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mootothemax on Jan 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The rise of fake engine noise

F1 cars... are loud as fuck.

Formula one's new V6 engines are so quiet that they caused a lot of controversy when first introduced:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/06/17/f1-spectators-say-new-...

_ofdw on Jan 22, 2015 [–]

Oh really? That's hilarious.

The only race I've been to was in the early 2000's so it was a different engine back then.

Already__Taken on Jan 22, 2015 | [–]

3 Litre V10 or 12 oh yes quite different. Long gone are those sounds. Down to 1.6L v6 now is something like what 20% of that displacement? Still nearly as powerful.

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