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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 07:00 AM
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Why does the '14 Corvette sound so horrible?

I mean, seriously, were they TRYING to make it sound like an old tractor ?


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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 08:21 AM
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Yeah, it does not sound good IMO, also why did the taillights on the blue Vette look like they were flickering?
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 09:59 AM
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I don't think it sounds bad. Sounds better than a stock 5.0. Throw an exhaust on it and I bet they'll scream.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by shurtual86
Yeah, it does not sound good IMO, also why did the taillights on the blue Vette look like they were flickering?
That is because they are LED lights and they don't stay solid on video only to the naked eye.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:16 AM
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That is because they are LED lights and they don't stay solid on video only to the naked eye.
Yknow i didnt know that at first so when i saw vids of the 10+ models an the lights flickered it reallybtripped me out
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by unnoticedtrails
That is because they are LED lights and they don't stay solid on video only to the naked eye.
Originally Posted by CCTking

Yknow i didnt know that at first so when i saw vids of the 10+ models an the lights flickered it reallybtripped me out
I have never seen it before
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:47 AM
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Just sounds like an LS motor to me.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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Just sounds like an LS motor to me.
Yep, you hardy ever hear a LT/LS that sounds good.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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stock vettes never sound good.

But that vid did answer one question I always had, how do they get out of the cars when they put them in the trailer. Now I know, there's massive doors on the trailer!
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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I never have liked the sound of the LS motors, and it seems like the more exhaust parts you throw at one, the worse it gets. There's a GTO that comes by my house quite often with some kind of loud exhaust on it that sounds absolutely horrible.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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Moving to "General Vehicle Discussion" section . . .
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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 02:25 AM
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Its a Chevy, they always sound crappy.
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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by CCTking
Yknow i didnt know that at first so when i saw vids of the 10+ models an the lights flickered it reallybtripped me out
Like watching the refresh line on a videotaped CRT.
You don't see it, but it's there.
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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 04:48 PM
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IMO, nothing will ever sound as good as a Fox body 5.0 with a cam.
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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Exhaust sound, LS/LT particularly don't come through microphones very well. You almost always miss the deep tones.
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Knight
Exhaust sound, LS/LT particularly don't come through microphones very well. You almost always miss the deep tones.
In person they've always sounded rough, like a goat getting beat at wot. Regardless of power, mustangs have always sounded better.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by steven46746

In person they've always sounded rough, like a goat getting beat at wot. Regardless of power, mustangs have always sounded better.
Says the guy with the new Slowmaro as his avatar pic JK lol

But yea GM V8's always have that kind of "old" sound to em. Not the good old like lopey cammed carbeurated motor, but old as in old motor old pipes, etc. idk but thats just how i hear em. They tend to get really raspy even early in the rpm range. But i will say this though,
That dual-mode exhaust system is pretty cool and with the right pipes Vettes and even Maros sound pretty nice.

But bnthing beats a Mustang
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Old May 1, 2013 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by CCTking

Says the guy with the new Slowmaro as his avatar pic JK lol
That's a honda prelude bud.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by steven46746

That's a honda prelude bud.
Oh i thought it was the new camaro...
**** i thought someone would catch that?
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Old May 6, 2013 | 06:27 PM
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The only LS that has ever sounded good is the LS9. Otherwise, they all sound like crap.

One more for Ford.
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