[s-cars] Sweet motor sounds

[Linus Toy]

At 11:38 PM 11/7/2002 , CaptMagu at aol.com wrote:

>By far the best internal combustion engine I've ever heard belongs to the
>Rare Bear. This Grumman Bearcat Unlimited racing plane is flown by my
>neighbor, good friend, and fellow United pilot, John Penney. It boasts over
>4000 hp while on boost and with water/alcohol injection. The thing is just
>violent. Every 15 minute race is an exhausting experience for the pilot just
>hanging on. V-12 smooth it is not. Raw power is what this beast is all about.

How about you take a six of those Roll-Merlin or Allison (WW II era fighter
engines), inject nitrous and crank them at far higher speeds than
originally intended, put them in "boats" running on a prop & skid
fin...?  If you ever heard the unlimited hydros in the 60s and 70s, you
know what I'm talking about.  Incredible.  Too bad they're (almost) all
turbine powered today ;^|

--Linus
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