Check this out

[Gustav]

How i love the sound of straight cut gears in the morning:027:

http://www.supercarchallenge.nl/video/Assen-bmwSTW.wmv

Listen to this gearbox,especially towards the end of the lap,makes your ears bleed.I wonder how this car ended up at the back of the grid.

[coolhandcountry]

If he could have got the traffic out the way he would have been real good. It was screaming though. LOVED IT!!! I remember my straight gears humming some but not like that.

[Gustav]

I think there's some resonance going on there as well,very loud in an empty tin top.

[JOHNNYMAXXIMA]

Oh man that was awsome, my nipples are still hard! (Oops, did I say that out loud)
Was it just me or did that guys car seem alot faster than everyone elses?

That floats my boat too :004:
His car was quicker for sure, but his aggression was plain enough to see too.
did you see where he almost lost it, now that IS racing :030:

[Tom F]

Thats fantastic!

Brilliant noise right there - especially as he comes off the line. Sounds like a dentists drill lol. Up with things like the Matra V12 IMO

Did i see a couple of Marcos Mantises in there?!

[Gustav]

I knew a guy that had a Mantis as a road car,he had a collosal accident in it on the motorway,according to him a rear damper snapped under acceleration and he managed to bounce over the central reservation.
Mechanical failures are scary,i snapped a rear control arm on an Audi S3 once,managed to limp home with it crabbing all over the place.

[Tom F]

Wow that would be pretty terrifying

On my dads old car (2003 Audi A4) one of the rear tyres laminated on the motorway. The state of the tyre was shocking - you could push your fingers through it - scary stuff. He's lucky he came off the motorway quickly as i'm sure it wouldve been a different story...