The Best Sounding Race Car Ever Thread

[Michaelhatesfans]

This needed it's own thread. It just wasn't right having this discussion in an IRL section.

I went with the Porsche 917 (Le Mans version), but I'll give special consideration to what Matra was producing. One of those sounds where you fear for your vital organs. All of them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwjL0GqZ0w4&feature=related

[NismoZ]

No, that F-1 Matra in the '71 Questor Grand Prix at Ontario, maybe.:)

[chop456]

Ferrari V-12. Pick one. And not the 575M. :D

[STD]

I'll pick this Ferrari V12

http://www.imca-slotracing.com/images/612P-CANAM69.jpg


Some others to start with...
V 16 BRM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE&feature=related

Hondola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFQ9bOj1x0&feature=PlayList&p=471D2585AA27AABF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10

Matra V12 MS650 MS670
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwjL0GqZ0w4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38V9QQ4Qcww&feature=related

Can Am McEagle or any number of Can Am machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnl_KVf9fbw&feature=related

Merlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nlGN6aS8g&feature=related
;)

[pchall]

I've got some BRM V16 sound clips downloaded and that is the sexiest sound I've ever heard from an engine. The big Ferrari V12s for the Can Am almost rival that. The 3.0l Cossies make the list because they were just this side of being nasty. ;)

[STD]

Honda RA 272
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUSSHXgw80&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23iiTMdWLE&feature=related

Another V16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJwWSEVphSg&NR=1

[Trevor Longman]

Umm... Aren't we all forgetting something?

Turbocharged V8 Cosworth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAwMqRBy1g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rcKR4SvSEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDwaOtOLms

I've set the bar pretty high and I'd like to see any of you top it.

[pchall]

BRM V16 through the gears (http://www.billzilla.org/BRM-loudpass.mp3)


Cosworth DFV standing start (http://www.billzilla.org/F1-offstartline.mp3)

[STD]

Out of all the Cosworths the F1 DFV is the clear standard. :D

[Michaelhatesfans]

I've got some BRM V16 sound clips downloaded and that is the sexiest sound I've ever heard from an engine.

I got to see that monster at Goodwood - I was staggering around Friday morning trying to shake off the jet lag, and started watching the guy working on the BRM. As I started to move to the next car, he squinted at me and aimed his screwdriver at me and like some sort of crazed Harry Potter character and insisted, "I wouldn't walk away if I were you! When I start this engine, you shall hear a sound that you will not soon forget!" Then he went back to the engine like I wasn't even there.:laugh:

Anyway, I hung around. That V-16 did clear out my jet lag, I have to admit!:eek:

[Michaelhatesfans]

Merlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nlGN6aS8g&feature=related
;)

Hey, it's no coincidence that many of the pre and post war race cars sounded like fighter planes.:cool:

[Indy]

I would have to say that BRM sound ranks highest for me on the "involuntary smile" scale.

It just sounds so freaking insane. :D

[Trevor Longman]

Ok I admit, that Cosworth DFV did top the Champ Car. Very nice sound.

[opinionated ow]

From the other thread:
Caterham R500:
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Formula 3:
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Zonda F Roadster:
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Renault World Series (3.5 V6):
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Midgets:
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Aston Martin DBR9:
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Judd GV5:
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Champcars:
http://speedcenter.com/gallery/gallery99/17laguna/sounds/Firstlap.mp3
http://speedcenter.com/gallery/gallery99/17laguna/sounds/Upthehil.mp3
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Paul Page really wasn't bad...oh and I do admit to liking the Hanford races (unlike the IRL you might have gone side by side, but you had the momentum to carry it through).

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Formula 1:
Love the Alfa Flat 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d7iR72UVh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P708Y7sKrg (this is one of mine)

[Easy]

Before they were banned, I watched 4 of these run nose to tail while trouncing the GT2 (and much of the GT1) field at Sears Point. Great sound but really f'n loud.


BMW M3 GTR V8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZBMvkK5a7A)

[Wheel-Nut]

Audi tdi R10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNtw5XbxJg

[Elmo T]

Audi tdi R10 :thumbup:

You have to see it in person to truly appreciate that.

I have no idea if this will work - but this is some video I shot with my digital camera. I always liked the audio on it.

It is pit exit at Cleveland. Nice tire chirp as the car pulls out - then look for PT (as I recall) downshifting and lighting up a tire into T1.

Pit Exit Cleveland GP (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8674163898984527397)

[Methanolandbrats]

Ferrari 333SP on the banking at Daytona 24 hour.

[miatanut]

then look for PT (as I recall) downshifting and lighting up a tire into T1.

Pit Exit Cleveland GP (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8674163898984527397)

Nice! And that warn't no stinkin paddle shifter, either!

All gone now. :irked:

[Michaelhatesfans]

More Matra madness - acoustics courtesy of Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LhrFVNx9E0

:cool:

[STD]

^ :cool:

Original F1 exhaust piping, MS 11 1968
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2492868958_67594bbe37.jpg?v=0

nice Matra site
http://www.matrasport.dk/

[Trevor Longman]

How about any of these? I couldn't tell you what any of them are but it sure sounds good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jEo8v1hIUI

[G.]

You have to see it in person to truly appreciate that.

it really is bizarre. :thumbup:

And the video worked just fine, thanks!

[Elmo T]

Another video from Cleveland GP:

Team Australia (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1299347831809450134)

[nrc]

From the other thread:
Caterham R500:
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Just saw this episode on top gear the other night. That was an amazing lap, looked even faster than it was. A Caterham tops the Bugatti Veyron? Oh my.

[opinionated ow]

Does anybody have links to the old Coventry-Climax engine sounds?

[oddlycalm]

Does anybody have links to the old Coventry-Climax engine sounds?

This one is in the pits. Sound isn't ideal, but not bad for a 40yr old water pump engine...:D

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