Heavy Metal Music

[rickdesilva]

Nothing like the sound of an old Chris Craft flat head 6 about 6am in the morning on a "flat as glass" lake. Does that count as "heavy metal" music?

[Jim_Scoggins]

Jim C and Brian E:
In retrospect, you are right. I don't have much time on the super big radials but quite a lot on an 1820. Yep, you are right. Hit the starter, prime, count 5 blades, Mags on and: smoke, noise, vibration. Life is good.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Nothing like the sound of an old Chris Craft flat head 6 about 6am in the morning on a "flat as glass" lake. Does that count as "heavy metal" music?

Rick, I think that's more like sweet music.

[Orren Zook]

I personally think that 410 sprint cars are the most efficient way to turn money into noise......

[jonnie]

2 500 cubic inch big blocks with 12.5 to 1 compression turning 6500 rpm thru open headers in a 39 foot catamaram, drives out, tabs up runnning flat out! Sweet,Sweet music!

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

2 500 cubic inch big blocks with 12.5 to 1 compression turning 6500 rpm thru open headers in a 39 foot catamaram, drives out, tabs up runnning flat out! Sweet,Sweet music!

Add to that the smell of Cam-2 racing fuel and that's Heaven Baby

[garyde]

I kind a like the sound of my twin dual pipes blowin at 3500 rpms on my Porsche Sport 310 hp opposed six cylinder. It just sounds sweet.

[Kevin Erion]

600CC at 17800 RPM across the finish line first!

[Jerry Winchester]

I would have to go with the 8V71 or the 6V53. No turbo to muffle the pure two stroke sweetness.

And the only thing worse is either one of them running backwards.

6V53
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Here is a video of a dragster with an 8V71 running a sub 8 quarter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rve2Z3xZ02A

[Jerry Winchester]

Turn the sound way up on this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YXx...eature=related

Sweet as the dual row radial engines sound, the V12 Allison (or Merlin) has to set the gold standard for aircraft engine sound. Or super modified tractor. They used to have frac pumps in the oil field powered by V12 Allison engines. Pretty sweet. They replaced them with International Harvester Solar Gas Turbines. Also sweet, but not practical.