[TR] Exhaust notes (off topic?)

[Mark Hooper]

Hi Alan:

Your note reminded me of something that John Macartney contributed back
in 2001.

I copy Jonmacs note:

>Amen to all that. But the sound of a sole Spitfire or Hurribird can do
>things to your tear ducts if sound is allied to vision, while the
>bellowing of a Lanc makes your hair stand on end. Aint no sound in the
>world like a Merlin.

And add in the response to it from my father who was in the RAF as a
young radio mechanic during the time the Spitfires and Lancasters were
flying.

He responded with the following comment:

"The enthusiast should try being crouched inside the tail section of a
Spitfire, with his knees by his ears and fixing the radio wiring, with
the engine running."

A flip side to every record eh?  :^)

Mark Hooper
72 TR6

P.S.  I gather that it was a known diagnostic practise with planes that
would cut out the radio due to harness stretching at take-off or when
manoeuvring. Must have been interesting being pulled backward down a
runway poking at wires.


-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+mhooper=digiscreen.ca at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+mhooper=digiscreen.ca at autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Alan & Lyn Dunscombe
Sent: November 3, 2007 9:24 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Exhaust notes (off topic?)

And now for something completely .........

For those of you (like me) who revel in the sound of a tuned LBC running

with minimal exhaust muffling, [& I have to admit that a 6 cyl. TR,
Healey
or Jag motor sounds even better than a 4 cylinder TR(actor) motor] dream
on
this one.

I was outside yesterday  enjoying the spring weather here, when I hear a

distinctive sound approaching,
I looked up and overhead at quite low altitude a restored P51 Mustang
went
directly overhead.

Now, for those of you who have never heard a Merlin motor at close
range,
it is enough to make the hairs on the back of your head stand on end!
Imagine 27 litres of twin supercharged V12 motor running on avgas and
producing 2030 plus h.p. and running on short open stub exhausts.

The Merlin is quite rightly regarded as one of the all-time great aero
motors, and has a most distinctive sound, if you have never experienced
one
then go to one of the airshows featuring WW 11 vintage planes and wait
for
either a Mustang, Spitfire, or Hurricane. I guarantee you will not be
disappointed!

Now, if I could figure out a way of extending the TR chassis so I could
fit
one in the front.....

regards from "The Deep South"

Alan