But the big-block V8s in NASCAR or Trans-Am (or some ALMS classes)
are the most awesome sound, if you ask me.
For me it was at the start/finish line for the start of a Can Am race. Hell
your guts would vibrate...
BTW, the Trans Am is no more the last I heard, a shame, need to get back to
the almost stock sedan racing, like the original series. I believe the Grand
Am sedan series is there.
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Speaking of March Madness...
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 01:44:39PM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
In motorsports the largest widescreen TV with 1000 watts of
surround-sound home theatre can never come close to the visceral
experience of several dozen big-block V8's rumbling, tires squealing,
the smell of smoke and gasoline, or in the case of F1, several dozen
3.5 litre V10's screaming at some 18,000 RPM (and at those revs,
"scream" is the word).
That was last year. This year they're 2.4L V8s, revving to 20K+
But the big-block V8s in NASCAR or Trans-Am (or some ALMS classes)
are the most awesome sound, if you ask me. Especially if you catch
them at some event like Long Beach, where they are running on city
streets (aka concrete canyons). The sound of a Trans-Am pack running
between the vertical walls of the Convention Center and the parking
structure has to be felt to be believed. It literally shakes the
buildings enough to trigger car alarms.
