Whiners

Normally, whiners are annoying. "Gemmeadrinkawaterchangethechannelwhydontyouwannagivemeeverythingyouownwaaaaa...."

However, blower whine is a good thing. Some people hate it, but I like it. For an example of turbo whine, see this:



To illustrate just how pronounced the blower whine is on the Atom III, observe the KTM X-Bow (pronounced "crossbow"), which, although the same class of car, and turbocharged, has much more exhaust noise and less whine. In fact, there's hardly any whine at all.



For supercharger whine, see this:



Blower whine is often obscured by exhaust noise, since when there's a blower powerful enough to make some noise, the exhaust is even louder. The video above this text was taken by a camera affixed to the front fender. Here's a very similar pass, this time from the rear fender:

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Lethal's GT500 is one of my favorite customs to write about, as it's been masterfully done. GT500 + black/Grabber Blue + full race motor, exhaust, the works + YouTube = awesome. The only problem with it is that it doesn't get much street time, and I'd love to wax poetic about it, but I'm currently ill and can't write very well. Happily, the videos speak for themselves.

Sometimes, blower whine doesn't come from blowers. Our naturally aspirated 3.8 Mustang V6 makes a blower-esque noise in third gear. It's simply a T5 thing. Straight cut gears also tend to make a whining noise, but there aren't very many vehicles sold now with non-synchronized transmissions.

I seem to be out of stuff to write, so we'll close with my favorite pickup truck of all time that really ought to have a supercharger on it: