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Best Rally Car Sounds

Post by DavidT » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:08 pm

Just watched a clip on the old goggle box that prompted me to think of my top 3, which are:

1) Lancia Stratos (way out in front)
2) Audi Sport Quattro S1 (but any 5cyl quattro is great :) )
3) Opal Manta 400 (only just beat the Metro 6R4)

Anyone else ?

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Post by arS4 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:19 pm

RS500
Subaru Impreza ;)
Peugeot 306 (Group N car) - seen it at a couple of local rallies what a noise!!

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ps good call with the Stratos :D
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Post by totalaudi » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:09 am

1) Audi Sport quattro
2) Lancia Stratos
3) Porsche 911 SCRS
4) Renault 5 Maxi Turbo
5) Subaru Impreza

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Post by DavidT » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:21 am

arS4 wrote:RS500
Subaru Impreza ;)
Peugeot 306 (Group N car) - seen it at a couple of local rallies what a noise!!

Dano

ps good call with the Stratos :D
RS500 as in Sierra ?

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Post by DavidT » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:23 am

4) Renault 5 Maxi Turbo
Good call that one, 1.5l pushrod engine producing 400 or so bhp?

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Post by totalaudi » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:38 am

Yep, that's the one! Awesome machine and always used to do well on tarmac events

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Post by DavidT » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:47 am

totalaudi wrote:Yep, that's the one! Awesome machine and always used to do well on tarmac events
Yes, very light car and in the hands of Jean Ragnotti :thumbs:


Made my day at Aintree October 2004, there was a guy there with one. Not on the best form, but when it was going, feck me was it going :)

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Post by SimonS4MTM » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:56 pm

arS4 wrote:RS500
Subaru Impreza ;)
Peugeot 306 (Group N car) - seen it at a couple of local rallies what a noise!!

Dano

ps good call with the Stratos :D
Do you mean RS200?

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Post by arS4 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:07 pm

yeh - that one too!! :D

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Post by DuncS3 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:03 pm

I was at Tesco garage in Sandhurst yesterday and a RS200 pulled in for fuel!

Was going to talk to the driver but he went to pay as I finsihed fuelling

It was covered in 'tiffany. exotic dancing' stickers

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Post by DavidT » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:28 pm

DuncS3 wrote:I was at Tesco garage in Sandhurst yesterday and a RS200 pulled in for fuel!

Was going to talk to the driver but he went to pay as I finsihed fuelling

It was covered in 'tiffany. exotic dancing' stickers

Dunc
LOL, I'm not sure how to feel about that mate ?

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Post by johneroberts » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:20 am

RS200
6R4
Ari vatenan 205 group B
a golden age of rally
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Post by QuantumJohn » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:43 pm

Suprised no one has mentioned it yet but there isn't much that beats a proper Mk2 Escort with BDA engine at full chat through the forests.

Most of the turbo cars, including all the WRC's just don't produce much noise compared to the n/a engines. The best one has got to be that lovely 5 cylinder burble from the Audi S1 though.

6R4 is a great noise - as long it gets through the noise scrutineering!
Although it is pushed hard by the 306 Maxi that is currently in the country.

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Post by AshleyRS2 » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:07 pm

Its all about the BDA pulling 10 grand in the woods!!!!!!!!

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Post by AshleyRS2 » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:13 pm

The 6r4 does really go through you in the forests even better was at Rallycross when they were twin turbo with drivers like Will Gallop and theT16s, RS200s and Quattros that was Awsome!!!!!! 7 or 8 Modded Group B super cars racing!! Such a shame they got banned from rallycross too!! Although the 6r4s are back racing!!

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