I have NEVER heard a loud corvette before. I see tons of them, but they all are so quite. Any particular reason for this?

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1988 Jet Black IROC
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Fully Loaded
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you're looking at the wrong ones?

my friends 78.. quite loud

92 ZR1 w/ Callaway Supernatural package + some.. really loud..

 

Wait til one blows by ya..they ain't that quiet

 

Because old farts have them and cat backs are EXPENSIVE for them. But seriously, I just saw and heard a kick *** ZR1 today. It had the flowmaster catback. It was very nice but the borla one I heard one time was 20x better.

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Depends on the 'vette. I can think of one '69 that just rumbles (guess that's what sidepipes will do for ya). But its true about the new ones. I've never heard an impressive sounding C5.

 

my best friends dad has been workin on a i think its in the 60's vette for a while now, he told me that when he starts it up, his heart gains extra pumps....i thought it was pretty funny...

 

a guy i knew at the country club had a 99 c5 vert with the borla cat back and when he got on it i heard the thing screamin from about a half mile away. the most awesome sounding exhaust i have ever heard! sounded like a scarab racing boat.

 

My dad's 87 has Borla cat-back exhaust. You can barely hear anything inside the car it's so loud. Just like my brothers 87 IROC.

 

I think he means fourth and fifth gen Vettes. For the most part, I agree, stock ones are DAMNED quiet!! I mean, the stock LT1 Camaro sounds louder! :P

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1992 Camaro RS (Auto) 5.0L TBI
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Performance mods
NOS (125 HP shot)
Dynomax cat-back exhaust
Hedman headers
K & N open element/ X-Stream lid
MSD 6A ignition
LT1 camshaft
MSD 8.5mm plug wires
Soon to be installed:
Edelbrock intake manifold
3.42 rear axle
B & M 2400 RPM stall torque converter
Transgo shift kit
Torquer heads

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Sony Xplod CDX-M610 head unit
Pioneer 2-way 4x6 front speakers
Pioneer 3-way 6x9 rear speakers
12 inch Pioneer VCCS PRO subwoofer
QLogic sealed box
Kicker ZR360 amplifier
Lightning Audio 1 farad capacitor

Other
Macewen White Faced Gauges/Shift overlay
A-pillar gauges (Phantom oil pressure, Air/Fuel)
180* thermostat
Window Tint

 

The reason why vettes are so quiet is because by the time you can afford to buy one, you're almost ready for the nursing home. Old people shift too soon and drive slow, so you'd never hear one anyways, even if they had open headers they would seem quiet!


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91RS convertible 355 TBI 65# inj. custom compcam grind .480/.480, Edelbrock TBI manifold, open element, hedman hedders, Y-pipe, cheap cherry bomb muffler, Hypertech cop car thermomaster, Accel coil, wires. 2.02/1.6 cast iron heads. Engine specially made by Pflugerville machine shop. Forged bottom end, balanced. Coming soon: Vacuum controlled FPR, better exhaust, Torque converter, DIY PROM, bigger TB.

 

Hey, shutup, I have a Corvette.

 

Oh yeah, and how old are you?

 

I was 25 when I bought it.

 

hey don't make fun of the old people buying the vettes they make the best people to buy them from when they get to old to drive them

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it may be impressive to get a rice rocket to go 12's but why???

 

I would think that because most people that can afford to buy vettes don't really want to make it louder or mod it. Most stock exhaust on cars are quiet, didn't the new SS's come with crappy exhaust.

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'86 IROC
T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK TES HEADERS
3" Hooker CatBack w/Aero Chamber muffler
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat
3:73 Posi
Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

Hmmm...check my sig....98 C5 6spd.....yes, its rather quiet, because the factory stock system is as good as scrap metal. I dont drive like an old fart, because I'm not one...I'll be 23 in March...but I gotta say, when I hit it, after 3 years of owning it, its quite loud-even for a stock system. I can't wait for my Borla XR-1 system

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1986 WS6-Equipped 5.0 TPI Trans Am
160 Degree Thermo
Manual Fan Switch
Random Tech High-Flow Cat
Two Chamber Flowmaster Muffler
Megs Custom 4.5" Stainless Steel Rolled Tips
1999 Grand Am GT In-Dash CD Player w/Equalizer(fits like '86 original)
5% Tint On Rear, 35% On Sides

OTHER RIDE:
1998 C5 6Spd. Corvette Coupe
Silver w/Gray Leather Int.
12/14 Options
Stock(for now)
Best 1/4th: 13.5 @ 104.4MPH

 

My mom's 96' vette is very quiet at idle, but it has a nice mellow tone to it at mid-rpm's and the thing really yells at ya' when you floor it . Vette's aren't so much the "working man's, soup it up" type of car. They come great out of the factory which is adequate for most people who buy them. The package is very balanced and playing with that can take it out of balance.

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theyre loud when theyre leaned on..but when they are leaned on theyre useually far far away that you cant hear em

Daz

 

I saw a 2002 vette convertable take off from a light the other day, it looked completely stock and it got pretty loud by the time it was revving high... I would say that most that pass you are running at pretty low RPM's because of how the transmissions are geared (something like .5 ratio at top gear). The only vettes I've heard that were genuinely quiet are the 4th gens...

[This message has been edited by ChillPhatCat (edited September 24, 2001).]

 

Walk softly and carry a big stick!!! My friends C5 is nice and quiet when crusing, but it will scare the crap out of ya when he steps on it. The thing total screams when hammered, and thats with stock exhaust.

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1988 L98
Vette Heads/no EGR
SLP Headers/Y-Pipe
ARAP bin

 

Its thire exhaust system. Pick up a jegs of summit mag. They sell the stuff in here used on vettes to make them quiet. In this jegs they show the inside of this cylinder shape deal that goes behind the headers. it looks kind of like a spiral that the exhaust travels throught. I guess it reduces the echo inside the pipe's.... something like that. Who in thire right mind wants a quiet car anyway. If you want to see a loud vette find your nearest DRAG STRIP <Yeah>

 

my C4 vette is extremely loud. straight duals, no cats, no mufflers. it has a nice rumble at idle, and screams at WOT. oh and by the way im only 19, so only old people dont own vettes. just depends on what kinda job you got.

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1989 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z L98 A4 Black Ext./Grey Int.
SDPC2000 H.O. TPI Crate Engine
2.77:1 Gears

1989 Chevy Corvette L98 A4 Black/Black Coupe
Stock 95k miles
3.07:1 Gears

the vette is faster, i guess due to wieght and gearing.

 

Becuase the exhaust system for the vette is good in stock form... and to replace it will give only minimal gains for a very large price tag.

The fact that older people typically own these has something to do with it as well.

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