C8 sound from inside while on track
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His review of the C7 ZR1 is painful for that reason - he was trying to man-handle the tranny, should have just let it do it's thing int he correct mode.
Sound:
I think a lot of what we are hearing is Intake sound!! 'Induction' noise!! whooO!!! Tadge mentioned the intakes being where they are feed a lot of intake sound to the cabin. That'll be awesome and a very different experience than previous gens..
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I wouldn't be so sure. Here are some comments left by Matt Farah, the driver, on reddit in response to some questions.
User: "Sounds pretty good. What's with the short-shifting and the understeer? I mean, maybe Matt is just pushing the front a bit harder than it should be somehow but... huh."
Matt: "Not short shifting. Short redline. Same as all the other LT based engines. Moving it to the back doesn’t change that."
User: "Sounds pretty good. What's with the short-shifting and the understeer? I mean, maybe Matt is just pushing the front a bit harder than it should be somehow but... huh."
Matt: "Not short shifting. Short redline. Same as all the other LT based engines. Moving it to the back doesn’t change that."
Matt: "As I have said before, this isn't "wrung out." You are literally watching a video of the very first time I drove the car, and I think my third lap of that track ever. I was going very easy, learning the car, and learning the track. But there are multiple occasions in the video where I do run the car to the redline."
Last edited by Warp Factor; Oct 1, 2019 at 01:26 PM.
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This is the best driving corvette video to date. The car shifts fast and sounds bad *** for an Stock LT motor!
There will be lots of good exhausts coming out for this car. All the current mid engine cars sound weak sauce and sound way better with a better exhaust. This will be no difference for the C8
There will be lots of good exhausts coming out for this car. All the current mid engine cars sound weak sauce and sound way better with a better exhaust. This will be no difference for the C8
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Sorry, but Fat Matt is clueless and annoying, and has been for a long time.
This video was the first thing he's posted of any value, that I can remember.
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Yes, best C8 Video yet.SWEET! Sounds like a combination of paddles and auto. Auto downshifts are definitely DCT.Still think the Zo6 will pull better on the top end but this is still a lot of car.Now if they can only fix the rearend styling......Not trading my 18 Z in anytime soon.
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DCTs do all the shifting and rev matching for you.
The car appears very well composed.
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Yes, best C8 Video yet.SWEET! Sounds like a combination of paddles and auto. Auto downshifts are definitely DCT.Still think the Zo6 will pull better on the top end but this is still a lot of car.Now if they can only fix the rearend styling......Not trading my 18 Z in anytime soon.
This is a dead horse but on both the C7 and C8 I wish they would have stuck with the round tail light design and updated it a bit. Something like on the new Ford GT.
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St. Jude Donor '05
I bet it sounds great in person, if its loud people complain its not like a Lexus
Shifts sound quick that whole pop gimmick thing that mb has I could do wihtout. Could probably be tuned to do so if someone cracks it.
I dont know why everyones so quick to hate/judge when they havent even driven on, some YT cant tell you all that.
Shifts sound quick that whole pop gimmick thing that mb has I could do wihtout. Could probably be tuned to do so if someone cracks it.
I dont know why everyones so quick to hate/judge when they havent even driven on, some YT cant tell you all that.
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St. Jude Donor '19
Thank you for the video. That was amazing. Looks like he scared himself on a couple of those turns where he got a little loose. To me it looked like he was trying REALLY hard at the end to not say something like "OMFG this car is amazing!!" Mix of adrenaline and restraint lol
Melting Slicks
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Matt Farrah is a Corvette guy, by the way. He owned a C5 and that car was heavily featured during the early part of his YouTube career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an51Do20X-Q
He's a die-hard Corvette fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an51Do20X-Q
He's a die-hard Corvette fan.
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Matt Farrah is a Corvette guy, by the way. He owned a C5 and that car was heavily featured during the early part of his YouTube career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an51Do20X-Q
He's a die-hard Corvette fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an51Do20X-Q
He's a die-hard Corvette fan.
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I agree, he's a typical L.A. type - he can be OK on the youtube reviews, but his podcasts are douche central. Everything falls apart when he talks about things other than cars for more than 10 minutes. He's firmly in that car journalist group that you can easily identify by their age and that they look like they have never been able to do a single push-up in their lives.
SavageGeese from youtube just showed his hand as being one in the same...and go figure he and Matt Farrah were just two peas in a pod on his podcast. Savagegeese calls Z06's zed-oh-six's as if being uber European just makes your opinion more valid. It frankly disgusts me...lol.