Merlin Or Griffon

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Poll ended at Sat May 08, 2021 1:51 pm

Merlin
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64%
Griffon
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29%
IDGAF(YC)
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7%
 
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mik
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Merlin Or Griffon

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Everyone knows how epic the 27litre supercharged Merlin V12 sounds - most notably in the Spitfire.

Many of them actually contain the 37litre Griffon engine however. And it arguably sounds even betterer. 🤔

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Griffon is 10 litres betterer.
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Lancasters had Merlins therefore they are the best.
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An opportunity to shamelessly whore old photos?
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9 Merlins and a Griffon, sounded fantastic.

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As did this.
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Griffon was a Merlin engine done right :D
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The first flyby at the start of the second video is great, it’s that high pitched but as it passes directly over I love
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Yeah the Doppler effect flatters massively here. The way the charger scream and exhaust rumble drop together as it passes is intense 8-)

They sound comparatively boring from inside *


* based entirely on choob vids unfortunately :(
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The Merlin as it was that architecture everything else was based on, an amazing bit of pen and paper design.

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