Renault unveil their 2014 v6 turbo engine

[budgie smuggler]

Renault have unveiled their new engine for the 2014 season.

Here's a video of the sound...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MPearYsHwY

Official site is down at the moment, it will be here when it's back online:
http://www.renaultsport.com/Come-on-feel-the-noise...

Here are some pics courtesy of the autosport forum.

[stew-S160]

Very interesting design and layout. Love to see more of it.

Sound clip, can't really take much from a bench test really.

[m0rris]

Oh dear... that doesn't sound good at all.

I am sure this will be a fantastic piece of engineering, with the potential of being a title winning engine but the initial engine sounds seem to be sightly less dramatic than the current lot, but then again it is yet to be setup in the car which will be the ultimate test.

Any idea when the other engines are to be announceed?

Edited by m0rris on Friday 21st June 14:23

[24lemons]

Hmm. That reminds me, I should probably Hoover the lounge when I get home.

[Mikeyplum]

I've no doubt it will be a very capable and competative little lump.

Am I right in thinking the sound is going to be "manufactured" to please the fans? I hope not. Would mich rather a raw natural sound IMO.

[anonymous-user]

I wish people would stop whinging about the sound...if we end up with a synthesized system then the fans are to blame

[Teppic]

budgie smuggler said:

Renault have unveiled their new engine for the 2014 season.

Here's a video of the sound...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MPearYsHwY

Sounds like a fking leaf-blower.

[tank slapper]

I don't think that is revving anywhere near it's maximum, and it doesn't really sound like it's under load so its hard to tell what they will actually sound like in use. What you hear on TV won't be anything like what they actually sound like anyway. I remember watching the V10 cars with traction control at a Silverstone test, and you could identify each car purely by how different their traction control sounded - the Jordans in particular had a very distinctive digital type sound. On TV it was rare that you could even tell they were using it from the sound.

Also, from watching TV there is no way you would think the blown exhausts of a couple of years ago sounded like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmGgvHflXgc

[BelperJim]

Sounds worse than Gran Turismo 5

[PhillipM]

Sounds like a dyson with a broken belt.

[CBR JGWRR]

Sounds a bit like a hoover...

Needs to be in a car before being judged really.

[otolith]

Sounds just as awful as the sceptics said it would.

[TITWONK]

That engine is hardly ticking over by the sound of it! I bet there is a whole new world further up the rev range!

[Sam.F]

Will sound better at higher revs I reckon. But I think would be even better with blown diffuser (I know most people don't like them but I thought it sounded cool and the racing in 2011 was really good in spite of Vettel winning so much).

[HoagieLomax]

Would be nice in a Renault 5.

[dtrump]

BelperJim said:

Sounds worse than Gran Turismo 5

Sorry but thats completely impossible

NOTHING sounds worse than gt5, nothing

[AFC1886]

Why is power output so low?

Will we see spits of flame from the exhaust or will that not look very 'green'?

[RobGT81]

I didn't realise this would be the engine until 2020, I thought they might be able to develop it slightly over the years but apparently not!

Also if the turbo is changed you get a 10 place grid drop, which could be dodgy for Mercedes as they are currently blowing turbos up on their gas stand!

[Galileo]

That's not an engine. That's a leaf blower.

[Mikeyplum]

Galileo said:

That's not an engine. That's a leaf blower.

Of course it is, exactly like a leaf blower.