Name THAT Engine!

Here are the rules: We’ll be playing a sound clip anywhere from 6-20 seconds and you’ll need to identify the engine. Answers don’t have to be exact, meaning a specific year or displacement. But the contestant needs to at least identify the manufacturer and number of cylinders, for example “V10 Lamborghini”, but if they happen to know the specific make/model that will definitely be the most winning answer. Correct answers are worth one point! And at the end the player with the most points will be declared a TRUE PETROL-HEAD and receive some GTM schwag!

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Hey everybody, Crew Chief Eric here, and this week we have something extra special planned. Today, we’re going to play a round of Name That Engine. The game where the answers don’t matter, but the points do. Representing the red team is none other than our resident viking, the triple six, and your break fix host, Brad.

And playing for the blue team is none other than Mountain Man Dan. Welcome, gentlemen. Yo, what’s up? Just here to be the morale booster. All right, before we start, here are the rules. We’re going to be playing a sound anywhere from 6 to 20 seconds in length, and you’ll need to identify the engine associated with that clip.

Pretty simple, right? [00:01:00] Your answers don’t need to be exact, meaning that the specific year of displacement, any of those details about the motor, doesn’t really need to be part of your answer. But you need to at least identify the manufacturer and the number of cylinders. For instance, V10 Lamborghini. But, if you happen to know the specific make and model, That will definitely be the winning answer.

Correct answers are worth one point, and at the end, the player with the most points will be declared a true petrolhead and receive some GTM swag. Are you guys ready to play? No.

All right. I think Dan glitched out. He’s just really calm. He’s using dial up. All right. I am ready to fail at this miserably. Excellent. All right, gentlemen, your first clue.[00:02:00]

All right. So my guess is going to be, first of all, it sounds like it’s an automatic, whatever vehicle it’s in. Um, sounds kind of similar to the newer Mustangs, but I don’t think that’s it. Right. So, so Dan, you’ll say a manufacturer and, uh, and a, uh, like a cylinder. I would say the newer V6 Mustang. I, I think it’s, you’re ready for mine?

I think it’s the C7R. Wow. It sounded kind of deep and throaty, like a C7R a little bit. It is actually a Mercedes AMG V8. So, between the two, I went with the C7, but I could, I was about to say Mercedes, yep. Especially because you mentioned that on a previous episode about how good the Mercedes V8 sound. I think I had to start with the good one.

Yeah, well they sound [00:03:00] very similar. They’re very deep and they shake the earth. All right, let’s go with clue number two so far we’re at zero zero You All right, Brad, let’s go with you first. I think it’s a Chevy V8. Probably it sounded like an LS Like a like either a 5. 7 or a six liter from a c5 or c6 corvette or camaro Dan, would you like to venture a guess?

Um, the raspiness has me thinking something like a slp Which would go in line with what uh, brad’s saying for the gmba but at the same time Because the new dodge is when they first fire for that first couple seconds have that nice raspy tone, too. So i’m not I’m, not sure [00:04:00] so give an answer brad wins The correct answer the correct answer is c6 corvette ls2 Nice, well done.

One point for Brad, still zero for Dan. You were close. So, we are good. I think, I think Daniel should get half a point for, for calling out SLP. Cause, the LS1 and LS2 sound very similar. Alright, alright, alright. I’ll give, I’ll give him half a point. That way he’s got points on the board. We’re at a fraction of a point there.

So, we’ll go with clue number three.

Oh yeah, that threw me off. Oh, come on.[00:05:00]

If you guys don’t get it, Judd gets the point. I think I just messed my shorts. All right, we’ll start with. Dan, do you have a guess? Is that even an internal combustion engine? Yes. Um, okay then, um, I don’t know. I’m gonna have to pass on that because it sounded like some crazy electronic. Would you, would you like, uh, would you like to use your phone a friend now or do you want to hold that for later?

I’m gonna hold on to it. All right. All right. Bradley. Would you like to venture a guess? I think it I I think it’s a formula one car. I think it’s a v12 Oh Or v10. All right. All right. I’m not gonna make you guess the exact manufacturer. It sound like a ferrari Ding ding ding ferrari v10. I’m gonna give you uh, i’m gonna give you half on that one since I had to help you along But [00:06:00] you’re correct.

That is uh, ferrari v10 So I’m gonna have to relisten to that from somewhere else because when I played it on the computer just now It seriously sounded like some like alien Echoing type stuff. Yeah You got good speakers

All right, here comes Clue number four

is that Daniel’s Banshee. He does love himself a two stroke. Brad, since you guys scored the [00:07:00] last point, you go ahead and guess. Uh, that’s gotta be a rally car of some sort, a four cylinder. I don’t, I don’t know the manufacturer though. Volkswagen? I don’t know. Hyundai? Dan, would you like to venture a guess?

So, uh, I’m seriously thinking the audio screwed up on this laptop, but that sounded like a a jet dragster to me Which would be zero cylinder since it’s a jet engine on dragster, but the audio on my end. That’s what it sounded like All right. It was daniel’s banshee, wasn’t it? It was not It was a rotary Mazda.

Oh, so if you listen to it again, especially that very beginning part where it does sound like a two stroke read weed whacker, when he takes off, you hear the turbo and everything. It’s an, it’s an RX seven. Yep. So that’s zero zero. All right. Mine, mine’s definitely my audio is definitely screwed up because it doesn’t sound nothing like that.

So he’s like, [00:08:00] he’s like one file behind me. We are the worst petrol heads ever. All right, here we go.

Yeah. Switch to the audio on the phone for that one. And it was a much better sound than the PC. It sounded completely different. That one I can actually tell was a vehicle. Yeah, that’s what I’m telling you. Headphones make a big difference. All right, well now. Just holding it up to my ear. Yeah. Yeah. Do you have a guess?

That one sounds a lot like the, uh, it’s got the kind of deep tone, almost like the Fox bodies, but I don’t think that’s what it is. It’s definitely something old school. It’s, uh, [00:09:00] I don’t know if it’s an old Chevy three 50 or four 54. I think it’s a four 54. But it does kind of have a Fox body feel. It made me think of your buddy’s Fox body that we just dino’d.

But I think it’s, I think it’s a Chevy big block. Uh, you guys are gonna, you, you guys are going to, uh, enjoy this. It is a Chevy. It is a 350. Okay, but it’s not in a car. So I’ll get a truck It’s a pickup truck point if you can figure out what it’s in. Is it on a boat? Yes, it is It’s a marine 350 it’s a marine 350 and a scare The guard the gargling that almost sounds like the fox bodies.

What? It’s because it’s underwater. So I get a half a point you get a half you both get a half a point for that So congratulations. All right number six. There we go[00:10:00]

Some reason I think I’m wrong, but it’s got be, uh, the high-end rasp it like a, uh, Honda vtech or something like that. It, it’s a four cylinder for sure. . Oh wow. Did I post the wrong one? I gotta double check. Are you guys sure it’s a four cylinder? I never said four cylinder, but it’s got the high end ration.

It’s like a, uh, Honda with a fart can on it when you rev it up to the top end. I, uh, do, do, do we, uh, oh, I don’t even know. Do, if we want to phone a friend on that one. Judd, are you shaking your head that that’s a no go for you too? I, I don’t know. I wouldn’t phone me if I were you.

I’d like, I would like to phone Eric. That’s a zero for both of you guys. [00:11:00] It’s uh, it’s an Alfa Romeo V6. Negative, Ghost Rider. It is a Dodge Viper RT10. Oh my god. Seriously? So you take my two answers, you combine them, and you got ten cylinders. 100%. Alright. Next up. Here we go.

That’s definitely a Mustang, a Coyote Mustang, or what? That’s my final answer. , is that your final? Is that your final answer? That is my final answer. Coyote Mustang. Damn. I’m honestly thinking, uh, one of the, uh, new Mopars, V8 Mopars. It’s a GM. It’s a new Camaro. A Fox body Mustang. That one was the Fox body.

That was the Fox body Mustang [00:12:00] with the H pipe and all of the stuff we’ve been talking about all these previous episodes. Can you believe that? That’s the sound of a Fox body. So I had the car, I had the wrong generation. I had the car and the motor. Does that help? All right, so we’ll go with uh, the next one up wait Who gets points for that?

I I gave you guys I gave you half a point brad because you did say ford mustang But it what you didn’t specify the exact car, which I said five I said five liter But I also I said coyote though. Yeah, you said coyote though. So I gave you the coyote still five liter Yeah, okay. I thought coyote was bigger.

No, it’s bigger in the gt 350 I think so like a 5. 2 or something like that. All right. Here’s one for you

That is daniel’s 1. 80 All right, dan, let’s start with you what is that [00:13:00] We’re gonna go with the harley daveson most likely v20 of some sort. That is 100 correct Did you tell the difference between a flathead and knucklehead and all of them do you know what era this is from That one, honestly, would sound the most good.

Let’s do it again. See if I can. Uh, that was a Harley Davidson. V, V, uh, twins, twin V twin. I think you’re a little late on that one, Brad. It’s definitely older ’cause I can hear the carburetor suck in air. So I would probably say probably like a knucklehead. By the way, the, the sound is so at many, at as many bike people know that, especially the Harleys panhead, knuckleheads, uh, flatheads all, whatever.

This is actually a 93 Harley. It’s actually relative the Evo then, correct. You better have some Ducatis mixed in here. I got all sorts of fun stuff mixed in here. All right.[00:14:00]

Can’t tell what it is, but it sounds like me driving. It does. Beating the crap out of it, whatever it is. You can hear when it slides off track.

Can I venture a guess while Daniel is Yes, because you are up next, so please, by all means. I think it’s an Audi 5 cylinder. So, I’m curious what makes you think that because you heard the Viper earlier, right? So five cylinders and 10 cylinders sound very, very similar. That that’s your hint that you’re wrong.

I’m just letting, just kind of let you know. Brad, did you hear a turbo in that? I thought I heard a turbo. That’s why I was going that way. Let me listen again. Dan, would you like to throw a guess out there? I got a feeling that’s the uh, hold on my brain just [00:15:00] took it on. Yeah Under deceleration. I think it’s the vr6 Well, he hinted that it’s a v10.

So it’s got to be a v10 It is not All right. It’s hard to listen to this while i’ve got earbuds in so so it’s going to be a little tricky It’s I was hoping you guys would say non vtech honda It’s actually a two liter Fiat motor from a one 24 or one 31. So if you really listen to it, it’s high, it’s a high strung four cylinder.

It also sounds like a Honda without VTEC. It sounded like a BMW 2002 motor to me. Yes. All of that. Exactly. Exactly. It sounded like the Hans Stuck Audi to me. All right, here’s the next one. I think Brad should know [00:16:00] this one. No pressure. No pressure, buddy. I mean, On who? On you. Like, this one, I’m thinking you should know the sound of this engine.

Well, it’s definitely a turbo. Turbo, banging a rev limiter. It’s not a turbo. It’s not a normal track car. It’s one of those skidding cars. What do they call those? Drifters! That or just somebody in the parking lot doing a burnout. That was such a boomer thing for Brett to say. It’s one of them skidder cars!

One of those people that drive slow but sideways. Dan, do you want to guess? Um, I don’t know. I’m gonna say like a Supra. A Gen 4 Supra. He is correct. It is a 2JZ Toyota Supra. So Brad, unless you had something better than that, you [00:17:00] hit the nail right on the head. Well he did, I, I said a 4th gen, which is the 2JZ.

Same car, yeah, yeah. Alright, there we go, we’ll do it that way then. Fairness. I mean, that’s how we’ve been doing it up to this point, I don’t get it. Yeah. So, so far, 10, 10, 10 rounds in. Dan has a whopping 3 points. And Brad has three and a half, so there you go. You’re leading by half a point, Brad. It’s a tight race.

It’s a terrible race. Right. This is like the Special Olympics, the car sounds.

Dan’s like, I got this already. I’m good. I’m going to go with Panos, Alex. Panos.

I’m going to have to go against you on that one, Brad, [00:18:00] because that one I’m going to say is most likely by the sound of the Cummins turbo diesel, 6 BP most likely. Oh, I knew, I knew this was going to get you. It’s a power stroke? No, he’s right in the number of cylinders. But it’s actually a Buick Grand National.

Hmm. 3.8. Yeah. 3.8 Twin Turbo. That has such a diesel sound to it. It does. And when it’s idling, ’cause I cut part of that out, it sounds like a V eight. So it’s a really deceptive car until you get on it and then you hear the turbo whistle and on Decel you hear that six cylinder sound and that, and that’s where it comes in.

So I, I had a feeling somebody was gonna say Cummins diesel, but yeah, it’s actually a Buick Grand National. All right. Next up.[00:19:00]

Are we really going to air this? Cause I feel like it’s going to kill all of our credibility as car enthusiasts. The correct answers. Yeah. A hundred percent. So it’ll be a three minute video. It’s definitely from inside the car. That is correct. But can you tell what it is European is my guess Would you like to phone a friend on that one?

How far off how far off am I I think it’s a four cylinder honda ding ding ding ding ding that is correct Really? Yes. It’s actually a 99 Civic Si and it’s not Matt’s. I know it’s not Matt’s because I can still hear after listening to it. All right. Lucky number 13.[00:20:00]

What’s with that VTEC at seven, seven seconds. He found another gear. So what’s, what’s your, what’s your play on that one? What’s my play. I think it’s your Audi TT with the new motor.

Oh, can I just say, because the amount of wind. That I heard. I’m thinking it’s a, uh, crotch rocket of some sort. You’re, you’re close. You’re close. Does anybody want, so it is a motorcycle. I’m going to give you guys a hint. We’ll make this a little bit easier. It is a motorcycle. Would you like to guess again, the GSXR 1000?

Nah, I don’t think it had a low enough tone to be a Jer. I don’t know. We’ll say I don’t, I I don’t know. Busa, go ahead. What were you [00:21:00] just about to say? He’s right. No. Okay. It is, because I was gonna say it. It didn’t sound deep enough to be abusa. It is a Honda CVX 1000 flat six.

So if you re listen to it, it sounds a lot like a 911, except for, like you mentioned, it has that really extreme VTEC sound because it’s doing like 15, 000 RPM, right? Once he gets it up, get it up on there. And Dan was correct. The extra wind noise. Uh pointed out the fact that it was a motorcycle again Like I said, some of these are going to be tricky, but it’s fun.

It’s it’s hard to tell them apart sometimes Did I get a quarter point for knowing it was a bike? Can I get how many flat engines go that kind of rpm this has turned into the uh bargaining show It’s it’s not about how many points we get right. We’re bargaining for points I’m really curious to see what you guys say about this one.[00:22:00]

Briggs and Stratton? Miata without a muffler? No, I’m definitely thinking, I’m definitely thinking tractor of some sort, but I don’t think of Briggs and Stratton. I’m thinking that’s more along the lines of a Kohler. No, I’m thinking more like a older, like Farmall, Alice Chandler, Minneapolis Mullins type sound, by the way, the revving it up sounds.

Is it a gasser or is it a diesel? I wouldn’t, I’m not going to, I’m not going to hit you on the brand because there’s so many, you are correct. It is a tractor. I’m not going to hit you on the brand, but is it a gasser or is it a diesel? Those are tough because it’s hard to tell a [00:23:00] difference on some of them, but I would they’re all low Lower compression on those tractors for the point gas or diesel.

Um, I’m gonna say gas or on Let’s say diesel What’s the coin right? All right half a point to Dan it is a Kubota diesel that was straight piped A whopping 41 horsepower. Actually, probably not. That’s probably like a whopping 14 horsepower. Right. 300 foot pounds of torque. Now we’re going to test Bradley’s knowledge.

Brad, you’re

up. Do you have a guess? Well, it’s definitely a race car. They’re at Road Atlanta. [00:24:00] I I think it’s the 9 11 RSR. I don’t have a guess, but I have a question for, uh, Brad, you say Rhode, Atlanta, what, what makes you think Rhode, Atlanta? Uh, the announcer said Rhode, Atlanta. Oh, I didn’t hear that. If I had to guess.

Hold on, let me listen to it again. You might have a, you might have a lifeline currently available at that time you’re on zoom. Yeah. So other than other than I have nothing on. I don’t agree with Brad about being Rhode Island though. Where it is not what it is. It is actually it was that so he’s correct.

It was at Rhode Atlanta. It was the debut Uh, of the Corvette C8 R, which I thought somebody would have said like Ferrari Challenge Car or whatever, because they sound very similar. So that new, what is it, LT1 that’s in that thing with the split exhaust, it sounds totally different than what we’re used to from a, from a [00:25:00] V8 Corvette.

Easily mistaken for a Ferrari these days. Uh, both in looks and in sound. All right. Next up. I feel like we really need somebody that knows. What they’re doing to be on this. So we need Sam or somebody, not us. This one is for your auditory amusement. You’re you’re listening. Pleasure. C seven R it is a race car, but it’s an, I’ll give you a hint.

It’s an older race car. One of my favorites. Not that that matters to anybody. Oh, is it the Hans took out? No, there’s no turbo. It’s not the Audi. [00:26:00] One of your favorites. This is just a test to see who knows you better on this question. Uh, I’m going to go with Panos. Eventually, that will hit. Is it a rally car, or like an MSA type?

It is a prototype. Prototype. Yeah. Ohhhh, it’s the Mercedes. The Mercedes prototype from Forza. I can’t remember the name of the car, but it’s the Mercedes. Does Dan have an answer? Panos. Ha ha ha ha! It is in fact the Sauber Mercedes C9 from 1988. That is correct. So I give you, I give you, I give you the point on that one, Brad.

Definitely. Cause I mean, even when he said Corvette, he had C in there. So, I mean, he just had the manufacturer wrong. All right, here we go. He said they are [00:27:00] challenging.

Uh, American V8 on that. Um, but I’m debating which one. So Bradley, like while he figures that out, would you like to put in a guest? Uh, I think it’s a Camaro with an LS three. So a 6. 2 liter Brett says no. As someone who has one, he would know or a coyote V8. It’s not a LS three. [00:28:00] I’ll give you a hint. It’s not American.

Yeah, it’s it’s kind of weird something weird. Okay I’ve listened to about eight times now, so it’s an eight I’m just gonna say that it has it has eight cylinders. You gotta listen to it In the higher revs, that’s what’s more distinct and it revs pretty high. So it’s got a, I’m thinking exotic. You all would be very disappointed to know it’s a four liter Hassat w eight.

That’s not what I was thinking. So that’s how high, but how high does that motor rev that? Is that a high revving motor? It, it, it’ll, it’ll spin up above seven for sure. I don’t know. Oh, okay. Actual red line off the top of my head. But most, it’ll only do it once, but it’ll do it. I mean, most, most vrs will turn 72 to 75.

So it, it’s, it all depends on how it’s [00:29:00] tuned. That one in particular had an exhaust, which made it easier to hear. But yeah, there is that distinct wooky sound in there that makes it very different. It’s just, yeah, I, I heard the flutter. Yeah, exactly. It’s very specific to the, the W and the VR motors, so. All right, here we go.

I’m hoping this one’s a gimme. I’d say there’s no gimme’s on this.

I’m going with, it’s a manual and they made it to third gear. What do you say? He can confirm that it’s a manual and they made it the third gear before the recording stopped. It is not American. It is not a Miata and it is not a Peinos. I’m just laying it out there for you guys. Did you say it’s not a manual?

It is a manual. It is not. [00:30:00] It is not. And so Dan put in a guess of. Oh, GK, Brad, you put it in a guess of what only God knows. Only God knows. Um, I’m going to say a four cylinder. Hey, you said at the beginning we could name the number of cylinders and the manufacturer. That’s hard. That is all that is required.

That is correct. Give it another listen. It is not a four cylinder. Is it a BMW straight six? But yet so far it is German. It is a Porsche flat six. It’s 2. 7 liters to be exact, but it is a Porsche flat six. I hate this game. Yeah. I, I struggle with telling the difference by looking at them, nonetheless, seeing like hearing them because my hearing shots are, they all sound the same to me.

I think it’d be more interesting to hear. All the sounds from [00:31:00] inside the car where the exhaust doesn’t necessarily take over. I don’t know if that would be possible. Certain cars are known for their exhaust note though. And that’s how they’re true. Viable. Like you can pick out, you can pick out a three 50 Z from a crowd very easily.

You can pick out a flat nine 11. There’s a Honda without having to be in the car. It’s just. You know, how much you, I guess you pay attention at the end of the day.

I’m thinking an older engine for this one by the way it sounds. You are correct. I think it’s an old Mopar Hemi. Like a Hemi Charger or Hemi Cuda? No, it’s not revving very high. You are correct Brad in the number of cylinders though. It is an eight cylinder. Am I correct on the manufacturer? Negative guesswriter.

Negative guesswriter. Which one did you guess? [00:32:00] Mopar. Is it American? Yes, it is American. I’m gonna throw this out there just to be off the wall. AMC. I wish it was. What’d you say? AMC. Cause it almost has like, some of the old Javelins had a similar sound to that. So I’ll give you a hint. It’s a straight 8.

Really? So it’s older than most everybody here. That is 100 percent true. Packard. That is correct. It is a Packard straight 8, 327 cubic inch. Packard straight eight. 78 horsepower. All right, let’s see if we can get this one. It’s been guessed like 10 times. Panos? Panos. You know, a lot of engines can go into Panos.

Fox body Panos. I heard something chirping. Yeah, is that tire squeaking [00:33:00] in between shifts? Turbo blow off. That is correct. It’s the Audi five cylinder? That is also correct. We’d get that right sooner or later. As I said, you’ve only guessed it like ten times. No, I’ve guessed it once. Seems like more. So what you heard, that chirping is the blow off, the flutter.

It’s a very classic 80s rally car. It happens to be the 1980 No, excuse me. Yeah, the 1989 Audi 90 ITU car. So Hans Stuck’s car. That’s the one. That’s the one. That’s the one. Well, I’m sure it’s not on the list, but I’m gonna throw it out there. It’s a very distinct sound. There’s a video out there on the internet of a guy with a Subaru.

It has a duck call on the blow off valve. Very unique in between shifts. Quack, quack, quack, quack.[00:34:00]

Do you guys want to keep going or are you done? Let’s keep it rolling, buddy. Alright, hold on. Uh We need to get Brad involved in this. He’s got to give some answers. Yeah, we’re only up to like three. So far, Brad has a commanding lead at a whopping seven points. Oh, wow. No, six points, my bad. Seven, seven points.

Dan, you got three and a half. You really gotta make up the difference here.

That’s a drag car. Or it could just be a hot rod out cruise. Straight it it’s, it’s a Cams V eight. Yeah. Push rod V eight. I mean, magic eight Ball says all signs. Point to yes on that one. The question is, I’m leaning which of the [00:35:00] big three is it? I’m leaning towards it being a big block by the tone of it, but I could be wrong ’cause exhaust can throw that off a bit, but.

I’ll go with a big block Chevy V8. I’m leaning towards that, but I can’t really nail down the fire and order in the exhaust sound of all the things to like critique the audio for, right. I mean, I, we’ve narrowed it down to Ford. Chevy or Dodge and he’s worried about the firing order. I can’t tell if it’s got a K and N or not Different it might have that MSD ignition system All right.

All right. All right. I’m calling it. It is a dodge Charger 440 hemi. I said that I heard it. So did I I said that like four answers ago. You weren’t listening All right Here’s one for you guys. This ought to challenge your ears a little bit Oh, like the rest of the competition. I’m the only one who hasn’t.

How [00:36:00] many points does Dan have? Like a big three. Okay, just checking. That’s all he needs.

I’m going to guess it’s an open wheel car. I think Judd has like half an idea what it might be. I knew what all of them were.

I’m just humble and quiet. Alright smartass, I call my lifeline Judd. Let me listen again, hang on. Yeah, I can’t stop listening to it, I think it sounds like sex. I have raved about this car many times before. What’d you say? I said, I have raved about this car many times before. It has a very distinct sound, very high revving engine, but it is not open wheel.

Although it sounds like an open wheel car. It sounds like an IMSA car. You got to go [00:37:00] back in time a little bit. So it’s just a Trans Am car? Right in between. Different, different continent. Oh, British touring car. DTM. Oh, did domestic touring. You’ve raved about the car. Is it German or Italian?

See, that’s the problem, Eric. If you’ve raved about it, I would have had to actually paid attention and not argue and I normally argue with you. So. I don’t remember what we argued about half the time. Is it that Alfa? That Alfa Romeo, uh, 155 or whatever it is? Ding, ding, ding! Oh, no way. Yeah, it’s the Alfa 155 V6 Turbo.

That thing, it’s incredible. It revs to like 12, 000 RPM, so that’s why it sounds like an open wheel car. It sounds amazing. Exactly. We can I want my car to sound like that. Alright, here we go, here we go. There’s only a few of these left.[00:38:00]

I think this is a pretty familiar sound. We talked about these cars on episode three of the podcast. What was episode three? What car should I buy? Well, it’s not a Mark IV. I think it’s a Nissan 350Z. The MBQ? No. No, no, no. It’s not a 180. It’s not a four cylinder. It’s not a 911. I wouldn’t put the same thing in twice, so.

That high end raspiness is what’s throwing me off as to what it is. Like in between shifts where it gets all raspy. We talked about it in the podcast. That’s like saying it’s on the website. Yeah. The what? Nobody reads. . All right. You guys did. It’s not A BMW. It is A BMW. Oh, so it’s E 36 46. Oh, the bigger motor.

The 3.2. All right, here we [00:39:00] go. Here we go. Here we go. You got one? Those

of you playing at home, nailing your boat. Slater . Brett’s winning because he didn’t answer . If only you could earn negative points. Can’t be wrong if you don’t answer, right? You win 100 percent of the contest you don’t compete in. Sounds like my Dodge van from 1982. I hear a lot of engine fan noise. Kind of a ticky sound.

I’ll give you a hint. It’s a flat motor. Yeah, we run into these a lot. Not a Subaru. So it’s air cooled. But there’s a lot of cooling fan sound. That’s kind of odd. Because all the air is sucking in. Yeah, but it’s usually not that loud. It’s almost whiny. The fan sounds [00:40:00] almost whiny like a supercharger, but it’s not a supercharger sound.

That’s why I was saying it sounds like, you know, engine fan noise. Is it a GT3 RS? Is it new? Like a 3. 6 flat six 911 GT3 RS? No, it is, it’s older. It’s an older vehicle. Yeah, he said air cooled, yeah. Could just be like a 911 SC air cooled. I’ll give you one hint. Is it Shane’s car? It is French. No. They said it’s French, would that make it a Renault?

You’re close. Hey, what was the hint? I didn’t, I’m sorry, I missed it. The hint is that it’s French. Oh. It is a baguette. Wouldn’t be running if it’s French, then. It’s a Vespa. It would be running, it would just be running away. So it’s a Citroen or a Peugeot? He’s so close. Is it Bugatti? No. Bugatti is French.

How many air [00:41:00] cooled flat Bugattis do you know? I don’t know of any Bugatti, so I don’t know. Alright, I’m calling it. It’s a Deux Chevaux. Look at that! Judd’s got the sign up. How did you know? He just wrote it down real quick. It was the logical answer, man. I was thinking it was a VW bug until you said it was French.

Well, I could tell it wasn’t a bug by the sound of it. Actually, that’s what we’re doing. The whole thing is because of the sound of it. I could tell it wasn’t a bug because the bug has a much more distinct exhaust sound than that. And I don’t recall the VW bug having that much of like a fan noise. A Volkswagen bug.

Air cooled would have had that sort of high pitched ticking sound a little more, but the fan noise was pretty loud. It sounded like a, like a V8 that’s running too hot where the fan clutch locks in and I did post [00:42:00] Yeah,

it sounds like another screaming race car. I can’t really tell much between these. Sounds good though. Listen to it on the downshift. That’s the giveaway what listen to it on the d cell downshift. Oh, yeah, he downshifts twice Or lets off then downshifts. It puts it into a category of very few cars from the 70s.

I’ll put it that way. With that type of sound. What type of sound? That, the sound we play. No, no, no, no, no. [00:43:00] He blips it twice at the end. And that’s the giveaway, is the sound on D cell of that particular motor. It can be easily confused with another car that Steve McQueen might have driven, but it is not that car.

So there’s your only hint. I’m drawing a blank with this one. Panos. Sorry to, sorry to inform you. It is not a Panos. It is a Ferrari flat 12. Yeah. We run into those a lot. It could be easily mistaken for the Porsche nine 17 also being a flat 12 in the same era. So specifically it was a Ferrari three 12 BB, the Berlinetta boxer.

So there you go. It’s like an 8 million car right now. Uh, yeah, pretty much. Pretty much. So we’ll go with this.[00:44:00]

There’s that sound. Furman used to have one of these. He put a lot of money into restoring it, too. You’re close, Brett. Air cooled engine? Yes. Definitely. I’m thinking either one of the air cooled Porsches, the VW Van, or Bug. Because, I mean, they use the same engine amongst all of them, so. Yeah, they all sound very similar.

All right, is it a four cylinder or a six cylinder? It is a four. Well, I wasn’t expecting an answer. I was asking these guys, but it’s a four. I don’t know. How would you differentiate this? I mean, it’s a very common engine. So would you differentiate from one car to another? I mean, you’re looking for the specific model.

No, no, it just, uh, we, in the beginning, we said [00:45:00] number of cylinders and manufacturer. It’s the Volkswagen four cylinder. That is correct. Specifically a 1300 beetle engine with the, with the little springs removed from the exhaust because it doesn’t have the whistle. Which is indicative of a bug. I love Judd holding up the signs.

It’s so good. Use your words, Judd. Use your voice. This microphone’s busted. I don’t want to And this is the last one, as a matter of fact. Which is going to be a bit of a twist. So listen carefully.

Well, I’m gonna throw it out there because you said it would be in here [00:46:00] and it hasn’t been said yet, but awesome.

Negative a million points. I think it’s your VR6. No, I don’t think it’s his VR6. Do you guys want a hint? Yes. It is British. A Jaguar? And 6, 8, or 12? 8. I’m thinking 12. Ding ding ding ding! It is in fact a Jerk 12 cylinder. Out of an XJS, which happens to be a manual, which I thought was really cool. And the guy is driving down a windy road.

So that’s where you get the nice shifting sounds through it. It’s deceiving because you might recognize that it may be as a six cylinder, but it’s actually a V12. So there you go.

So with that being said, I [00:47:00] guess sounds can be deceiving. I’m really kind of surprised on some of those where you guys are like, oh, that’s a four banger and it’s like really an eight or a five and you know, whatever. So that’s, that’s kind of interesting. I guess I’ve never, I, I don’t know. I mean, for me, I guess I’ve always thought it was kind of easy to pick out cars, but maybe it’s not.

Maybe it’s, Maybe it’s super deceptive. So I guess that’s a challenge that you’re throwing out there, that we need to come up with some sounds to test just you. There you go. Sure, man. Send it. I’d love to be on the other end of the That’ll be part two, everyone. Oh, nice. Stump the chump.

And on that note, I think it’s time to end. I want to thank everyone who joined us tonight. Congratulations to Brad, who earns the title of True Petrelhead, winning for the red team. And Dan, congratulations. Better luck next time. Thanks again to our lifelines Judd and Brett for joining us tonight and helping out each [00:48:00] team.

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