Your favorite engine sounds, car, bike whatever

[Ducatamount]

This thread was such a good idea

Yes, it is!

Here's a strong 2 smoke, ridden by one of the best.

Kenny Roberts Yamaha TZ 750 at Indy

[Monsterlover]

Boy that thing sounds nasty!

[Oldfisti]

Little old British 1.5liter...


BRM V16 Sound, revs and drive by! Goodwood FOS 2012


1:00 to 3:00 warmup sounds decent

[duc_fan]

+1, awesome thread idea.  My current favorite. 

I've had a hard-on for the Jag XJ13 since seeing the Jaguar episode of Victory by Design.  Such a cool car... both in looks and sound.

Speaking of Jags... I have long had this crazy idea to pick up an old, unloved, cheap XJS.  Strip all the emissions garbage off, have a proper performance exhaust fabbed for it, strip off the fuel injection, and have it breathing through 6 twin-throat Webers.  I can only imagine what that would sound like, and it would be comparatively cheap in the world of cool cars.

Here's the full Jaguar episode of Victory by Design:
Victory By Design Jaguar

I like watching that one via the web-connected TV... which pumps out the sound through the home theater and a set of big 20-year-old Pioneer speakers.

[the_Journeyman]

I like the twin throat webbers idea.  The twin throat carbs (My 280Z has three of 'em) make a nasty little snarl that I love.  It does however tempt on to really put a foot in it just for the sake of hearing the intake snarl!

JM

[Tricknology]

Don't get me wrong, the Italian exotics always sound amazing (especially the Ferraris) and having had the opportunity to pilot an F430 around the track makes them that much more awesome. Older Jags, bevel drive singles and twins, even the twin turbo inline sixes from BMW are great. The ones that really get me though, are the 3+ rotor rotaries.
Mazda 787B

Mazda Furai

[ZLTFUL]

FXXX (I added the third X for the sexy time)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTvElraxUg8

Or the 599XX...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y917W_q00sQ

[MendoDave]

lots of nice sounds there. Here are a few more. I think one is a 707

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ox8t6CEGoQ4

P47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsuKqPDcAfw

F4U corsair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxb-V-rZqA

[duc_fan]

First 44 seconds... combination of engine music and high-performance gearbox whine:

Maserati 450S

[nickshelby500kr]

I give you, the Mazda 26B quad rotor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyLtu-pX1y8

Not the same 4-rotor build but a 4-rotor nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il986P_ooEE

[duc_fan]

P47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsuKqPDcAfw

F4U corsair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxb-V-rZqA

Big radials don't "start"... they come to life.

One of my favorite memories is standing right behind Sentimental Journey when they fired up each of those four Wright R-1820 Cyclones.  Fantastic sounds... and I love the smell of 100LL in the morning.    It was really cool at the fly-in in Prescott, because there were no ropes around it... they just shooed us away from the engines for startup, so myself and a bunch of buddies walked around back and were standing about 10 feet behind the tail when they brought it to life.

This video doesn't do the sound justice, so you'll have to fill in with your imagination. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RxJWeSHpw#

[The Don]

I'd say any two stroke at full scream, the days of 500 GP bikes going down the front straight of Phillip Island were something else