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  1. 19th March 2009, 22:53 #1
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    Best sounding F1 engine ever

    What do you think the best F1 engine sound is? My top 3 are the BRM V16, Matra V12 and the 1991/92 Honda V12. What's yours?

    To get you thinking take a look at one of my Youtube videos I took at Goodwood in 2000.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2GnDfous0
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  3. 19th March 2009, 23:01 #2
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    Anything pre-1994 with 'Ferrari V12' on the side
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  5. 20th March 2009, 01:55 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodriguez 917
    What do you think the best F1 engine sound is? My top 3 are the BRM V16, Matra V12 and the 1991/92 Honda V12. What's yours?

    To get you thinking take a look at one of my Youtube videos I took at Goodwood in 2000.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2GnDfous0
    Very interesting that you listed the Matra. I was at Brands one year, and we were standing in line and behind one of the straights. I noted that the Matra vibrated one of the fillings in one tooth as it accelerated up the straight. The next time I went to the dentist, I had to have the filling replaced. That day, no question, that sound was the most impressive on the track.
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  7. 20th March 2009, 06:52 #4
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    BRM V16
    also the Weslake V12 and Matra V12
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    OK it's not F1 but the Group C Mazda 4 rotor was an ear splitter. as mentioned above though the V12 Ferrari still gives me goose bumps.
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  9. 20th March 2009, 12:46 #6
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    Yeah the Mazda sounds amazing. All Ferrari V12's are good, another one is the 67 Honda V12. Saw one at Goodwood in 1999

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlCg5EzbJD0
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  11. 20th March 2009, 17:33 #7
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    The Mazda 4 rotor like all rotaries sounded neat, but more like a chainsaw on megasteroids.

    I have to say I have heard the Matra on tape and that was just wild. Any of the v12/Flat 12's of the 70's and early 80's rank up there, and I cant complain about the sound of a Cossie. The modern f1 iron just sounds too tinny and technical. The modern motor just hasn't the soul of the the f1 machines of yesteryear.
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  12. 20th March 2009, 19:45 #8
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    1995 Ferrari ticked all my boxes.
    All other opinions are wrong....
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    they all sound great to me! Ferrari 95 was a great sound, ao was the BRM V16, I cant decide!
    Congratulations Sebastian Vettel. Champion of the season of seasons.
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  14. 20th March 2009, 22:57 #10
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    I agree modern cars don't sound great, probably the best is the BMW which sounds awesome on the overrun. Also the 2000 Mercedes sounded sweet
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