I suppose we can now add a 2014 F1 engine to the list - who would have thought it ?
Ducati 996 - sounds like a box of spinners in a washing machine
V Bomber
B52 on take off
Huey
Vette c7 going around Porsche Curves - nothing else like it.
427 Ford
Ford Cosworth V8
Porsche Flat 12.
Harley Davison V-Twin
I suppose we can now add a 2014 F1 engine to the list - who would have thought it ?
The massive concussive thump of a depth charge detonating. Only heard it once on a 'sea days' live firing exercise on HMS Defender off the Isle of Wight back in the 1960's. Once heard(and felt), never forgotten.
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As an exmechanic I used to be great at this game. Used to be CVH engines, pintos, metro and mini engines, subaru flat fours, flat six porsches - especially air cooled, v12 jags and v8 rover engines
would struggle now although the outgoing volvo 5 cylinder is very distinctive and straight six bmw engines are about the only that jump out.
I'm surprised no body has mentioned a Rolls Royce Merlin giving it the beans.
The 911 is pretty distinctive, as is the Aston V12, probably don't care enough about any others to take note.
Jaguar F type Supercharge V8 R.
Not particularly glamorous, but a Mitsubishi FTO with the V6 MIVEC engine had a very distinctive howl once all the valves were open. I still wind my windows down when I see one.
The new Jaguar F-type sound amazing.
V8 Morgans, living very close to the factory means I hear the new owners revving :)
E46 m3 when floored and Subaru impreza
DAM, I thought I was going to be first to mention the BDA.
Cossie 3.5 V8 F1
Triumph Stag V8
Triumph straight 6
Vauxhall 1300cc crossflow
AMG SL500 V8
Scooby boxer
Apologies-
not reading correctly and you are right it is one of the most iconic engine sounds.
Volume up to 11:-
BDA/ BDG
Audi quattro Group B
^ very lucky to have been out in a mk2 escort with a full zakspeed race spec BDA and sequential gearbox, words cannot describe that experience.
Mazda RX7 and 787b
Moggy thousand of course...
The V6 Ford Essex I had in a Reliant Scimitar!
As a cyclist I know the sound of an over worked turbo diesel van on full on race mode.
Never get it w wrong.
Plain old original air-cooled Fiat 500, took my test in one and then cut my teeth around the lanes of Cornwall in it. L-reg suffix plate.
BSA Bantam, ring a ding ding
Manx Norton ,Mad dog bark down the Creg
Gilera 4 ,Banshee howl up the mountain
Double Mamba, nothing else quite like it mixed with those big contras.
Harvard trainer (mainly prop tip noise but distinctive)
Armstrong-Siddeley Orpheus, glass smooth
Rover gas turbine car. Had everyone looking up
Any Walschaerts valve gear steam loco at speed.
ED bee model aircraft engine. Ear pain in the shed
Coombs 3.8 on straight throughs, Mechanical music.
One of the petrol Enstroms, forgotten which. Odd belt drive noise.
RR Griffon on the Hillington test bed , 24 hour full throttle test, deafening clatter.
Tojeiro Buick ,down the long straight at Charterhall.
And of course the good old Merlin. Low pass and beat up at HMS Sanderling. super stuff.
Forgotten the rest
Lambretta and vespa 2 stroke scooters.
http://youtu.be/TMTQfQwLQNg
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If you are old enough - Yamaha FS1E.
KTM 500 two Stoke.
honda lawn mower.
There are 3 very distinctive engines for me, the VW air cooled flat 4,the Land Rover Discovery 2/Defender TD5, and the RX7-RX8 rotary engines.
Anything french from the 80's guaranteed to be heard from a 100 yards with a tappet death rattle...
Herky bird C-130, those turbo props I recognise anywhere in the world when they fly over. I was in Singapore the other week and said thats a Herk to the people I was with and lo and behold it was too.
Leopard 2, T-72 various, CV9030, BMP2, MT-LB, BTR various, XA-185...
KIT from knight rider, whenever I hear it, I say "that's KIT from night rider"
Here's some noise from Shoreham airshow. Sorry about the philistines in the background :)
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Audi R8 V10 / Lambo engine
Bentley GT W12
Trabant
Old Saab 2 stroke