Will the new 2014 engines be loud enough?

[TRuss]

Andy Cowell not Cowbell. Damn you autocorrect!

[RF_Racer]

I watched the indy cars yesterday on TV, they sounded ok, and they only rev to about 12k rpm.. another 3k should make them much better in F1.

[Bononi]

Their sound is just about right.

[Marcus666]

I've been quite stunned by the 6 into 1 exhausts or 8 in to one exhausts, they sound brilliant!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebEMJy4cznQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRqnzMoEc0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2y2EtzyBfs

Lets hope for a 6 into 1 exhaust for 2014!!!

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by Marcus666

I've been quite stunned by the 6 into 1 exhausts or 8 in to one exhausts, they sound brilliant!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebEMJy4cznQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRqnzMoEc0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2y2EtzyBfs

Lets hope for a 6 into 1 exhaust for 2014!!!

Nice !

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Marcus666

Lets hope for a 6 into 1 exhaust for 2014!!!

With just one turbo and regulations that prevent the exhaust gases being used for any real aerodynamic effect, that's very likely to be the case.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I remember standing at the exit of Druids at Brands Hatch at the Euro GP in 1986. The one and only time my ears actually hurt at a motor race.....

As to car noise, this has always been near-perfection for me......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcj9DVAM6eY

I was at that race in the main grandstand and needed ear plugs as the sound reverberated within the stand.

That's a great clip, all those different engines, something that's been missing from F1.

[luke g28]

itll be 6-2-1 wont it, so they can use a twin scroll?

[TRuss]

Cowell said 6 into 1 in the article that I've referenced a couple of times. Whether that's 6 -2-1 or not I don't know.

[JeremySmith]

Just when I thought I had heard it all.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns25118.html

What claptrap is coming next week...

[Paradise City]

It's funny I was just reflectiing that the cars look like oversized lawnmowers and now they are frightened that they'll sound like lawnmowers.

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

Just when I thought I had heard it all.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns25118.html

What claptrap is coming next week...

So the drivers will be also DJs from now on !

[chillibowl]

only if Alguersuari gets a drive again!

[Paradise City]

...and Raul Boesel can be Alguersuari's driver coach.

[JeremySmith]

Bernie has done many great things for F1, but at times talks complete rubbish..

[luke g28]

ffs what a load of ****e. They will be what they will be, the 80s were pretty cool and group B wasnt bad either just get on with it already. None of this artificial ****e. Wish theyd stop trying to lock f1 into some sort of nostalgic golden age and put it back on the frontline of innovation!

[Flat12-Aircool]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

Just when I thought I had heard it all.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns25118.html

What claptrap is coming next week...

I think the Ron Walker quoted in the article has got the revs slightly wrong, I'm under the impression that maximum revs is limited to 15,000 not 16,000.

I seem to remember the draft proposals called for 12,000 revs but protestations from Bernie persuaded them to raise it by a further 3,000. The practicality of the original draft comes back however because as the article also says, it looks like because of Fuel Flow restrictions they probably won't need to go that high most of the time.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

Just when I thought I had heard it all.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns25118.html

What claptrap is coming next week...

This is one of the best quotes I've ever read from Bernie, with regards to the regulation changes;

' "The danger is that what will happen is what always happens with the manufacturers, which is that if it doesn't work they will stop," he told Autoweek.'

A somewhat tautological statement and how many times has that happened throughout motosport?

[Marbot]

The eighties turbo engines revved to 12,000 rpm, tops. They sounded great, and it wasn't because they had 1,000 bhp.

[Smurfer]

Slight change of topic - It's interesting that the new engine regs are aimed at bringing the technology and trend closer to that of the cars on the road. Meanwhile the cars some of us lust over (Ferrari LaFerrari, Lambo Aventador, Pagani Huayra) are largely maintaining their engine capacities while increasing power at significant rates. I would be very disappointed with Ferarri (more disappointed than I was with the name) if the LaFerarri came with a small capacity turbo engine.

I just want F1 to invoke emotion and be noticeably special/different to the bistander.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Smurfer

I would be very disappointed with Ferarri (more disappointed than I was with the name) if the LaFerarri came with a small capacity turbo engine.

Ferrari's F40 has a 2.9 litre turbo engine, it isn't slow. Many car manufacturers are moving to smaller capacity turbo engines because of emission regulations. But if you're prepared to pay, for example, the US government large sums of money to get around the emission regulations, then that approach works too.