Little Motor.....BIG Sound!!

[Marauderjack]

Who says a little motor can't make a BIG motor sound??:shake:

This is a 1953 BRM Formula One V-16......1.5 LITER sound clip!!:eek:

http://www.billzilla.org/BRM-fulltrack.mp3

Now for specs and commentary.......NOTE 72 PSI BOOST......AMAZING!!!:beer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRM_British_Racing_Motors_V16

Marauderjack:D

[snowbird]

Amazing find. That sound clip had given me the shivers ..!!

[Raudermaster]

That sounds crazy!

[Joe Walsh]

My Honda V-TEC has more displacement so it will definitely beat that BRM V16 thing-a-ma-jiggy!

1.8 Liters to be exact!...Plus variable valve timimg!! :razz: :razz:

Actually, that was an incredible sound!
Sometimes it sounded like a NASCAR V8 coming off the high banks, Sometimes it sounded like a Formula One,
Most of the time it sounded like a HELLACIOUS banshee!

[Marauderjack]

Keep in mind it is a 1953 motor with 72 PSI of BOOST!!!:eek: :bows:

I didn't even know BOOST was invented back then??:shake: :confused:

Marauderjack:bandit:

[KillJoy]

I didn't even know BOOST was invented back then??:shake: :confused:



Automobiles
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/1929_Bentley_front_34_right.jp g/250px-1929_Bentley_front_34_right.jp g (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1929_Bentley_front_34_ri ght.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1929_Bentley_front_34_ri ght.jpg)
1929 "Blower" Bentley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Motors_Limited) from the Ralph Lauren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lauren) collection. The large "blower" (supercharger) is located at the front, in front of the radiator, and gave the car its name.


In cars, the device is used to increase the "effective displacement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_displacement)" and volumetric efficiency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_efficiency) of an engine, and is often referred to as a blower. By pushing the air into the cylinders, it is as if the engine had larger valves and cylinders, resulting in a "larger" engine that weighs less.
In 1900 Gottlieb Daimler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler) (of Daimler-Benz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler-Benz) / Daimler-Chrysler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler-Chrysler) fame) became the first person to patent a forced-induction system for internal combustion engines. His first superchargers were based on a twin-rotor air-pump design first patented by American Francis Roots (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Roots&action=edit) in 1860. This design is the basis for the modern Roots type supercharger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_type_supercharger).
It wasn't long before the supercharger was applied to custom racing cars, with the first supercharged production vehicles being built by Mercedes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz) and Bentley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Motors_Limited) in the 1920s. Since then superchargers (as well as turbochargers) have been widely applied to both racing and production cars, although their complexity and cost have largely relegated the supercharger to pricey performance cars.
Boosting, or adding a supercharger to a stock naturally-aspirated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally-aspirated) engine, has made a comeback in recent years due largely to the increased quality of the alloys and machining used in modern engines. In the past, boosting would dramatically shorten engine life due to the extreme temperature and pressure created by the supercharger, but modern engines produced with modern materials provide considerable overdesign; thus, boosting is no longer a serious reliability concern. For this reason boosting is commonly used in smaller cars, where the added weight of the supercharger is less than the weight of a larger engine delivering the same amount of power. This also results in better gas mileage, as mileage is often a function of the overall weight of the car, a sizeable percentage of which is weight of the engine. Nevertheless, adding boost to a car will often void the drivetrain warranty. Also, improperly installed or excessive boost will greatly reduce the life expectancy of the engine, the differential and transmission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission) (which may not have been designed to cope with additional torque).

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercharger

KillJoy

[Marauderjack]

Cool Stuff......KillJoy.....Thanks! !:beer: