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You guys are gonna hate me for this one.....but my brother used to have one (rotary) and have loved them ever since!!!

Nah man rotas are mint.

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Best engine sound for me would be a Small Block chev with a lumpy cam in a jet boat while on idle

If you have never heard this there is a very unique sound of a wet exhaust marinised v8

sounds so awesome.

edit Sounds like this

Edited by Jimmy

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From 0:07 it sounds so... cant explain it.

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Some nice sounds so far. Apart from the RX2 which sounds much the same as my leaf blower. Not kidding ether.

Not a car but I always thought the brute power of these Big Blocks was just insane. And the fact that cars with this much power only do short 1/4 mile runs. These boats do multiple laps at full noise.

My cousin designs and builds the boats for the Grand Prix. So I went down to have a look.

sh*t camera in video mode but shows how loud they are.

Start up

And full noise

BTW. You would need 3 M20B20's just to turn the supercharger. lol.

Edited by driftit

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Better quality V16

My alltime favourite sounding engine

Yes!!!!!!! The H16 was also a yummy engine. It's a shame the V16 never really worked correct because it was just incredible

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About 15 years ago I used to catch the bus into Wellington from Karori. Every morning a guy would drive down Karori Road in a Holden Sunbird. It was a very nice Sunbird (relatively speaking, I guess it could have been a Torana) but I can still remember the sound of the engine. Definitely a Six but dear god it sounded nice. Super smooth, powerful and with a nice but subdued raspy exhaust tone. It was a well loved machine ($$$). Didn't sound like an old Holden six but who knows, all I remember is that it was the sweetest engine I had ever heard.

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My 2c...

Despite 10 years of EJ20 ownership - I still miss a good Subaru rumble. Hoping I can make the 540 sound half as good one day.

Second to an EJ20, an RB26 with a large single turbo.

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Formula 5000 comin' over the hill at Puke. :wub:

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About 15 years ago I used to catch the bus into Wellington from Karori. Every morning a guy would drive down Karori Road in a Holden Sunbird. It was a very nice Sunbird (relatively speaking, I guess it could have been a Torana) but I can still remember the sound of the engine. Definitely a Six but dear god it sounded nice. Super smooth, powerful and with a nice but subdued raspy exhaust tone. It was a well loved machine ($$$). Didn't sound like an old Holden six but who knows, all I remember is that it was the sweetest engine I had ever heard.

Could have been a hot 186 or maybe a transplanted 202? They tend to sound very very nice, the Torana GT-R sounded absolutely amazing

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