walking thru the parking lot at my daughter's softball game tonight, I was disgusted to hear the sound of an American icon... a new vette!  sure, it had a nice lumpy idle, but then as it drove off, it sounded so pathetic!  A "soprano" voice, not a nice bass rumble more fitting of "America's sportscar"!  my bone stock 272 thru Cherry Bombs sounds like it has more hair than that vette did...!

New cars... puke! most look like jelly beans and the rest are pretty much just plain ugly, with all their plastic parts and fuel efficiency!  and they sound like sewing machines, with their smooth, docile idle...

anyway, give me steel... rusty or otherwise... and a throaty growl, then I'm driving a CAR!!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Dont get me started too. I guess were all just dinosaurs.

Dan      Kingman Az.      86409

I don't know.. It didn't sound too bad to me.. My Uncle brought his new Z06 Down a couple of weekends ago and of course he had to mash the "go" pedal leaving my place.. And at least it's not a Civic with a fart-can muffler

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

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I think this is part of the reason why Mustangs are so popular...they sound nasty, and in a good way...even off the showroom floor.

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

I never liked the way the newer vettes exhaust sounds like,it just seems too wimpy for a high dollar car and I think the new camaros sound just like them.

Butchering up everything I can get my hands on in Dayton Ohio

The Corvette has been going through a purposeful transformation from a muscle car powered "sports car" for a decade or so. They are doing it successfully on a marketing and international racing scale. The target market is the international racing and high performance niche. Think of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, Audi, etc. The era of the Scrub V8 powerplant is history for them. The next generation of Corvette (C8) is to be a mid-engine twin turbo V6. A light, well balanced road racer as opposed to the BBC nose-heavy tupperware torpedo. Be sure though, these new puny sounding Vettes are capable of a underwear changing moment. I think the most disappointing sound comes from the Dodge 10 cylinder Vipers. Under full throttle they sound like a stove bolt six on steroids much like the Ford 10 cylinder gas truck engine. Thankfully, Ford has been very attentive to the V8 sound from the Mustang GT since it re-emerged in 1982. A neighbor has a late model mid-engine supercharged 5.4 Ford GT that he occasionally romps on going up the street. No question about the sound of an American V8 power working there. The classic sound of a Full House Flathead, a well tuned and cammed Yblock or a brutal Cobra FE are right there with the "potato, potato, potato" idle of a Harley Davidson.

57 Black Tbird 312/auto

My buddy has a 2003 vette, It hurts my ears at certain RPM, probably because its right behind you. One reason the Mustangs sound so cool is the firing order, quite different than the smallblock chev.





thanks, Mark

I don't have enough chest hair and gold chains to own a scrubvette.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

I think some 6 cylinders sound pretty good. I really like in-lines but there have been a few V6s I've liked. A v8 is not the only way to get power.

The only thing that's disappointed me about a newer 'vette is how quiet it is. A car like that has no reason to be quiet. I am strongly of the opinion that the sound level of a car should be directly proportional to it's power output. A 'vette is typically of the higher power variety and should make some noise.

I think Ford definitely has it figured out, though. You know when a Mustang is coming down the road.


Lawrenceville, GA

There's no question that the best sounding engines on the planet are the Y-block Fords and old Harleys,but there are some others that have great unique exhaust sounds.2 cylinder John Deere under load,old non turbo Cat dozer under load,6 cylinder Stovebolt with a split manifold and a pair of Smittys,flathead Ford with dual straights,B-17 at full takeoff power about 500 feet overhead,8V-71 Jimmy with shorty mufflers and tall stacks.Just a few I like and can recognize blindfolded.And one other I can recognize blindfolded,but really hate is a Huey at treetop level.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO