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Here Is How The 2014 Camaro Z/28 Sounds Under Acceleration

Ever heard a 2014 Camaro Z/28 row through its gears? If you’re reading this hours after the public introduction of Chevy’s iconic sports car, then the answer is almost definitely a “no”. But that’s ok, because that’s exactly what we have for you below.

The follow clip, courtesy of The General himself, plays back the acceleration of the 2014 Z28 as it works its way through the gears. The resulting engine/exhaust note is 100 percent American muscle, nothing more, nothing less. And since the clip is in MP3 format, you can simply download it and set the file as your cell/smartphone’s ringtone.

So, hide your wife, your kids, and your dog… because what follows is pure automotive erotica. Play it here.

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  1. I don’t know it sounds an awful lot like a Z06!

    LOL!

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  2. Not to bad! It does sound similar to a Z06 but there is definitely a difference!! They wouldn’t dare make any other car sound like a Vette. That would be sacrilegious!! 😉

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  3. Not bad, but my stepped, stainless steel, long tubed headered, LS2 GTO sounds WAY meaner by far…note to GM; put the microphone near the cold air intake filter, and another hanging off the back of the car by the actual exhaust tips. In-car engine recordings almost always suck.

    As a car company you’d think they’d know better. what happened to all those “gasoline in the veins” marketeers like Delorean, and Knudson? they knew this stuff. Heck, back then you could buy 45s of your favorite car sounds! Pontiac even had one for the GTO, and it was NOT from inside the car.

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    1. I remember long ago someone telling me that that the sounds used for the Bluesmobile in The Blues Brothers were recorded with mics in the engine bay. I’m not sure how much truth there is to that, but the engine sounded authentic in that movie, which can’t be said of many others at that time.

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    2. I would enjoy a video with the front center channel being the intake, front left / right being the engine bay, left / right side surround from the interior and left / right rear surround from the exhaust system. And don’t forget the subwoofer mix.

      GM could make a series of these DVDs / BluRay discs in various roads with high quality video with multiple views or split scree and subtle telemetry on screen..

      Each disc would contain 10 to 20 minute drives of a certain vehicle plus a bonus track of something else to use as a sales tool.

      And for the idea, my fee would be only 25 cents per disc. And I hope they sell millions !

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      1. I’d buy that! Heck sell us some driving footage from when they were developing the CTS-V, Z06, ZL1, and Z28 at the Nurburgring!!

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      2. GM is an auto maker, not a movie studio.

        Also, who’s buying DVD’s or BR’s anymore when everything is streamed or downloaded? You’re taking a Blockbuster approach to something that won’t work in 2013.

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        1. True, but they don’t make shirts, cups or mugs, but they sell them at the dealer counter. This would be something they would certainly farm out.

          (Sometimes I wished they’d farm out their photography, too!)

          Many moons ago, I captured four-channel audio on BetaCam SP of my Suburban with a supercharged cammer loping and sputtering. It was a fun exercise back then in the analogue days.

          I have no issue with online or downloadable media and can appreciate the unique benefits of all the available technologies, even though I would still like and prefer an optical disc-based version for myself.

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          1. “True, but they don’t make shirts, cups or mugs, but they sell them at the dealer counter. This would be something they would certainly farm out.”

            The last thing GM needs is more misdirected merch cluttering up dealerships and lessening the consumer experience.

            A conquest buyer with their ATS that needs servicing sometime in the future isn’t going to want to be surrounded by junk. The kind of person who Cadillac is aiming at today doesn’t need a mug or a key chain to remind them of what kind of car they drive.

            There’s a place for merch. There is no place for lame merch.

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            1. If we’re talking Luxury, yes that would be a chintzy move. Cadillac should not be shilling t-shirts and mugs. But vids documenting the technical specs and engineering prowess behind making the almighty CTS-V as well as the race cars? YES please!! And no they don’t have to personally fund and make them. Just have it available. I have a bunch of the Victory by design DVDs. They document the racing history and pedigree of everything from Porsche to Chevy. With classic race footage and actual test drives and descriptions of every significant race car from the particular mark. And I mean they really DRIVE them. So you can hear and see what the car is really capable of. IF you have gasoline in yer veins it’s akin to getting the Holy Spirit in church! I crank up my surround sound and sit mesmerized I front of my big flat screen.

              Having historic and performance based media and paraphernalia scattered about with those chintzy air freshness, hitch covers and floor mats, wouldn’t hurt in the least.

              Infact one of the biggest draws at Porsche, BMW, and Ferrari factories overseas is vids, models, shirts, and other media…

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              1. “IF you have gasoline in yer veins it’s akin to getting the Holy Spirit in church!”

                Seriously? Screeching and yelling like a lunatic is comparable to putting my right foot down?

                Cars are a bigger draw anyway, AND they come lots of different flavours.

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                1. WTH are you talking about?

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                  1. “WTH are you talking about?”

                    This:

                    “IF you have gasoline in yer veins it’s akin to getting the Holy Spirit in church!”

                    To that I say ‘No, not even in the least’.

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                    1. Never mind, I think you missed the point completely. You are commenting about flooring the accelerator while the context of my comment was the thrill of hearing and seeing classic thoroughbred race cars being thrashed like when the were raced in anager…

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  4. I’m sorry but it just did not do it for me. I drive a 07 5.3 Silverado with some intake modes and a Magnaflow Cat Back and its sound meaner. I just love the burble I get when I back off the gas with the Magnaflow

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  5. AWESOME !!!

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  6. Sorry, but for anyone who thinks a ratty custom exhaust sounds better than this, should have their head examined. GM has sound engineers to make sure the exhaust notes on some of their vehicles sound the way they do for a reason. Starting with some Cadillac models.

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    1. Kirk, stop! If you think ANY stock exhaust sounds better than a aftermarket full race or cat-back modded exhaust you’ve obviously not into performance. Now if we are talking Ferrari or Lamborghini, yeah I might say, sure there are exceptions. But GM hasn’t had a really mean ass sounding factory set up since the 60s.

      Infact generally speaking, when it comes to GM v8s over the last 30 years or so, it’s almost like they were embarrassed for anyone to even hear the car, let alone know you had a mean ass V8 under the hood.

      They just started rectifying the problem with the exhaust flaps in the Vettes and ZL1. But compared to what you hear at the track, or stock from a V8 Rustang, a lot is still left to be desired.

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    2. My bad Kiel, my iPhone autocorrected your name to “Kirk”.

      Another point though, GM does have sound engineers. But they generally do not tune for exhaust note and sound. They tune for NVH and regulated noise levels.

      To date the only US manufacture I know of who actually tunes the exhaust for a visiral reaction is Ford. They actually have a catalog of different V8 engine notes (the most famous being the 80s “5.0” engine note) which they ensure every Mustang GT sounds like or mimics from the factory. Have you heard a BOSS 302? It sounds almost just like the classic! The Lagunna Secca sound just like a Trans Am BOSS with it’s open side exhaust. Never mind companies like Ferrari, or Lamborghini.

      And any aftermarket exhaust producer worth a damn does the same as well. When I was in Japan I was amazed at how all the turbo 4 and 6 cylinder cars had that deep, melodious British sports car note from the 60s (unlike here where they sound like angry bees) then I saw a few videos about he tuners and drifters and the aftermarket and more than a few remarked how they experimented with the exhaust piping to get that classic 60s sport car engine note.

      So yes this type of stuff matters.

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    3. I agree. We need the LS and the new LT to sound like they belong in the present. They can have the burble, but it shouldn’t remind people of the 60’s.

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      1. Dude, I am now completely convinced you don’t have a performance orientated bone in your body. And what exactly do you think a LS engine sounds like. I’ve never heard one that sounds remotely like a 60s car. And nobody was saying it should.

        I was just pointing out that something as inconsequential as the exhaust note can have quite a visceral affect on why certain cars are loved by owners and potential customers. And many performance car makers are aware of this and take advantage of it.

        You need to get out among the core market for this car. A big compliant is GM Corvette and Camaro are too quite (luckily the aftermarket has it covered). Also a lot of the old guard don’t like the high pitched, raspy, raucous bark of the all aluminum LS engines either.

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  7. Personally, I rather have stock sound than some loud as hell custom exhaust. GM does have sound engineers working on some of their vehicles. In fact, there was a huge article on GM Authority discussing this last year. The CTS, ATS, and other Cadillac Models was what was specifically being talked about.

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