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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on January 08, 2007, 23:08:03
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During discussions on another (Land Rover) forum, someone kindly posted this site link
http://www.billzilla.org/engread.htm
Scroll down and open the BRM sound files & set the volume to LOUD!
There now, wasn't that good :lol:
it's surprising the noise a 1500cc supercharged V16 can make (that can spin the rear wheels at over 150MPH!!)
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V 16 ???
I always understood it was an H 16 Any comment there ??
It was also a lot quieter than I expected. I was comparing it with a Matra V12 3 litre F1 car which hurt your ears more than a Frerrari V12 F1.
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This brings back memories, I also have a CD somewhere of F1 sounds. Some years ago through family & work connections I used to get pit passes for the F1 GPs at Silverstone & Brand Hatch. It always struck me that the TV coverage does nothing to convey the fury in the sound of these engines close up. One of my other great memories/sounds are the Silk Cut Jaguars at Le Mans coming out of Tertre Rouge & flooring up the Mulsanne (before they emasculated it with those chichanes) - a glorious deep V12 roar.
Neil
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During discussions on another (Land Rover) forum, someone kindly posted this site link
http://www.billzilla.org/engread.htm
Scroll down and open the BRM sound files & set the volume to LOUD!
There now, wasn't that good :lol:
Kinell :!: :!: Nice :twisted:
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V 16 ???
I always understood it was an H 16 Any comment there ??
No it's definately a V. I've got a cutaway drawing somewhere in a copy of (possibly?) 'Car'
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Mmmmmmm! Nice!
I think the H16 came rather later:
http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/brm-H16.htm
We were doing some R&D on a much later Lotus F1 so had the opportunity to be with it when driven by Mika Hakkinen. When it starts up in the hanger, the noise is *unbelievable* :shock: Even with your fingures in your ears it hurt!
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V 16 ???
I always understood it was an H 16 Any comment there ??
No it's definately a V. I've got a cutaway drawing somewhere in a copy of (possibly?) 'Car'
1950 about I'm thinking of.
Any chance of you finding that cut-away ?? Please
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The web page says 1953, so not far out.
The H16 looks like mid to late '60's.
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That sound really stirs the soul, try this one too, http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/merlin[1].wav it's a regular occurance in the summer as I live not far from filton airfield where Rolls keep their Spit.
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Ooo, yyeeeesssss!!! Sorry, got a bit excited then :shock: :lol:
There is a Merlin engined P51 kept near here. Sounds awesome too.
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Just found a brilliant vid of a spit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtNzgxRrnAo It's comming directly at the camera. jus watch out for the language after :lol:
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While on the subject of nice noises:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNVkUMpK4s
I know he wasn't going to be flat out, but his Goodwood lap was 1.33. I used to do standing start laps in 1.46 in a 1400cc modified MG Midget :D Hmm, those were the days.
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Just watched the McLaren F1 (the road car) 'flat out' video, 392KmPH!!!, which equates to 243 in English :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Just found a brilliant vid of a spit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtNzgxRrnAo It's comming directly at the camera. jus watch out for the language after :lol:
Without watching it, that'll be the Alan Decadanet snippet (He used to drive LeMans & F1, & presents aviation programmes on satellite channels)
How the camera man never moved is beyond me