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Re: Which Detroit sounds the best?. Noisy engines
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Posted by Jon H on February 04, 2004 at 10:51:16 from (69.26.17.177):
In Reply to: Which Detroit sounds the best?. Noisy engines posted by Jonathan on February 04, 2004 at 07:59:37:
Most any Detroit 2 cycle. The combination of that 2 cycle buzz combined with the mechanical growl/howl of the blowers made for a very macho engine sound. My local favorite was a 12V 71 TI on a big tub hay grinder. Had only 12 inch stacks with rain caps on the turbo outlets. You could hear him doing his warmup idle 1 mile down wind. At full rpm when a wet round bale was dropped into the grinder,you could hear him for 2-3 miles in any direction,and much more down wind. Very hard to choose the sound between this and the P 51 at full song.
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