The reason I love F1 engines.
Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 14 January 2006
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by John Sheridan
brilliant. If someone knows where I can put several hundred mb of files I have several similar videos from Goodwood last year, including a 1960s Honda which is by far the loudest thing I have ever heard.
edit: Actually scratch that, have found somewhere and am uploading now...
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by count.d
Fantastic.
The loudest engine I've heard was a 1930's racing Bentley, outside in the paddock. The resonance it produced incredible. You couldn't stand near it without fingers in your ears.
P.S. Unlucky about the job Tony.
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Spock
Fantastic!
Must go see some F1 before I pop my clogs.
Loudest engines I've heard are the nitro dragsters at Santa Pod.
Spock
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Martin D
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by count.d
That was also fantastic.
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Spock
A strumming frenzy at the 3/4 point.
Wonderful
Spock
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by John Sheridan
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Martin D
count that ukelele was bloody brill
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Nime
I was once allowed to warm up an AJS 7R 350cc with the typical open megaphone of the day. Which was nice.*
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Mark Dunn
Hi Tony,
That stuff gives me a thrill as well. The closest I can come (given my non-exhorbitant income) is riding sports motorcycles. I have a Kawasaki ZX9R which, although not as loud, resembles the F1 sound in the video but with much more intake growl from the airbox when you open her up.
For relatively chap thrills, a sports bike is hard to beat, - see if youn can test ride a Kawasaki ZX10R or a Suzuki GSXR1000K5, both are under 370lb (dry) and have around 160bhp at the back wheel. Watch out for slamming your danglies into the tank as they both have well-wicked anchors too.
Best Regards,
Mark Dunn
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by Steve2701
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Originally posted by John Sheridan:
brilliant. If someone knows where I can put several hundred mb of files I have several similar videos from Goodwood last year, including a 1960s Honda which is by far the loudest thing I have ever heard.
edit: Actually scratch that, have found somewhere and am uploading now...
John, there was talk of an excellent tribute to Dennis Jenkinson at Goodwood some time ago.
Dear Lord March wanted EVERY car & motorbike in every paddock to start up & rev there engines for a 1 minute tribute of noise to 'Jenks'. For some weird reason the local council would not allow this to happen.
I think the loudest engine there at any time was a racing BMW bike, with both the exhaust & carb intake barking in unison it was, er somewhat loud!
The most beautiful noise from an engine I have heard is a V16, which can also be heard on the CD that accompanies the book 'INTO THE RED' by Nick Mason.
What is it about the McLarens of recent years that makes their engines scream 'just' that bit differently to all the others?
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by John Sheridan
quote:
Originally posted by Steve2701:
Dear Lord March wanted EVERY car & motorbike in every paddock to start up & rev there engines for a 1 minute tribute of noise to 'Jenks'.
now that I would love to hear!
quote:
The most beautiful noise from an engine I have heard is a V16
something like this perhaps?
http://www.savefile.com/files/6314719Posted on: 14 January 2006 by NaimDropper
I got to start and romp on the 1100 HP engine in this thing. VERY loud. Need that engine for my daily driver!
A mate of mine is crew chief on this team and let my kids crawl all over it and get autographs from a bunch of the drivers. Very cool.
David
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by BigH47
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What is it about the McLarens of recent years that makes their engines scream 'just' that bit differently to all the others?
It's something to do with the way the exhausts are connected together and possibly they use the car equivalent of GP bike "big bang" engines.
German DTM Mercedes sound different to the Audi and GM cars.
No1 son usually has the answers to these questions I'll ask him to contribute when he's back from the "refreshment house".
Howard
Posted on: 14 January 2006 by JonR
Agree the ukelele playing rocked!
Formula 1 engine not bad either...!!
Posted on: 15 January 2006 by Nime
Isn't the unique sound of an engine mostly due to the firing sequence and the number and size of its cylinders?
One would imagine that the camshaft timings have been rather similar for many years now.
Posted on: 16 January 2006 by BLT
I didn't think that F1 engines had used camshafts for some time now - don't they all have pneumatic valve operation?
The loudest engine I have ever heard was a top-fuel dragster at Avon Park - it made my vision blur.
But my favourite is still a BD series Ford/Cosworth at full chat in the forests. As Colin McRae said " that's the only noise that gives me a hard-on"
Posted on: 16 January 2006 by Jono 13
For me standing beside a D-type jag with straight through side pipes was both LOUD and HOT, queue scorched grass and crying babies.
Jono
Posted on: 16 January 2006 by Tony Lockhart
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Originally posted by BLT:
I didn't think that F1 engines had used camshafts for some time now - don't they all have pneumatic valve operation?
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They use a conventional cam lobe to open the valve against the pneumatic pressure, then the pneumatics close the valve. Over the years I think there have been two systems for this. One tries to provide a sealed, pressurised gallery, while the other uses a 'leaky' system with gas supplied by an external pressurised container. I think the latter is the favoured system as both types leaked anyway!
Tony
