Most powerful exhaust you ever heard.

[Cadillac Imaj]

The most powerful exhaust you ever heard (video, sound clip or real life).
Mine's the Ferrari 512BB LM idling. :D

Click here

[:Exige:]

Probably a top fuel dragster. Im posting from college at the moment and its almost end of lesson so you can hear the ricers turning up in fiberglass-moblies and bean can exhausts :)

[fa22_raptor]

Click here (http://www.anything-auto.net/VIDEOS/OTHER/512bblmidle.jpg)
Is it just me, or is that link just a really really small picture of the back of some car? (It's barely recognisable as a car at that :))

[Cadillac Imaj]

its a ferrari 512bb lm.

[Vaigra]

is this thread in the correct forum?

[henk4]

me, whilst taking a bath :D

[Coventrysucks]

That's disgusting.

I think I'm going to have to remove that mental picture with an ice pick!

[Sweeney921]

me, whilst taking a bath :D
that's raunchy

[man 430gt]

Enzo close to redlining, and 360 cs at 120 mph:D, have a vid of the 360 somewhere, see if i an dig it up.

[blackcat77]

The old Novi Indy racers. They were supercharged V-8s when everything else was a 4 cylinder Offy. They had a banshee shriek that echoed off the grandstands. When they left the pits, everybody paid attention.

[McReis]

That's disgusting.

I think I'm going to have to remove that mental picture with an ice pick!


The idea is enough for a nightmare, let alone the mental picture...

[PininfarinaPIMP]

Hands down its this AAR Hemi Cuda race car, with straight pipes, that was on the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson. My dad and i were AT LEAST 300 ft from the block and it was DEAFANINGLY LOAD...

[BjD]

This is pretty damn good (http://members.chello.nl/~c.vandetillaart/videos/jimmywhitevideo.wmv) :D Almost wet myself the first time I heard it.

IRL its probably the Austin Devon based Dragster a mate used to race. Had a variety of V8's in it and they all sounded mean :)

[:Exige:]

This is pretty damn good (http://members.chello.nl/~c.vandetillaart/videos/jimmywhitevideo.wmv) :D Almost wet myself the first time I heard it.
Oh ... my ... god! That sounds excellent. I also love how the camera moves back a foot when the driver gets "lead-foot" :)

[adamfraser]

Either the Mazda ALMS car for 2005 (a lola i think?) or the 787B. I heard the 787 ata show 2 years ago, but i didnt have a camera then :(

[Mustang]

nah its not

[UCR]

I cant stop listening to the sagaris exhaust at the moment, every time i hear it i nearly destroy some gruds.

[rev440]

An 8 second camero that had a big block with open headers. My dads mustang is pretty loud to with open headers.

[johnnynumfiv]

BMW LM, Mclaren F1 GTR both just insanely loud.
http://rapidshare.de/files/4723837/MVI_2346.AVI.html

[s-d]

An old Renault R8 Gordini! The noise is just insane!

[dydzi]

vw beetle GTI Cup

[Niko_Fx]

BMW LM, Mclaren F1 GTR both just insanely loud.
http://rapidshare.de/files/4723837/MVI_2346.AVI.html

Boy oh Boy, that was nice! :)

BTW, did you film that with the Canon?

[johnnynumfiv]

Boy oh Boy, that was nice! :)

BTW, did you film that with the Canon?


Yep :)

I have more vids if any one wants them.

[LotusLocost]

The Maserati 250 F.. It`s lovely.. for those who have heard the Sounds Of Goodwood with Nick Mason and his "litle" and "humble" car collection.. :D
I have it on my PC.. But awfully big.. :(
The BRM V16 is second.. and insane.. :eek:

And the Ford/Lotus Twin Cam has a beutiful sound;)
Wich I listen to every time I go racing.. Since it sits right in front of me:)

[adamfraser]

This is teh Mazda i am on abot
Sorry for the crap quality, it is a crap cam when it takes videos ;)

http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=209QEJCFP246H2P0LIQXOO9ZJJ

If you turn it up loud enough at the end, you can hear it backfiring :)

[Fleet 500]

Hands down its this AAR Hemi Cuda race car, with straight pipes, that was on the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson. My dad and i were AT LEAST 300 ft from the block and it was DEAFANINGLY LOAD...
Yeah! I agree. Also a 426-Hemi race car.

You should hear some of the highly modifed 426, 427, 429, 440, 454, 455 and 572- cu in cars that show up at the weekly car gathering. Tons of power when idling, then when they leave and demonstrate their power, you wonder why anyone would waste their time owning and driving those buzz-box cars (Honda, Toyota, etc) when you could be behind the wheel of a real car.

[Matra et Alpine]

why anyone would waste their time owning and driving those buzz-box cars (Honda, Toyota, etc) when you could be behind the wheel of a real car.
OK as long as you dont' go whining (again) when we point out that the first corner usually explains why :D

[Fleet 500]

OK as long as you dont' go whining (again) when we point out that the first corner usually explains why :D
Somehow, I don't even think those guys with the 500-hp muscle cars even know what a corner is. :D

But don't feel too "bad" for them... just blowing away numerous "turbo" Nissans or whatever gives them a lot of satisfaction.

[whiteballz]

my friends dads rally STI (group A) has a VERY superb growl..

maybe not "the" best, but one of.

not to mention, it would easily hand anything on the roads arse back to it :D
(i am refering to before we got the sponsors paint on there.. we drove it across town, with stock tires on... but 300bhp under the hood with giant brakes and all the other rally goodies :D V8's no more!

[zuzulo56]

"63 NOVI powered Indy (Kurtis) Roadsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryW5Q9QBhPg AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTBuW4gReE
CRANK UP THE VOLUME!!!

[zuzulo56]

And THEN there was the MATRA V-12 Engines...which could be like a dentists' high-speed drill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4...I've heard and felt them on numerous occasions...especially at the LBGP...betwix the canyon of buildings!

[Matra et Alpine]

Nice you love the sound of the Matra ... but they never sounded like a dentists drill :)
Recordings never manage to recreate the low end of the mighty V12 and the modern runnings they dont rev the engine to anywhere near it's limits :(

The old Le Mans crowd will cry when they talk of the memories of the V12 coming past at full chat :)

Nice vid find tho' thanks .... especially the Matra Bagheera in yellow !!

[clutch-monkey]

two weeks back i heard a top fuel drag car start up and perform it's run.. probably the 'most powerful exhaust' i've heard.

[csl177]

Most powerful exhaust I've ever heard was a Saturn V lifting off. If that doesn't count, I too miss the sounds of Matras, Alfa 33/3s and under-three-liter anythings at full song. Top fuel still amazes, so does a full-on NASCAR field blasting by. But in the modern era of sportscar racing it's got to be the Mazda 787. Those really did sound like a dentists drill focused on your skull.

[Ferrer]

Most ear bleeding exhaust I've ever heard are classic 60's and 70's Formula 2s at full throttle inches from me.

Group 4 Stratos runs in second place.

[zuzulo56]

EDIT: extra info deleted

I'm going to make a huge leap of faith (or am I really just being presumptive) and assume that you possess a working knowledge of the French Auto-mobile industry. Using that as a foundation, I shall ask of you, "Does virtually every French made car STILL have a "wet-sleeved" powerplant wedged under its' bonnet? And what is their u-ni-que fascination with that design...i.e., individual, removable, cylinders? I was a master mechanic for over 40 yrs. and got to overhaul 3 of them...AND have mixed feelings, indeed, what?

[Matra et Alpine]

Hi zuzulo56, you dont need to paste all that detail as I nearly missed your question.
THis might be worthy of a thread of it's own, but will quick answer hear :)

Not just French cars used and use wet liners.
So it's not unique, but appreciate it may seem so from your end of the planet :)
If you come across an old Triumph for example :)
There are a number of reasons a wet liner will be user by a designer.

- special light, easy to cast alloys can be used by fitting liners. ( this applies to wet and driy )

- Replacing a worn/scored or damaged bore is much simpler : Lift the liner out and put a new one in. Otherwise it's strip the block, machine it smooth and fit oversize piston/rings.
Small adjustments in capacity/stroke/bore easily incorporated across an engine range

- Same block just different liner and crank/rods/pistons and completely different engine performance. Keeps costs/design down.

- Lower/simpler manufacturing cost. Not so critical now as casting methods and alloys are improved. Gettign efficient waterways to cool the cylinder walls of a compact performance engine is a challenge. Casting them is even harder. A wet liner allows much more efficient waterways. Not looked inside a recent wet liner engine ( my 1992 Alpine is ) but woudl imagine that by using better alloys and casting then smaller, lighter can be achieved.

- negative is the block isn't as structurally strong to twist as a single cast without additional specific features. But usually only a necessity for larger multi cylinder engines. Not small low capacity, high revving high power units. But see K-series in Lotus Elise issues :(

No doubt once the word went out that you did wet-liner engines folks woudl come to you. So many times I've heard of less knowledgable mechanics LIFT a head off of a wet liner system to find a liner dome with it and instead of a simpel head off work it's a full engine out, crank out and refit a liner :) NB: For anyone who is going to take a head off of an engine that MIGHT be a wet liner always, ALWAYS push the head to the side to break the seal to take it off .... NEVER lift it !!!

[zuzulo56]

:D

Not just French cars used and use wet liners!

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:confused:It just seems as if the entire world's auto industries 'ave been missing a sure, advantageous, engine-design...for 'oer a century. Thusly, are Gallic vehicles the most revered, popular and durable...a standard bearer for all! (As-well-as the apparent reason for virtually all proper auto racing sleds to be powered by wet-sleeved-wonders.):D

[Commodore GS/E]

Well, mine was a Merc SLS with a sports exhaust. Wicked sound.

[FastDriver]

i dunno if it is the exhaust or the turbo, but the Porsche 935 turbo on rFactor sounds amazing. its in that video i posted. love it!

[Smilinturk]

My friends 1938 Chevrolet Coupe with a 270 GMC 6 cyl with a one foot long exhaust pipe connected to the manifold! Iowa cops hated it!!!

[Joshua123]

The most powerful exhaust you ever heard (video, sound clip or real life).
Mine's the Ferrari 512BB LM idling. :D

Click here

Wanted to see it but it doesn't open, prolly cuz it was way back then :(