Cabin noise

wheee! · 09-27-2011, 08:01 AM

Love the cabin noise in my Z! Makes me feel connected to the car.

UNKNOWN_370 · 09-27-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wheee!

Love the cabin noise in my Z! Makes me feel connected to the car.

I thought I was the only one. Rep point for you. Lol.

Guard Dad · 09-27-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee!

Love the cabin noise in my Z! Makes me feel connected to the car.

I think a lot of the "cabin noise" controversy arrises from the intent of the driver. If you want an aggressive sports car that reinforces the sports car experience with every turn of the wheel the stock Z is your ticket. If you want a car that expresses it's aggressive side "on demand" a little sound deadener goes a long way.

Red__Zed · 09-27-2011, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Guard Dad

I think a lot of the "cabin noise" controversy arrises from the intent of the driver. If you want an aggressive sports car that reinforces the sports car experience with every turn of the wheel the stock Z is your ticket. If you want a car that expresses it's aggressive side "on demand" a little sound deadener goes a long way.

I think the beef is that it's not "good noise", ie, engine or exhaust. It actually downs out many decent exhaust setups.

Never bothered me, coming from a roadster, but leaving the car, I don't miss the white noise.

ChipsWithDips · 09-27-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I think the beef is that it's not "good noise", ie, engine or exhaust. It actually downs out many decent exhaust setups.

Never bothered me, coming from a roadster, but leaving the car, I don't miss the white noise.

Exactly. I'd rather my engine be louder than my tires. I'm not talking WOT, but pretty much anytime you are maintaining a constant speed on a road or highway, the tires are significantly louder than the engine. I'm used to shifting by ear and I often find my self forgetting to upshift since I can't even hear that my engine is cruising at 4k rpms. Though I'm sure this won't be an issue as soon as I put an exhaust put on this thing.

For that reason, the road noise kinda gets to me at times, but never so bad that I would add a bunch of dampening mats to the car(though I can certainly understand people that choose to do that). I plan to try to lighten my car as much as reasonably possible for a daily driver as I continue to modify my car, so that kinda goes against my philosophy.

wheee! · 09-27-2011, 06:05 PM

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Exactly. I'd rather my engine be louder than my tires. I'm not talking WOT, but pretty much anytime you are maintaining a constant speed on a road or highway, the tires are significantly louder than the engine. I'm used to shifting by ear and I often find my self forgetting to upshift since I can't even hear that my engine is cruising at 4k rpms. Though I'm sure this won't be an issue as soon as I put an exhaust put on this thing.

For that reason, the road noise kinda gets to me at times, but never so bad that I would add a bunch of dampening mats to the car(though I can certainly understand people that choose to do that). I plan to try to lighten my car as much as reasonably possible for a daily driver as I continue to modify my car, so that kinda goes against my philosophy.

hmmm. Not a problem with the HKS exhaust and the Berk's!

wheee! · 09-27-2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Guard Dad

I think a lot of the "cabin noise" controversy arrises from the intent of the driver. If you want an aggressive sports car that reinforces the sports car experience with every turn of the wheel the stock Z is your ticket. If you want a car that expresses it's aggressive side "on demand" a little sound deadener goes a long way.

I agree. I drive a Lincoln MKX (dd) with lots of sound deadening from the factory and it puts me to sleep....

The 370 makes me feel like a part of the car, that I am there to drive, not be driven!

UNKNOWN_370 · 09-27-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Guard Dad

I think a lot of the "cabin noise" controversy arrises from the intent of the driver. If you want an aggressive sports car that reinforces the sports car experience with every turn of the wheel the stock Z is your ticket. If you want a car that expresses it's aggressive side "on demand" a little sound deadener goes a long way.

Good point.

My first Z was silver by the way. Beautiful color. Polymer waxes really make the color stand out a lot. After a wash and wax my silver baby (Zenobia) would shine so bright, I couldn't look directly at her from 12-5pm. Lol

GM's shine is pretty rugged. But silver was killer.

Sorry to go off topic. Just made a mention.

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