontal cylinder allowed a more effective inlet port configuration giving power that the Norton Manx and the Matchless could not achieve with their vertical cylinder.