Max run. Is this normal??
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Racer
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From: Maple Ridge British Columbia
Max run. Is this normal??
2017 Z51 A8 Long Beach Red Convertible.
Yesterday I did a max all out run to 150Kph. Foot to the floor in Automatic.
1st to redline (backfire) 2nd to redline (backfire) 3rd to redline (backfire) to 4th gear and let off. Question, Is the backfiring normal, I assume I am hitting the fuel cuts off which in turn creates the backfire.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
PS It was a very impressive run and sound effects as noted by a semi driver at the next traffic light.
Yesterday I did a max all out run to 150Kph. Foot to the floor in Automatic.
1st to redline (backfire) 2nd to redline (backfire) 3rd to redline (backfire) to 4th gear and let off. Question, Is the backfiring normal, I assume I am hitting the fuel cuts off which in turn creates the backfire.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
PS It was a very impressive run and sound effects as noted by a semi driver at the next traffic light.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 419
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From: Belvidere IL
2017 Z51 A8 Long Beach Red Convertible.
Yesterday I did a max all out run to 150Kph. Foot to the floor in Automatic.
1st to redline (backfire) 2nd to redline (backfire) 3rd to redline (backfire) to 4th gear and let off. Question, Is the backfiring normal, I assume I am hitting the fuel cuts off which in turn creates the backfire.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
PS It was a very impressive run and sound effects as noted by a semi driver at the next traffic light.
Yesterday I did a max all out run to 150Kph. Foot to the floor in Automatic.
1st to redline (backfire) 2nd to redline (backfire) 3rd to redline (backfire) to 4th gear and let off. Question, Is the backfiring normal, I assume I am hitting the fuel cuts off which in turn creates the backfire.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
PS It was a very impressive run and sound effects as noted by a semi driver at the next traffic light.
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Racer
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From: Maple Ridge British Columbia
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Oh yeah. That very sound has sold many a Corvette. One of the extra features they don't tell you about which has impressed people far and wide. Personally, I just love it. Remember the rule, if you find yourself first at a traffic light, check around for cops then bark a few gears. As you glance in your mirrors you'll notice the herd way back. Pleased to have you as a member of the hammer club. Once you heard it, you're in!
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When “Performance Shift Active” pops up in your DIC, and your pipes are popping off out back between shifts, it’s not only normal, it’s a good thing.
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^^^ That sounds so wrong. 
The first time I heard the bark at WOT shift with my A8 I was showing off leaving a group of admirers. I was embarrassed thinking my car was messing up somewhere somehow. Now I know better and love to hear the bark occasionally. AND the rumbling gurgle on a downshift, braking against the engine, with rev match. Out of an open NPP exhaust. SO SWEET! These are the things daydreams are made of.
The first time I heard the bark at WOT shift with my A8 I was showing off leaving a group of admirers. I was embarrassed thinking my car was messing up somewhere somehow. Now I know better and love to hear the bark occasionally. AND the rumbling gurgle on a downshift, braking against the engine, with rev match. Out of an open NPP exhaust. SO SWEET! These are the things daydreams are made of.
