Your favorite engine

Ash · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:03 pm Post subject: Your favorite engine

Out of all the engines in the world. Whats your favorite?
V8, V12, flat 16 or a 4 banger.
Whats your tipple?

A youtube vid would be nice.

GT/Estate · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:25 pm Post subject:

w12

or the 27lt (yes twenty seven litre) merlin engine my grandad had in his 50/60's pickup that he used for towing lorries back to his garage laughing

same as this engine here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

DeadEye · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:44 am Post subject:

I used to think it was the inline-6 as technically it's the smoothest engine but now I'm on my 6th (and the wife has one too) I'm pretty board of it.

I don't think you can beat a V8 for shear filth but the sound of a W12 rumbling in our car park is also nice.

Also the V12 bark of a Aston DBS firing up is pretty cool.

Currently the best sounding V12 in the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YloMhEZnFZo

Best sounding V8 (the last scene actually makes me cry):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjs57E4RPJY

While all but one of my I6s are BMW, this is probably the best sounding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5CS_PUtsQ

I4s are just boring without the right gearing.

Just to throw one more in, how about an I5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FtLDvFMls

gm-powered · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:24 pm Post subject:

That Aston v12 sounded nice on start up and idle but sounded like a giraffe in distress when reved up.

Best engine is the 355 in my old mans '57 Belair. Does around 10 the gallon.
Barks n burbles. So horny.