RE: PH Blog: (em)motive power

[radlet6]

Fisker Karma; no?

[Countersteer]

For someone who has never much had the opportunities to experience real exoticar, I give you the humble Rover V8. Rarely have I shed a tear for the decommission of an engine. Seemingly infinite useage and a decent dab of tuneability. Of course they could be found in TVR's but I think it's rightful home was the SD1 Vitesse. It suited it and that is half the job of a decent engine - for it to suit it's bearer and, ultimately, it's owner. I'll take the mongrel Rover.... and decent tunnel

[anything fast]

The best sounding engine I ever had was in a Pontiac Trans Am 1977 with the original Pontiac Block and open headers.. It was pure thunder and would out shout anything else on the road, it even had that lumpy idle where it sounded like it was going to cut out.. ahh memories

[smilo996]

TVR speed 12 hold some records for powerrrrr. Its on wiki somewhere.

Merlin and its complicated Sabre counterpart.

RS4 V6 twin turbo. You could say it was 10 years ahead of its time and hugely tunable.

The AMG lump in the F1. 243mph from a normally aspirated engine.

Afla V6. if not the best it looks amazing

Renault Gordini 1.5l turbo F1 engine 1300BHP from 1.5 L
Bikey stuff...

Norton Rotary

Ducati Teststretta

Honda V4

[Zwolf]

smilo996 said:

The AMG lump in the F1. 243mph from a normally aspirated engine.

It's a BMW Motorsport V12.

[dinkel]

DFV orchestra.

[walton1231]

Dc2 integras B18c on individual throttle bodies.

[walton1231]

Dc2 integras B18c on individual throttle bodies.

[jetfire]

Of cars that I've driven

I3 = Daihatsu Cb70/80 (Gtti engine)
V4 = Lancia Fulvia HF 1600
I4 = Fiat SOHC 128/138 (preferably in the X1/9)
I6 = Mercedes Benz 3.6 AMG
V6 = Dino 2.4 or pre 2000 Alfa Romeo
V8 = Ferrari 308 (carbed)

Just about any V12 sounds tasty too.

[Fantuzzi]

Alfa romeo Tipo 33 stradale 2litre V8 230bhp

Alfa 8c 4.7 V8

[deniesjames]

There is something about the supercharged V8 in the Challenger in Vanishing Point that I love....

[noclue]

Of the cars I've owned

Fiat Strada 130 TC
Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6
Talbot Samba S
Merc CLK C55 AMG
Maxda RX8
Alfa Romeo 2.0 TS GTV


Anything with a "V" or twin carbs!

[Technomad]

matbat said:

Has to be a Rolls Royce Merlin, not a car engine I know (and John Dodds 'The Beast' had a Meteor so that doesn't count!)

Even just hearing one start is a magical experience.

+1: the greatest noise ever made by an infernal combustion device.

More prosaically, the Ferrari-derived V8 as used by Maserati. Real hair-raising stuff - angry sabretooth at bay...

[Technomad]

tdm34 said:

Erm, easy one this, I love most internal combustion engines, and has been mentioned in the thread
the Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 seems to be a firm favourite doesn't it?

Well I have to disagree! for the full effect you need two Merlins!

Ladies and Gentlemen, here endeth the thread.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qYU1RYGgy8

Agreed. There really is no point in carrying on the discussion. When I was a student at York, we'd often get the Battle of Britain flight practising over the lake - to be woken up on a Sunday morning by seven Merlins in formation was one of the great experiences - even for a student with a hangover!

[Technomad]

smilo996 said:

TVR speed 12 hold some records for powerrrrr. Its on wiki somewhere.

Merlin and its complicated Sabre counterpart.

RS4 V6 twin turbo. You could say it was 10 years ahead of its time and hugely tunable.

The AMG lump in the F1. 243mph from a normally aspirated engine.

Afla V6. if not the best it looks amazing

Renault Gordini 1.5l turbo F1 engine 1300BHP from 1.5 L
Bikey stuff...

Norton Rotary

Ducati Teststretta

Honda V4

I've got a 996 and a Testastretta in my garage and have to say that the 996 has the more characterful sound.

[PascalBuyens]

irocfan said:

got to go some to beat a Mustang - and that's the P51

Just another Merlin engine... nothing new there

[vrooom]

A-series on play mini exhaust via cooper mainfold straight though. sound very amazing.

[J-P]

Zwolf said:

smilo996 said:

The AMG lump in the F1. 243mph from a normally aspirated engine.

It's a BMW Motorsport V12.

Have to say this statement confused me too! IIRC it's 2 of the previous M3 engines combined or something?

[SammoHNNNG]

deniesjames said:

There is something about the supercharged V8 in the Challenger in Vanishing Point that I love....

That's not supercharged, it's just a naturally-aspirated Hemi V8. On the subject of fantastic engine notes though, the GT390 Mustang from Bullitt sounded fantastic, but the best sound I've ever heard (in the car) was a hand-rebuilt Ferrari 308 (carburetor model).

[Zwolf]

SammoHNNNG said:

On the subject of fantastic engine notes though, the GT390 Mustang from Bullitt sounded fantastic

I thought that was an over-dubbed GT40.