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Old 05-15-2013, 08:39 PM
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This z06 is making the popcorn sound. I do not believe its exhaust related, because you can hear the power band dropping out when this occurs, and its on accel instead of decel which is normally where youd see backpressure pop.

I was watching and thinking....holy **** that thing does not have long.


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At :36 you can see puffs of black smoke. I'm assuming it's blowing the spark out?
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Doesn't sound healthy.
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That was a stupid video. To save us all here is DP bad *** car.

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I am not implying it has anything to do with DP's vettes. They have some of the baddest vettes in the country, and we all know that, but when I heard the red one, I thought....
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The tune is WAY off on that red Vette.


Even at idle it sounds strange.

I'm going with the timing is far off or too much gap on the plugs.....
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Gotta ask what kind of idiot would stay foot to the floor with it like that

No way that thing is rattling and staying together for all that

Has to be an ignition issue
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Originally Posted by rotary1307cc
Gotta ask what kind of idiot would stay foot to the floor with it like that

No way that thing is rattling and staying together for all that

Has to be an ignition issue
Much less make a video of it, lol. Car runs like ****, lets make a video and blow water, lol, and romp on it while its breaking up. 1000hp my ****. It has some type of electrical ignition problem for sure. Either plug, wire, coil, or something related.
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I think that guy follows me on instagram. Car didn't sounds well in the video.
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Kind of sounds like spark blow out or another secondary ign problem and unburned fuel is getting lit off in the exhaust.
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I say the spark is being blown out
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Could it be traction control kicking in? I agree though, it does not sound healthy, and I wouldn't be romping on it like that if it were my car. I'd be data logging and chasing down the root cause of those misfires.

EDIT: after listening to the video again, it's definitely not traction control. It sounds like my car after I blew out the ringlands on #7 and smashed the spark plug and was shooting raw fuel out the exhaust. I wouldn't be driving it anymore if it were me, and most definitely wouldn't be posting videos of me blasting on the highway with it sounding like that.

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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
I wouldn't be driving it anymore if it were me, and most definitely wouldn't be posting videos of me blasting on the highway with it sounding like that.
......or blowing your exhaust on water? That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen to show off a car.

Edit: Can't believe nobody spotted the obvious......he's pushing water

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Wonder if that car is local to Austin? Could have sworn that vette was right next to me around 620 and Anderson Mill last weekend.
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Originally Posted by 1fast bird

Edit: Can't believe nobody spotted the obvious......he's pushing water



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And its for sale
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He's got to be able to feel that breaking up while driving. If it's missing that bad, you'd think he would have seen that while tuning it.
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Originally Posted by 383camaroz28
and its for sale
link???
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wonder what camera they used lol. blow the damn thing up.... maybe i can buy it for a couple of dollars!
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Well, they took down the video, made it private. Guess he got plenty of hate. I warned him on his Youtube page to get the tune checked before doing any more aggressive driving or else he might not be happy with the results.


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