Saw an R8 today...

[Cody Forbes]

frank j. bauer wrote:
> the imsa gto mazda rx-7 had mufflers that looked like small garbage
> cans /dustbins...
> 
> Cody Forbes wrote:
>> Taka Mizutani wrote:
>> 
>>> The Mazda 787 that Larry mentions had to have mufflers installed due
>>> to the extreme noise generated
>>> by that 4-rotor engine, that's pretty weird for a competition car.
>>> 
>>> Taka
>>> 
>> 
>> And even with the muffler that car is hideously loud. If we are
>> talking about the same car, it has a muffler that runs most of the
>> distance between the front and rear wheels (traveling forward)
>> outside of the bodywork. At Sebring one year I remember watching
>> most of the muffler glowing red down the front straight, and you can
>> hear the thing overtop of the 935's and 962's without trouble at the
>> opposite side of the track. The only thing I've ever heard that
>> approaches the volume level is F1 at Indy. That was pretty damned
>> loud. 
>> 
>> -Cody Forbes


Heres the one I'm talking about:

http://jdellis.smugmug.com/photos/5371417-M.jpg

-Cody Forbes
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