I'll add the McLaren Reynolds-Chevy Can Am engines at *+ liters and 427
Cobras. You FELT them as much as heard them. Probably part of the reason
my hearing sucks now.
Jim
Doug Meis wrote:
>
> on 12/2/01 9:21 PM, Jim Hayes at hayes@mediaone.net wrote:
>
> > Did anybody else get hold of the "Sounds of Goodwood" CD by Nick Mason
> > distributed with one of the British vintage books last year? It was also
> > part of the Mason book on his cars for European (but not US)
> > distribution. The BRM V16 is the wildest sound..
>
> I've heard that CD and I have to second Jim about the BRM V16 - an
> unearthly scream. I can only imagine what it must be like in person.
> Honorary mention:
> - the wail of the F1 Matra V12 that I witnessed at Long Beach in '76.
> - an 8-liter Can-Am Chevy (Heavy metal at it's best)
> - Ferrari V12 and their distinctive smooth, "ripping canvas" sound
> I'm also just a bit partial to my own Honda twim-cam's scream at 10,000+
> RPM!
>
> Doug Meis
> '67 Honda S800
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