High-Revving, multi-cylinder appreciation thread

[Goodj]

People

I'm reading more and more that we'll all soon be driving 1-litre, wind-assisted shopping trolleys with a probable red-line of about 4k.

As someone once said "there's no replacement for displacement". Maybe that's not quite strictly true, providing you've got enough cylinders and revs to make up for it.

Hell, I'll not even adverse to Superchargers, at least they make a decent soundtrack.

Anyway, stand up and be counted, for all you out there who long for even just a V6 with just 7k on the dial, post your memories and wants here.

We can't allow brussels to silence every motor, think of the pedestrian health and safety issues!

 

[Gally]

All that and you didn't even post a picture!

 

[Munson]

It saddens me that the RS' 2.5 5-pot is being dumped. It is an awesome engine. Revs to 7k which is good considering it's blown, and in MP350 form, it spins to that redline with Type R enthusiasm and smoothness, but with a mountain of torque, and a soundtrack that makes God afraid. The downside is that it drinks petrol like LY drinks wine. The future isn't especially bright for petrol heads

 

[Christopher]

Turn everything up to eleven and sit back.

Two litre straight six @ 9000rpm. In the Seventies. Wait until the bent music ends.

 

[Justin]

I miss my TVR, sideways through a tunnel with my mate letting him hear the POWER! Also overtaking Ali in his V6 on the Autobahn after he topped out!

 

[Munson]

That GTR thingy sounds. MENTAL.

 

[Christopher]

Biblical innit.

 

[Goodj]

All that and you didn't even post a picture!

OK, not a road-engine, but lets see a Alfiat Multi-air make a sound even remotely similar!

 

[Gally]

That GTR sounds like a f**king plane/F1 car mix! Crazy!

 

[hilldawg172]

That GTR thingy sounds. MENTAL.

+1

 

[Munson]

20,000rpm. Jesus.

 

[Christopher]

That GTR sounds like a f**king plane/F1 car mix! Crazy!

Yep, proper engine.

 

[Goodj]

If you're gonna have a compressor on your engine, it's got to be cyclic

 

[Christopher]

Kenne Bell's are awesome.

 

[nufctoon]

from 13 seconds - if god had a car that is what it would sound like amazing

 

[Goodj]

from 13 seconds - if god had a car that is what it would sound like amazing

Gods own vehicle has infinite gears and eternal revs, and is fuelled by the tears of sinners.

It's also a rotary

 

[Goodj]

freom 1.30 in.

 

[Goodj]

20,000rpm. Jesus.

9k idle?
watch as Euro emissions testers s**t themselves

 

[Jason_E]

Best V8. Just listen.

 

[Waitey]

 

[Goodj]

surprised this thread hasn't been hijacked already by some megane / twingo owner who thinks the wastegate is best noise ever created.

Love those ferrari engines, and the TVR.

Maybe we're missing a couple of tricks though:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrwfgSgoZg&p=833DE31ACE1F119F&playnext=1&index=12

 

[Waitey]

I miss my TVR

 

[Goodj]

I miss my TVR

I can only imagine.

 

[Englebert]

I don't even have sound at work, but no these will be good!

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[Curtis!]

 

[Goodj]

long live supercharged V8's

 

[Englebert]

Facepalm. Don't rev high though, do they?

 

[Christopher]

Someone just posted an LS.

Pushrods and a 7k limiter. Gashment.

 

[Justin]

I miss my TVR

To heal the pain..

[YOUTUBE]sJrP8Pg2xTQ[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Goodj]

Facepalm. Don't rev high though, do they?

Someone just posted an LS.

Pushrods and a 7k limiter. Gashment.

My bad, but, in fairness, it does make for its lack of revs with extra displacement and a proper compressor!

 

[Finny]

the bike my dad is building at the minute.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjk4S5tpVi0

i went to leeds on the back of his last one which sounded exactly the same as this its a 1979 kawasaki z1300 straight six with 3 double mikuni carbs on 6 into 1 exhaust

beast sounds like the skyline somebody posted before as its the same engine set up

 

[Gaz.]

You can have all the revs and cylinders in the world, but you're still going to get more power if you put a turbo on there alongside those revs




Not far off 10K rpm

 

[Goodj]

the bike my dad is building at the minute.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjk4S5tpVi0

i went to leeds on the back of his last one which sounded exactly the same as this its a 1979 kawasaki z1300 straight six with 3 double mikuni carbs on 6 into 1 exhaust

beast sounds like the skyline somebody posted before as its the same engine set up

WANT! (installed into a Westfield)

 

[Goodj]

You can have all the revs and cylinders in the world, but you're still going to get more power if you put a turbo on there alongside those revs
Not far off 10K rpm

Yeah, but turbos are still cheating
Superchargers, that's different, mind.

Anyway, having loads of cylinders, and the revs, AND some compression, that's alright.

it's these 0.1 litre turbos that we'll be told are "sporting" in a couple of years time which are the problem

 

[McBunny]

always had a soft spot for these

 

[Finny]

love this thread heres a few more i can think of
honda cbx 1000 another bike my old man has had http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tkVSKb77Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdl07vrtalQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLgOrUWlVo fast forward to 3.50 ish sound mint

 

[Finny]

that 6r4 is crazy love them rover v8 engine werent they?

 

[McBunny]

3litre 90deg v6 upto 9000rpm in international setup

 

[Gaz.]

Yeah, but turbos are still cheating
Superchargers, that's different, mind.

Anyway, having loads of cylinders, and the revs, AND some compression, that's alright.

it's these 0.1 litre turbos that we'll be told are "sporting" in a couple of years time which are the problem

So explain how a supercharger isn't cheating, but a turbocharger is cheating? You take your typical vtec lump. Bang a supercharger on it and that's fine, but bang a turbo on it, and it's not? WTF!

 

[Christopher]

the bike my dad is building at the minute.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjk4S5tpVi0

i went to leeds on the back of his last one which sounded exactly the same as this its a 1979 kawasaki z1300 straight six with 3 double mikuni carbs on 6 into 1 exhaust

beast sounds like the skyline somebody posted before as its the same engine set up

This bloke's just upstaged you...

V12 bike. Two Z1300 engines sharing a common crank. :evil: