This is a short clip of a chainsaw starting up, idling for a few seconds, then being revved up to cut a small log for a few more seconds before idling again. Contains idling and revving of a single-stroke engine. Recorded accidentally with an iphone in a pocket, so it's slightly muffled.
Stereo recording of a honda element idling made from the inside of the car. Starts with the windows closed. Windows open halfway through the recording.
Sound of a pickup truck. Keys jingle, door shuts, starter click, engine turns over and sits idle, tires roll over gravel slowly, then truck drives away. Normalization applied.
My 2002 mini cooper with a 1. 6l inline-4 engine at warm idle. Loops seamlessly. Recorded with a roland edirol r-09hr and edited in audacity. If you use this sample, please tell me what you did with it below! links are nice too.
Loop of a diesel engine that i'm planning to use in a game i'm making. Created with audacity from scratch (starting from a fire sound effect also built with an audacity plugin).
I recorded an 18 wheeler idling at a grain elevator in rural oregon. Then it pulled away and crossed from left to right and drove away. Recorded with: fostex fr2le, at bp 4025 stereo mic.
Turning on a car and let it idle for a moment, this was done outside so there is also some wind blowing which i think is nice but that can be removed if so desired. Recorded with my zoom h2n.
This recording is the engine starting and idling of a 1980s ford ltl 9000 diesel semi tractor. In the middle you hear the truck door slam shut. Recorded with a rode ntg3 and a zoom f8 field recorder.
A recording of a harley davidson sportster from about 25 years ago. Used re-20 mic running to a symentrix 528 mic pre. Includes engine starting and idling with occasional revs. Then the engine is shut off.