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Old May 18th 15, 07:39 PM posted to alt.autos.corvette
unclevito
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Default Exhausts sounds: Mustang vs Corvette


"Dad" > wrote in message
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, unclevito wrote:
> "Dad" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Can't agree more, some (meaning very few) of the Mustangs sound mean as
> > snakes, most - not so much.
> > The C7 NPP can be tuned to your liking by the driving mode and even that
> > sound can be tuned in the settings. Very quiet vehicle if that's what
> > you
> > want on long trips.
> >

>
> Thanks for the comments, guys. Besides being loud, the Mustang has a
> lope
> like the 60's big blocks with high overlap cams. It is not the
> loudness
> of the exhaust of the Mustang so much but it is the sound or lope. I
> almost thought for a while there that the modern Corvette firing sequence
> had changed and the lope disappeared.
>
> I have been behind modern accelerating Corvettes when in caravans with my
> club and under acceleration, the cars sound, not powerful, but bizarre.
> There is more to making that sound than just opening up the pipes.
>
> Vito


>I would guess you would be WAY behind, to far to hear a C7 under full
>acceleration with anything you own. Yes, it does not >sound like a big
>block because it's not a big block, it sounds more like it's singing after
>about 4,000 RPM and just keeps on going. >Not sure I have the hair on my
>balls to let this thing out like the older Corvettes I've had, was very
>comfortable in the C5 and >even the C6 but not there yet with this C7. Not
>scary like the '61 but it gets there so much faster and without the road
>feel of the >older Corvettes.


My 69 BB with tripower and sidepipes was scary. At part throttle it was
wimpy. Likely why I sold it and kept my 327 '64.


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