What in your opinion is the best sounding powerplant?

During the dark ages of the early 70s, I had that Sheeet, (minus the Weber carb) on a 510.
Got a ticket for excessive noise in Carmel-By-The-Sea in '73. Went to a junkyard, and found
a stock exhaust system to satisfy the Authorities.
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Bullshit, Nitromethane contains it's own oxogen molecules, that would be the O in CH3NO2., and yes I've tipped it straight outta the barrel, all it needs is some compression..

 

I agree with you George, but then again crewing for Dave Ohara's Top Fuel Harley, put me real close to that action for six years.

 

Jesus! I watched it three times already! I want some more of this roadster!!!


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I get chills everytime I watch this, one of my favorite cars ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHV7t7Rh8k

I don't know how to make it show the video in my post...

 

DAMN! That was insane..

 

Nope

 

its hard to beat a split chevy six with the right mufflers

 

We have run 100% nitro a bunch of times in cars and bikes. It is not very flammable so you pour in a little something to light it quicker, once it is lit,,,,, look the hell out. Alcohol is the most popular cut. It has 2 molecules of oxygen. JC

 

How about my 5 hp Briggs & Stratton lawn mower with a "tuned" header on it????...

 

Hard to beat the sound of old school, my Flathead now is tri power, the wife's tbird also sound's great

 

Old style Chrysler Hemi with a supercharger ... often called "A Cackler"

 

flathead

 

Hopefully, it will be my 8BA.

 

The Wright/Cyclone R1820 mounted on a B-17. On the ground would be a 59A with mellotones or smithies.

Thats piston power, but J79GE-17 or the F100-PW-229 sound great in the F-4E & F-15E

 

On the ground.A flatty.In the air.Pw or Wright radial or RR Merlin,or Allison.
Now if you want something to raise the goose bumps and make your hair stand up.I remember when they sprayer for mosquitos at appx 150ft with 4 yeah 4 WW2 B24 with about 300 ft separating the wing tips and running 200 mph.At 0600.Now THAT would definetley wake you up.Run outside and wait about 10 minutes and you could catch them on the return trip.What a sound.This was mid to late 50`s.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

quite a few votes going for the flathead. Should run a poll. Might be interesting.

 

I'd bet that Flatties and Cammers would be the final two were it a playoff. P-dubs and Merlins for the airborne crowd. Yoiu know;I don't that there IS a "bad"-sounding performance mill.

Mention was made of King Kenny's TZ flat tracker. In-freaking-credible sound. I've got a couple to almost match it. First;any 2-stroke triple,as used in numerous racing snowmobiles,with expansion chamber exhaust pipes and long stingers. Hear them often and they never fail to tighten the jeans. However...in 1971,Arctic Cat debuted the "King Kat",with three engine configurations;a 650cc JLO triple,a 793cc Hirth triple,and a 797cc Kawasaki 4-cylinder. These are extremely rare,and a running version is like a sign from above. Wish I had some sound/video of one of these beasts.

 

Harley Shovelhead with drag pipes, Chevy Inline six with split manifold.

 

My list:
Flathaed Ford
Stage 3 Hemi
273 hipo Valient with thru the fenderwell headers
427 Cobra side oiler
My brothers 69 Charger R/T 440 Magnum with 3/4/ cam

 

Good idea.. The Flathead and Hemi seem to be the most popular

 

Small block with 180 readers.

 

Pratt & Whitney J-79 in max afterburner.

 

Depends!!!

Rocky, Gene,
I really apreciate it, ther is just something about an engine pulling as opposed to just idleing and being revved that makes all the difference in the world, at least for me.

I have a friend that has a '64 Galaxie 427 car one of the 1000 ( I think it was) that NASCAR required to be sold to the public in order to make them a legal race car. h ordered it when he first heard about them, it now sits enginless, but he took me for a ride just before he pulled the engine to sell it in the '70s. What a beautiful sounding engine when it was working.

 

Just thought of another engine that I can still hear in my head. Dale Armstrong's knee high BB/FC from the early 70's sounded like a banshee that was about to unleash havoc on the world when it was at full song.

 

If this doesn't do it for you, check your pulse, 'cause, Jack, you're dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqO6msKE4G4

 

My buddy has a pretty rare one, as '64 was the Thunderbolt year, but they still made 50 Lightweight High Riser Galaxies in '64- he was the A/Stock National Record Holder and Division 7 Champion with this one. A few months ago I let him have one of my correct-casting center-oiler blocks, and swapped him a set of correct rods for his, and swapped him a very rare C4AE $ steel crank that would be correct for his race High Riser for his C5 $ crank. Engine is back together and running again, and we'll probably be at Bakersfield with it

Back then- note the date of the issue, and the name on the mailing tag





Same car as it is today

 

Maybe I'm a little weird here, but there aren't many engines that I can't appreciate the sound of in one form or another. But nothing lights my fire like the sound and smell of a blown hemi AA/F dragster. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

 

I have a friend over here across the state line that has a factory bolt. he got it new, and has the original engine as he raced it. It is currently running as 460 because they were driving it around but the 427 is gouing back in with a good freshening.

I loved thos old drag race galaxies. They were just too fast for the kind of car that they represented. I wonder how many kids got mom's old grocery getter back then and could't figure out what it wouldn't go any faster that 15.

 

Quite a few mentions for blown fuelers- those who were lucky enough to be at the races back than will probably agree, the baddest-sounding MF in the valley of its time- the Blue Max. Always in the hunt for a win, always one of the best looking, but THE noisemaker- always just a bit louder than the rest, and always on the edge

http://www.bluemaxracing.net/site/history.htm