What is the scariest engine?

"Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner" (gavinharter30) 12/10/2018 at 16:10 • Filed to: None

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FP inspired this. I make a strong case for the 1934 Mercedes W25 Hillclimb special. The reason is, well, listen to it. It sounds like God making sweet love to one of Zeus’ lightning bolts.

Now what is your option for scariest engine?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:14

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For those who say V6s don’t sound good:

Mercedes Streeter > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:18

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Ninja H2R: Because outrunning a Bugatti or keeping up with a 1300hp GT-R...but on a bike.

Runner up: Honda CB X...I mean, it sounds like an old Formula 1 car! Action happens at the 1:50+ minute mark.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/10/2018 at 16:22

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jfc

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Mercedes Streeter 12/10/2018 at 16:23

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muh ninja h2r

seriously though thats my dream bike

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:23

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https://www.cycleworld.com/2016/02/28/rocket-science-professor-robin-tuluie-tul-aris-prototype-racebike-cycle-world-classics

The Tularis! 800cc two smoker snowmobile motor in a 260 ish lb prototype chasis.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:24

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BEES!

HammerheadFistpunch > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:25

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define “scary”

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 16:27

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lol

sends audi s6 v8

Urambo Tauro > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:28

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syaieya > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:28

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While i like your thought. We have to go a bit more pedestrian

The road legal M ercedes SSK from a few years earlier. It was still the 20s when this thing was roaming the world. 

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Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 16:29

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Snakes why did it have to be snakes

Sovande > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/10/2018 at 16:31

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That doesn’t really sound good.

fintail > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:34

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Any malaise era engine with dozens of miles of vacuum lines and emissions-related insanity:

benjrblant > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:36

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a 28.5 liter inline-4 with no exhaust manifold or muffler.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:36

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A Panoz sounds like a b ear f*cking a hornet’s nest.

And a Ma zda 787b sounds like it’s ripping a hole in space-time.

Matt Nichelson > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:42

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I figure somebody else might mention Brutus because of top gear, so I nominate t he 1500hp, 42L, 2,600 cu in V12 in the Packard- Bentley Mavis Special. Unlike those made from tank or aircraft engines, t he engine in the Mavis is from a WWII era PT boat. It has 2,000 lb/ft of torque and i t looks like it could literally set itself on fire. I love it.

jimz > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 16:42

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the Detroit Diesel 8V-71 or -92 in a fire engine. ‘cos when you hear that roar, it means something bad happened somewhere.

Matt Nichelson > Matt Nichelson 12/10/2018 at 16:46

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Since Kinja ate my picture:

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > benjrblant 12/10/2018 at 17:00

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This.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2018 at 17:01

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lord almighty. The way it approaches... This is one of the race cars I am not interested in doing anything but looking at... while it’s off.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Matt Nichelson 12/10/2018 at 17:02

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It even sounds like a boat.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 17:13

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No question: FIAT’s ‘Beast of Turin’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_S76_Record

28.5L 4-cylinder....yes, you read that right.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Sovande 12/10/2018 at 17:21

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V8 at idle, race car when revved.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 17:30

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Anything running hydrozine also rumored to be used  in that Mercedes.

Tareim - V8 powered > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 17:53

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if we are going for scary in the maintenance sense then surely this is worth a mention?

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) 12/10/2018 at 18:14

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That page serves up so many advertisements it brought my browser to a complete stop and terminated the page.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > fintail 12/10/2018 at 18:15

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Rip it out and replace it with something simpler and better.

gmctavish needs more space > Urambo Tauro 12/10/2018 at 18:16

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Wat 

Urambo Tauro > gmctavish needs more space 12/10/2018 at 18:36

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Sovande > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/10/2018 at 18:46

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We have different ears! 

Nauraushaun > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 19:11

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Shit that’s a good vid. When he gives it the berries there it’s just poetry

Say what you will about the performance of modern AWD hybrids, this is what fun driving looks like

fintail > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 12/10/2018 at 21:13

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Which would be almost anything.

f86sabre > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/10/2018 at 21:29

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I was at the Goodwood FOS about 15 years ago and the had some of the old Auto Unions there. I was standing right next to one when they fired it up. I was at once amazed and terrified. It was fantastic.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 12/10/2018 at 22:11

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Then just search for the Tularis 

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Nauraushaun 12/10/2018 at 22:27

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so controlled. and thats with 494hp on tires designed for the 1930's

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > fintail 12/10/2018 at 23:12

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I’ve always wondered about shoehorning a diesel engine into a land barge.

fintail > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 12/11/2018 at 00:06

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Heck, even a small modern German 4 cyl diesel would put out a lot more power than those strangled lumps.

Die-Trying > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/11/2018 at 00:38

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hit or miss engines, and their spectacular exposed valvetrain........

Nauraushaun > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/11/2018 at 02:48

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That’s QUITE A LOT

ateamfan42 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/11/2018 at 09:41

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And a Mazda 787b sounds like it’s ripping a hole in space-time.

There really is nothing quite like the sound of the 787B

Fresh-Outta-Nissans > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 12/13/2018 at 06:21

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It sounds dumb, but my FR-S scared the hell out of me.

In a slow car, you drive slow because there’s no choice. In a fast car, you either exercise restraint or crash . So in practice, the fastest car is somewhere in the middle, and the FR-S resides basically on top of that bell curve. Now, because the driveline lash is so violent you have to hold the throttle wide open in order to drive even slightly smoothly, and the torque dip so violent that you have to keep it above 4800 (or between 2400-4800, or below 2400) to have any hope of not unloading the motor mount.

So, you have to (a) floor it, and (b) not shift until redline, in a car that’s not exactly slow. I sold it when I noticed I was hitting 90+ on my 5-mile commute to work.