ALMS
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Le Mans Master
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From: Director of Bands
St. Jude Donor '08
ALMS
I know there are fans of the ALMS out there (myself included). I actually go close to a C5R this January at the NAIAS, and that was real cool. My question, though, is for those of you that either attend the races or watch them on TV. Have you noticed that the Corvettes and other sports cars (like Panoz) have a great exhaust rumble as they go by? I love that sound! What I can't stand is that little farty sound that the Porsches make. What's up with that? Why do they sound like that?
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Re: ALMS (eschoendorff)
I know there are fans of the ALMS out there (myself included). I actually go close to a C5R this January at the NAIAS, and that was real cool. My question, though, is for those of you that either attend the races or watch them on TV. Have you noticed that the Corvettes and other sports cars (like Panoz) have a great exhaust rumble as they go by? I love that sound! What I can't stand is that little farty sound that the Porsches make. What's up with that? Why do they sound like that?
Melting Slicks
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From: Construction Sucks! MI
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St. Jude Contributor '03 & '05
Re: ALMS (69mako)
Look under the hood :rolleyes: Big V8 sounds better then a little 6 or 4 banger
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Re: ALMS (eschoendorff)
The LS1 (yea, right) that the C5R runs is a full 427 ci of fun and excitement!
Its most interesting on the track... the engine, even at full song, sounds very lazy. It has a most unique firing order... to reduce vibration.
And the exhaust pipe is so damned big! 4", I kid you not!
Tell you this: there ain't nothin quite like standing next to that thing when it fires up. Wakes the dead! :cool:
Overall? The Ferrari 575 sounds better. At full song it just rips. awesome.
Its most interesting on the track... the engine, even at full song, sounds very lazy. It has a most unique firing order... to reduce vibration.
And the exhaust pipe is so damned big! 4", I kid you not!
Tell you this: there ain't nothin quite like standing next to that thing when it fires up. Wakes the dead! :cool:
Overall? The Ferrari 575 sounds better. At full song it just rips. awesome.
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From: Van Steel Corvettes
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Re: ALMS (bogus)
I love the V-8's at the track. You can always tell when the vettes roll by, although the saleen has a somewhat similar v8 roar. There was a v8 lister LMP car at sebring that sounded alot like the vettes. It caught me off guard a couple of times while trying to time shots of the vette. I can't wait till the next race I get to attend. Hopefully it will be the Mid-Ohio race otherwise it won't be till Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta.
