[s-cars] Sweet motor sounds

[Philip Mische]

Best mechanical music: B-17 with all four on song.  Make you weap.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linus Toy" <linust at mindspring.com>
To: <CaptMagu at aol.com>; <paulunm at msn.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Sweet motor sounds


> 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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