409 by The Beach Boys.

OK, girls and boys, back to the California 60s on a chilly morning:  Gary Usher and the Wilson brothers were driving from Hawthorne to L.A. in '62 looking for a part for his Chevy when the idea came to him to write a song about a bad-a** engine. The "muse" was a Chevy W-series V8 nicknamed "Turbo-Fire" with a single Carter 4-barrel carburetor delivering 360 hp. and featured on the Bel-Air Sport Coupe. They recorded it shortly thereafter during their 3rd session as a group - this was 14-year-old David Marks' first recording with The Beach Boys. Lead vocals by Mike Love.  The engine noise was from Usher's Chevy 348 (hint, hint - the song title's predecessor!) taped on Brian's Wollensak reel-to-reel in front of the Wilson home, prompting the neighbors to call the police. It peaked at #76 on Billboard.

Answer: "409" by The Beach Boys. I still long for those innocent old days when guys sang about girls, surfing and fast cars - does that make me a dinosaur? Giddy up, giddy up=HORSEPOWER! Brian Wilson and Gary Usher were songwriting geeks - Dennis actually filled them in on the actual cars/girls/surfin' "details".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKP_cZuk54

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