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#1 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 08:33

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#2 ensign14

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 09:08

BRM V16.  May have been gash, but, ber-limey.



#3 OO7

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 09:27

BRM V16.  May have been gash, but, ber-limey.

How can you mention that car and not post a link to the sound.  That's sacrilege!!!



#4 midgrid

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 09:35

Life W12

 



#5 Tommay

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 09:37

1.6l turbos Hyrbid...

From a technical point of view.

#6 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 10:39

The Subaru Boxer 12;

 

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#7 Jejking

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 10:46

Merc power.

 

McLaren MP4/15 => That engine sounded amazing, almost an alien howl with the beryllium components in the powerplant.

 

 

Just like the MP4/22, TC sound and everything on the downshifts. Epic.

 

 

Come again, McLaren MP4/27, although it sounded a bit distant it had a really nice note to it.

 

 

And oh yeah, Lord buy me a Mercedes-Benz with last years edition. What. A. Sound from the engine and gearbox combo.

 

 

Even as a Ferrari fan I can't deny this German manufacturer got in my head a bit ;)


Edited by Jejking, 01 March 2015 - 10:49.


#8 chunder27

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 11:13

Any of the 1985-86 urbo engines

 

That level of power in cars with manual gears, masive slicks, relatively poor aero, huge boost, wheelspin in every gear.

 

That for me was engine tech of the highest order.

 

Before that, teh V16 BRM clearly, the Silver Arrows engines, desmo valve gear etc, later nicked by Ducati!

 

And for me also in bikes the V8 500cc Moto guzzi, the Honda 125 5 cyliner and 250 6 cylinder.



#9 SPBHM

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 11:25

the 4 cylinder BMW turbo?



#10 F1Champion

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 11:58

A bit of a less popular choice but I liked the Mercedes Aluminium Beryllium engines of 99-00 for the way that V10 screamed just coming out of the pits. I also liked the Ferrari engine of 2000. Both engine manufacturers went for it that year and their engines were created in the highest level of competition. I think Ferrari had some help from GE within their ceramic composites department. Definitely impressive material engineering from both.

 

The BMW of 04/05(?) which cracked 20,000 RPM was impressive.


Edited by F1Champion, 01 March 2015 - 12:05.


#11 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:03

...

The BMW of 04/05(?) which cracked 20,000 RPM was impressive.

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#12 SealTheDiffuser

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:12

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#13 dau

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:18

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#14 Brazzers

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:20

I know the least exciting and that is this year's McLaren Honda. 



#15 SealTheDiffuser

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:25

I know the least exciting and that is this year's McLaren Honda. 

 

I think it is exciting. Most complex race engine Honda ever fielded I guess.

 



#16 Collombin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:37

The turbine. Clearly far more suited to Indy than F1 though.

#17 Speedoholic

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:43

BMW M12 from the 1980s and BMW P81/82/... from the 2000s



#18 OO7

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 12:48

Merc power.

 

McLaren MP4/15 => That engine sounded amazing, almost an alien howl with the beryllium components in the powerplant.

:up:

The car sounded incredible with its single/merged twin exhaust. (I wonder how a V12 with a similar exhaust configuration would have sounded).

Start watching from 38:36.  The car sounds awesome as it bursts out of the slow corners.  That howl!  That wail! :eek:


Edited by OO7, 01 March 2015 - 12:50.


#19 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 13:03

The 2003 BMW V10 wasn't bad either, see image above, but the noise, back whan F1 was about racing;

 



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#20 ShivyF1

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 13:07

Merc power.

 

McLaren MP4/15 => That engine sounded amazing, almost an alien howl with the beryllium components in the powerplant.

 

 

Just like the MP4/22, TC sound and everything on the downshifts. Epic.

 

 

Come again, McLaren MP4/27, although it sounded a bit distant it had a really nice note to it.

 

 

And oh yeah, Lord buy me a Mercedes-Benz with last years edition. What. A. Sound from the engine and gearbox combo.

 

 

Even as a Ferrari fan I can't deny this German manufacturer got in my head a bit ;)

For me, the Mp4/15 still remains the most impressive engine I've ever seen or heard.  Ok so it didn't win any titles, but radioactive components and an astonishing sound especially when in the low to medium rev range (1st video you have posted 8-12 seconds) it really is amazing...and this coming from a Schumacher fan.



#21 ninetyzero

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 13:14

1997 Merc V10: will they explode? If so when? The excitement! See also: 2001-2003 BMW V10.



#22 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 14:17

This, watch the wheel-spin;

 



#23 crooky369

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 14:54

The Merc V10 in 2000 was very unique as Jejking video shows. Unfortunately I've lost the video I found of that but this McLaren Mercedes from 2005 is just so raw.

Incredible sound.



#24 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 16:22

1989-1990-Lamborghini-Formula-One-Engine



#25 OneAndOnly

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 17:01

This.

 



#26 Dan333SP

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 18:15

If we are talking about the best sounding engine ever, the Merc in '99/'00 and the 3.5L Ferrari V12 stand alone IMO. If we are talking about the most exciting engine, I think it's the engine from the Ferrari 1512 in '64/'65. A 1.5L flat 12 revving over 10,000 rpm in the early 60s... Very ambitious, and the V8 in the 158 was arguably a better package, but the 1512 is more exciting to me. Too bad Coventry Climax never produced their proposed 16 cylinder motor in '63.

#27 carlt

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 19:07

Any of the 1985-86 urbo engines

 

That level of power in cars with manual gears, masive slicks, relatively poor aero, huge boost, wheelspin in every gear.

 

That for me was engine tech of the highest order.

More like "driving of the highest order"

 

I really think the driver has been neutered with modern electronics



#28 Jon83

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 19:34

Merc power.

 

McLaren MP4/15 => That engine sounded amazing, almost an alien howl with the beryllium components in the powerplant.

 

 

Just like the MP4/22, TC sound and everything on the downshifts. Epic.

 

 

Come again, McLaren MP4/27, although it sounded a bit distant it had a really nice note to it.

 

 

And oh yeah, Lord buy me a Mercedes-Benz with last years edition. What. A. Sound from the engine and gearbox combo.

 

 

Even as a Ferrari fan I can't deny this German manufacturer got in my head a bit ;)

 

The 2014 growling dog comes nowhere near the others you posted IMO



#29 superden

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 22:44

In terms of impact, the Ford DFV.

#30 Rasputin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 22:48

If we are talking about the best sounding engine ever, the Merc in '99/'00 and the 3.5L Ferrari V12 stand alone IMO. If we are talking about the most exciting engine, I think it's the engine from the Ferrari 1512 in '64/'65. A 1.5L flat 12 revving over 10,000 rpm in the early 60s... Very ambitious, and the V8 in the 158 was arguably a better package, but the 1512 is more exciting to me. Too bad Coventry Climax never produced their proposed 16 cylinder motor in '63.

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#31 stenovitz

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 22:53

If it's allowed to extend the concept of F1 to grand prix racing, I'll go for this one:



#32 Collombin

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 22:58

In terms of impact, the Ford DFV.


Not exciting though. A V8 in 1967 was hardly cutting edge.

#33 ninetyzero

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 00:13

Not exciting though. A V8 in 1967 was hardly cutting edge.

 

Are you kidding? That engine was still winning international races into the early nineties. No other engine will ever be more successful.



#34 Collombin

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 07:09

It was the greatest racing engine ever, a genius designer's crowning achievement. I was merely questioning the "exciting" bit.

#35 Sash1

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 07:53

Any Ferrari Monza qualifying specials that would go pop after 3 laps were exciting. Not from a technical point of view, but the expectation of speed and waiting for the moment it would go harakiri.



#36 chrisPB15

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 08:45

Noise: Anything with a deeper tone and growl to it than the high pitched Mosqito and Wasp engines of the 2000s that the majorty here seem to prefer.

Technical: The current hybrids.



#37 Henri Greuter

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 08:50

Are you kidding? That engine was still winning international races into the early nineties. No other engine will ever be more successful.

 

 

As for being succesful on the scale of the DFV, may I mantion the Offenhauser 4 banger dynasty of 1934-1980 within Indycars?

 

 

Most exciting enginese for me:

 

The prewar A-U and M-B engines.

Alfa Romeo "Alfetta:"

BRM V16

the French and Italian 3 liter V12s of 1966-1983

The 1979-1988 turbos,

the V10s and V12s of up to about 1992, once they passed the 13000 rpm they became too loud for me and the mere screaming alone had no appeal for me anymore.

 

 

Mind you, I know other more exciting engines in other formulae....

 

Henri



#38 Rasputin

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 12:58

Not much will ever beat the BRM H16 in terms of excitement!

 

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#39 Collombin

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 13:11

I guess a negative correlation between exciting and successful isn't really all that surprising.

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#40 BRG

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Posted 03 March 2015 - 19:36

Too many young folk hereabouts, I reckons.  They clearly never heard the most exciting F1 engine ever - the Matra V12.  An engine you could hear all the way round any track, over all the others.  



#41 scheivlak

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Posted 03 March 2015 - 19:43

I'm amazed the Pratt & Whitney gas turbine hasn't been mentioned yet. 

 

Now that car (the Lotus 56B) sounded a bit different!



#42 CrashPad

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Posted 03 March 2015 - 19:44

Pretty much every McLaren Mercedes engine between 2002 and 2005 was extremely exciting. Never knew when one was about to blow itself up...



#43 Henri Greuter

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Posted 03 March 2015 - 20:23

Pretty much every McLaren Mercedes engine between 2002 and 2005 was extremely exciting. Never knew when one was about to blow itself up...

 

 

How about the 1994 Peugeots McLaren used?

 

 

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQU3Ofs_Dk

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bepVemmrL4g

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPa54mtdhOo   (look at 5:50 minutes on, not a spectacular retirement but the time it happened.....)

 

 

Henri


Edited by Henri Greuter, 03 March 2015 - 20:24.


#44 Collombin

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Posted 03 March 2015 - 22:04

I'm amazed the Pratt & Whitney gas turbine hasn't been mentioned yet. 
 
Now that car (the Lotus 56B) sounded a bit different!


Post #16 m'lud.

#45 ViMaMo

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 12:05

https://www.youtube....h?v=XjB4F_FpWtI

 

Jajajaja :lol: ...... Ferrari V12 from 1994  :eek:


Edited by ViMaMo, 06 March 2015 - 12:05.


#46 OO7

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 13:23



#47 BRK

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 14:46

NSFW-tag this porn thread, please.

 

 

 

Seriously, though. I had a neat audio collection of amazing F1 engines revving that made me want to beat my chest and make babby; good to see a lot of it is still on the net. It's a shame the current generation sound like an equine diarrhea emergency.



#48 ninetyzero

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 14:57

That Sauber C11 is such a gorgeous car :love:  Why can't sports cars look like that anymore?



#49 Rasputin

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 21:40

As we are moving away from F1, here's Mercedes' absolute beauty, the 3.5 flat 12;

 

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#50 Amphicar

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 22:57

If we are going beyond F1, the 4 rotor Wankel engine in the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B must be in with a shout (or perhaps a scream):

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=az39eqLIbyU