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SFcamaro · 07-11-2012, 02:00 PM

This is the same lady that said, with the "chip" in her car she has close to my horsepower. I don't get too bothered by her. It's almost entertainment.

SS_Matt · 07-11-2012, 02:23 PM

Someone told me my car sounded like a truck once too.

It bothered me for a little bit... But then it didn't.

pierre777 · 07-11-2012, 02:30 PM

And after you floor it I don't think anyone will tell you it sounds like a truck anymore

crateish · 07-11-2012, 03:00 PM

To the casual listener, one V8 sounds like another V8. Where I live there are many more V8 pickups than there are V8 cars, so maybe that's what's coloring her impression. Many of these trucks out-loud any nearby Camaro or Mustang.

The point is, a V8 sounds 'big.'

SS King · 07-11-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JEEPFREEKSCOTTY

Tell her you got a tool that can ream out her tailpipe really well

LMAO

Xorak · 07-11-2012, 04:03 PM

straight pipes just sound like crap. put some real exhaust on there to make it sound good.

Nvincent4708 · 07-11-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 1BADLS3

I think people have forgotten what muscle cars and pony cars are supposed to sound like. Especially having just completed the performance SUV trend of the 90's and 2000's where everyone and their mother had Flowmasters on the family Tahoe/Burb.

this is how a modern muscle car should sound like....

or meaner of course...

straight pipes = too poppy and truckish.. single chambers should do though.

strych9 · 07-11-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Xorak

straight pipes just sound like crap. put some real exhaust on there to make it sound good.

GoldCartridgeGamer · 07-11-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Nvincent4708

this is how a modern muscle car should sound like....

or meaner of course...

straight pipes = too poppy and truckish.. single chambers should do though.

Sounds okay...

Nvincent4708 · 07-11-2012, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lgndryhr

Sounds okay...

I'll take it!

SFcamaro · 07-11-2012, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by strych9

My cars gone from factory mufflers to straight pipes to flowmasters back to straight pipes after 3 weeks with the flowmasters now sitting in my garage. Don't get me wrong, I like the flowmaster sound, and maybe it was the 40 series I installed, but it just muffled the sound too much.

MillerTime · 07-11-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Xorak

straight pipes just sound like crap. put some real exhaust on there to make it sound good.

Funny guy... straight pipes ARE the real exhaust...

to each their own but I'll take the natural sound any day.

SFcamaro · 07-11-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MillerTime

Funny guy... straight pipes ARE the real exhaust...

to each their own but I'll take the natural sound any day.

Well said

strych9 · 07-11-2012, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SFcamaro

My cars gone from factory mufflers to straight pipes to flowmasters back to straight pipes after 3 weeks with the flowmasters now sitting in my garage. Don't get me wrong, I like the flowmaster sound, and maybe it was the 40 series I installed, but it just muffled the sound too much.

Did you have a cat-back system, or axle-back? If just using the axle-back, yeah, that would be too quiet for my taste, too.

IMHO, straight pipes have no "depth" to the sound. I'll take deep over loud any day. Again, just my opinion.

07-11-2012, 02:23 PM	#30
SS_Matt permagrin Drives: 2012 LS3 SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,050	Someone told me my car sounded like a truck once too. It bothered me for a little bit... But then it didn't. __________________ 2012 Black on black SS RS LS3

07-11-2012, 02:30 PM	#31
pierre777 HT5 COTW 9/3/2012 Drives: Cyber Bullet Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: lebanon Posts: 4,555 View My Garage	And after you floor it I don't think anyone will tell you it sounds like a truck anymore __________________

07-11-2012, 03:00 PM	#32
crateish Drives: 45th Anniversary 2LT/RS Coupe Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 534	To the casual listener, one V8 sounds like another V8. Where I live there are many more V8 pickups than there are V8 cars, so maybe that's what's coloring her impression. Many of these trucks out-loud any nearby Camaro or Mustang. The point is, a V8 sounds 'big.' __________________

07-11-2012, 02:00 PM	#29
SFcamaro Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 6M Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tx Posts: 250	This is the same lady that said, with the "chip" in her car she has close to my horsepower. I don't get too bothered by her. It's almost entertainment.

07-11-2012, 04:03 PM	#34
Xorak Drives: ... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 219	straight pipes just sound like crap. put some real exhaust on there to make it sound good.