LS4 Performance - Just some DoD exhaust clips!

I decided to upload some DoD exhaust clips, as all I hear people say is that the car doesn't sound good in DoD mode with aftermarket exhaust. I beg to differ, and you really need a subwoofer to enjoy this, but at any rate, I think it sounds pretty badass, actually :nod: I also uploaded one closeby WOT take off (without peeling out). Enjoy!

WOT Take Off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si8ejFlGnKs&hd=1

DoD + Rev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph6rHR-zPYg&hd=1

DoD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I8e77RjKU&hd=1

No offense but none of those were a good example of DOD with aftermarket exhaust. It's one of those noises thats very hard to capture on a camera.

:huh:

If you're listening to it on ear buds or cheap computer speakers, it doesn't sound like anything, lol... I don't know what everyone's complaining about, though, DoD sounds just fine. I had my own car pass me in DoD before I recorded it, and that's what prompted me to record it. That, and everyone claiming it sounds like ass in DoD mode with aftermarket exhaust :engarde:

put a cutout on and come back and tell me you love the sound. . .

put a cutout on and come back and tell me you love the sound. . .

You've missed the point of my post completely, lol... Maybe you should re-read the title :eyes:

You've missed the point of my post completely, lol... Maybe you should re-read the title :eyes:

Title was read, Ive had a magnaflow catback (one of the tamest aftermarket catbacks) and I couldn't stand riding around in a helicopter. . .

I couldn't stand riding around in a helicopter. . .

Well yea, from the inside, it sounds a bit like a helicopter for sure (though I don't totally mind that, lol). I'm trying to show what it sounds like from the outside as a bystander when LS4 owners with aftermarket exhaust in DoD mode pass by, and it's not horrid whatsoever. When you accelerate, you switch into 8 cylinder mode anyway, and accelerating in 4 cylinder mode is the only time I can imagine it would sound like total ass, haha... In other words, I don't know why people are so embarrassed about DoD, it's nothing to worry about!

Screw dod

Well yea, from the inside, it sounds a bit like a helicopter for sure (though I don't totally mind that, lol). I'm trying to show what it sounds like from the outside as a bystander when LS4 owners with aftermarket exhaust in DoD mode pass by, and it's not horrid whatsoever. When you accelerate, you switch into 8 cylinder mode anyway, and accelerating in 4 cylinder mode is the only time I can imagine it would sound like total ass, haha... In other words, I don't know why people are so embarrassed about DoD, it's nothing to worry about!

sound was the last reason I got rid of DoD in mine. 1st reason is oil consumption has been linked to the DoD system, 2nd I drive 95% in town driving so there was never really a gas saving benefit for me, 3rd when my torque convertor would lock it would unlock and lock about 3 times before it would finally stay locked while cruising (which could be linked to the trans issues), which when DoD was deleted it got rid of the problem and the TC would act like it should.

I understand what your trying to get at tho.

Well, DoD has served me well. I commute about 60 miles a day, of which 40 miles is highway. I don't doubt that DoD has saved me hundreds (maybe thousands, given that I've had the car nearly 5 years, and gas prices DID skyrocket for awhile) in gas. I guess what I mean is: if I was in the market for a new car and it had DoD, it wouldn't turn me off. It doesn't sound as funky as people think in DoD mode with aftermarket exhaust, either, which was what this thread was really all about. The helicopter thing I definitely agree with, but that's sort of unique in a way, when people in my car are saying "sounds like we're in a helicopter". It's not like helicopters have a negative stigma or anything, haha... and helicopter engines are rather powerful, producing well into the 1000s of horsepower :lol:

Screw dod

:cheers:

glad mine is now tuned out. I hated the sound on my magnaflow cat back. now i am deleting the res. i was afraid to do this before dod was tuned out

thnx for the vids bro

u can kind of hear the helicopter sound in your video. perhaps you should do an in car video. from experience having the car straight piped when dod kicks in its extremely annoying/embarrassing. luckily its only turned on when i take it in for warranty work.

u can kind of hear the helicopter sound in your video

You definitely can, but you can't say that sounds awful like everyone's claiming it does :lol:... Besides, at least it doesn't actually SOUND like a 4 cylinder engine, it's more like a lopey booming, which I think is anything but embarrassing or something to be concerned about!

I already said it above, inside the car definitely sounds like a helicopter, and I've had many people say it sounds like they're in a helicopter as well. However, it's not like it's really negative comment :D

How do u turn the dod off?

How do u turn the dod off?

You have to change the cam and heads ,jk you use a Tuner aka hand held programmer

I already said it above, inside the car definitely sounds like a helicopter, and I've had many people say it sounds like they're in a helicopter as well. However, it's not like it's really negative comment :D

to each his own. i consider someone saying my car sounds like a helicopter as a negative comment. now if someone said "wow man your helicopter sounds just like a helicopter" that would be a compliment. i dont think that the goal of anyone on here is for there car to sound like a that. i think the goal is for the car to sound more like a ls1 car, and less like airwolf.

to each his own. i consider someone saying my car sounds like a helicopter as a negative comment. now if someone said "wow man your helicopter sounds just like a helicopter" that would be a compliment. i dont think that the goal of anyone on here is for there car to sound like a that. i think the goal is for the car to sound more like a ls1 car, and less like airwolf.

That's an odd perspective... If your helicopter sounds like a helicopter, that's not even a compliment, lol... Your goal may not be to sound like a helicopter, just like a twin-turbo big-block's goal isn't to sound like an oncoming jet, but when someone has something negative to say, it's going to imply it sounds like crap, not that it just sounds like something else. If someone says "your exhaust is annoying", or "your exhaust is really loud"... or "I hate your exhaust it sounds like crap", then you've got an issue on your hands, haha... Unless they imply it sounds like something commonly accepted as crap (which is clearly not a helicopter), such as "it sounds like it has a fart can" :lol:

fair enough. i think a car that sounds like a helicopter sounds like shit. you like it. were just going to have to agree to disagree. ill keep my dod tuned out. you keep dod on. were both happy. i personally think that your exhaust sounding like a helicopter does mean it sounds like crap, and i might be going out on a limb here, but im pretty sure a majority of the members on here would agree with that..

Is this thread still going?

fair enough. i think a car that sounds like a helicopter sounds like shit. you like it. were just going to have to agree to disagree. ill keep my dod tuned out. you keep dod on. were both happy. i personally think that your exhaust sounding like a helicopter does mean it sounds like crap, and i might be going out on a limb here, but im pretty sure a majority of the members on here would agree with that..

That's called being overly sensitive, lol... Besides, why would you want to sound like another car? "Oh you sound like an LS1"... Isn't the idea behind us modifying our cars to make them "custom", and not like the other cars on the road? Geez, you take the comments people make about your car way too seriously! While I'm trying to help people realize it's not as bad as people make it out to be, you're trying to make it out to be worse than it really is :lol:

Isn't the idea behind us modifying our cars to make them "custom", and not like the other cars on the road?

Yes, but when everyone does the same mods they all do tend to sound the same.


Just sayin

i just think it sounds like shit. thats just my opinion, and you dont have to agree with me. i can tell you that i think youre the first person that ive ever seen post that they like the sound of a ls4 car with an exhaust on it when it goes into dod. i guess i applaud your individuality.

i can tell you that i think youre the first person that ive ever seen post that they like the sound of a ls4 car with an exhaust on it when it goes into dod

I can tell by your responses that I apparently am :lol: Hell, I even included videos, and it really seemed to shake you up that I was saying it's not nearly as bad as negative Sally's like you make it out to be, haha

The airwolf quote is priceless! Now everytime my car goes into 4-cyl mode, I'll have to remember how terrible that show was and how many quarters I threw into that arcade game at circle K. Dammit !!