Lumpy idle>>perfect revs

[ToolsnTrack]

I feckin love V8s (or any engine) with an idle that sounds like its barely able to keep running, but once the gas comes on, all hell breaks loose into the most perfectly balanced power curve... Once my V8 is done it will be getting a cam so lumpy it will look like a deformed treebranch...

So lets see the best examples!!!

Heres some from me to kick things off:




Clearly kept up at 2k or so to maintain the engine running!




An oldy but still relevant

Any others?

[ToolsnTrack]

curse word, forgot to embed those, and cant get them to...

[Autofive]

[tourettesteddy]

This ones a bit old but I still love It



I have a lot of love for these 3rd gen Camaro's

[waveman1500]

Some nice sounding videos there overdrive. I'm not sure about the TransAm though Autofive, it just sounds broken to me! Seems to be idling very smoothly at low revs, but sounds like it's got no exhaust on it at all. I'll try to contribute something different which doesn't have a V8, sacriledge though it may be.



The four-banger sounds alright, it's no V8 but interesting for sure.

[ToolsnTrack]

Waveman, it doesnt have to be V8! As long as it hits the criteria of appaling idle vanishing to fantastic revrange...

I think your vid safely ticks those boxes! Lovely Rod!

[Bob the Fish]

Hope it's the right one - got no sound atm so can't be sure!

[ToolsnTrack]

Yea, thats the right one bob! Brutal!

[PhilA]

Nowt like a big block for a lumpy idle

[DavidB]

OO

[rtlkyuubi]

Not as impressive as its still got the standard flywheel keeping it running. But I cant wait to get my other engine in with fancy head, lightend flywheel and bike carbs

[stealthstylz]

Lumpy V8's ftw







The last vid proves that a holiday to the Detroit autorama would be the stuff of dreams.

Matt

[tonycocacola]

i think this fits the bill.
start up of 'big' john mazmanian's willys gasser.

[ToolsnTrack]

Violet, that Monaro sounds like Satan wanking. Epic...

StealthStylz, i agree. Looks like a pimp convention on acid! That has to be the lumpiest idle yet....

[Butterz]

[conrad]

runs on dizzle... but a cool engine and i think it fits the lumpy idle requirement also

[Deleted]

here ya go

incidentally I have a brand new unused one these big mutha thumpr cams for sale for a small block ford 302 as it didn't fit mine so I had to get a different one
and one of mine with the old f303 ford racing cam before the engine went tits up

[conrad]

oh and here's a straight 6 "225 slant 6 " idle and some mean revs




and another cool slant 6, abou 20 seconds in it idles then hear it screaming as it takes off

[ToolsnTrack]

Nov 15, 2010 0:42:51 GMT nightmaresracing said:

incidentally I have a brand new unused one these big mutha thumpr cams for sale for a small block ford 302 as it didn't fit mine so I had to get a different one

Now if you said that was for a Rover V8 I'd have been all over it!

[oldskoolmule]

Not such a lumpy idle but this thing was still deafening half way up the strip