C8 vette. Thunderhill.

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
09/30/2019 at 19:11 • Filed to: c8, C8 Corvette, Corvette, The Smoking Tire

Reviews are embargoed till oct 16th so enjoy just the noise

DISCUSSION (24)

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/30/2019 at 19:24

yup, it’s a car going around a track, sounding like an engine sounds.

Nick Has an Exocet > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/30/2019 at 19:49

I saw a black one yesterday getting off the highway. I wish I wasn’t in the left lane because I would have chased it down. I was in the Exocet so I bet it would have been a fun conversation.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/30/2019 at 20:06

Somehow that LT2 sounds deeper and throatier with the Z51 than my LT4 does, but I am unsure how to explain it. Probably a completely different header/exhaust setup.

I also thought I’d hear more tire squeal. That thing looks freaking quick, though. But it should be, with Z51 it’d be what, 75k out the door? I’m looking forward to the Z06/ZR1 variants, but this base C8 is probably enough race car for anyone.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
09/30/2019 at 20:11

A few feet less exhaust + it has headers.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
09/30/2019 at 20:13

Though it sounds a lot like my stock LS6, just based off of the interior noise.

Montalvo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/30/2019 at 20:23

I need mine now... I also want to know what this sounds like with the roof off.

Montalvo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/30/2019 at 20:31

I am curious which of my cars will be louder. C8 with a shorter exhaust run but modern mufflers, resonators, cats, etc. Or foxbody with an H pipe straight into flowmaster 40s. Regardless which it is all I know is I win and my neighbors will probably hate me.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/30/2019 at 20:42

C5Zs are so damn interesting. I mean, I like my C7, but every time I talk to a C5Z owner I hear something else that I didn’t know that’s really interesting.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Montalvo
09/30/2019 at 21:11

Definitely the Foxbody. It’ll be loud, but due to NVH standards of today, I don’t think it will be THAT loud.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
09/30/2019 at 21:13

Another odd/somewhat annoying fact about the C5 Z06: All of the glass is thinner. They went to almost Porsche levels of weight shedding on it, as it doesn’t even really have sound deadening.

Due to the exhaust positioning, you get more exhaust noise with the windows up.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/30/2019 at 21:15

See? Interesting! Also, I mean for NVH standards that’s probably a pain on long cruises, but I bet it heightens the driving experience.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
09/30/2019 at 21:23

With the super long 6th, you can’t hear much of it off throttle. It’s not bad, but I’ve never thought “I wish it were louder all of the time.” Cut-outs would be great though.

qbeezy > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/30/2019 at 21:39

It looks really composed on track and the shifts are good, especially going down. And the fact that Matt can fit in there with a helmet gives me hope. Hopefully the cooling is vastly improved.