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11-30-2005

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Originally Posted by WB9MCW

soundz great, but boy did that azz drop down when u got in!!! is u a big-boy jeffery???? LOL just kidin!!! and did i hear the radar dect. go off at start up?? gud to see ur antenna works also(mine is broken now)!!!

I ain't that big. i was trying to hustle and get into the car before the camera stopped recording.

Yep, V1 is hardwired to the car. I use the other cord when I use other vehicles. I replaced the Ant a couple years ago. Fairly easy swap in the ZR-1 since you have the extra space in the back bumper.

cuisinartvette · 12-09-2005

Jeff, when you first started the car in your clip it sure sounded like you got some cam timing in there! Got any more of it idling?

12-09-2005

Stage 1 cams. I'll get some more clips.

ZR-1 Mack · 12-09-2005

B&B Hands down

ZRWON · 12-10-2005

Thought some of you might be interested in this video. Oblviously I love the B & B syetem too. It's a short video of my BEAST on some back Island roads. Poor quality camera work, but it'll at least give you a feel for the sound...has Watson Headers, 3 inch SS exhaust pioes and B & B triflows. No Cats or cross over pipes Click here to watch BEAST2-does-Whidbey-Island

WB9MCW · 12-10-2005

Nice vid Bill! It does give ua feel for the b&b's with the drone in the cockpit ect. The beast does sound great in that one romp where u wind her up! Looks like that DRM BW is working well still! How many miles on the motor now have you? I am presuming that u have the Beast back togather and cruizin again! And we now know u wear glasses and just what ur forehead looks like! Those in car vids are funny that way.

Aurora40 · 12-10-2005

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Originally Posted by ZRWON

Thought some of you might be interested in this video. Oblviously I love the B & B syetem too. It's a short video of my BEAST on some back Island roads. Poor quality camera work, but it'll at least give you a feel for the sound...has Watson Headers, 3 inch SS exhaust pioes and B & B triflows. No Cats or cross over pipes http://media.putfile.com/BEAST-ride

Sweet! The video seems to crap out less than halfway through for me, though (even saved it locally).

Is it sort of loud? It kind of seemed like it by the relative lack of any other noise, road noise, wind noise, all seemed very quiet compared to the engine note. It's always hard to tell in a recording, though, as I can turn my speakers up or down to make it loud or quiet.

ZRWON · 12-11-2005

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Originally Posted by Aurora40

Sweet! The video seems to crap out less than halfway through for me, though (even saved it locally).

Is it sort of loud? It kind of seemed like it by the relative lack of any other noise, road noise, wind noise, all seemed very quiet compared to the engine note. It's always hard to tell in a recording, though, as I can turn my speakers up or down to make it loud or quiet.

THAT VIDEO WAS MADE ON MY VERY INEXPENSIVE CAMCORDER. MY SON DUG UP ONE HE MADE WITH HIS VERY GOOD UNIT...night and day difference in sound quality. It's only about 14 seconds long but the quality of sound inside the car more represents what it's really like. Son Dave nearly lost his camcorder when I floored BEAST going ~30 mph in 2nd gear. Enjoy this link
http://www.thegaragefanatic.com/Beast.wmv
Bill

cwmoss · 12-11-2005

When I bought my car, it had a Flowmaster system on it. Couldn't stand the resonance. The original system was back on in no time. I would be interested in another aftermarket system, but only after I had ridden in the car to see how it sounds from the inside.

ZRWON · 12-11-2005

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Originally Posted by WB9MCW

Nice vid Bill! It does give ua feel for the b&b's with the drone in the cockpit ect. The beast does sound great in that one romp where u wind her up! Looks like that DRM BW is working well still! How many miles on the motor now have you? I am presuming that u have the Beast back togather and cruizin again! And we now know u wear glasses and just what ur forehead looks like! Those in car vids are funny that way.

Bryan, the entire Snake Skinner package Van Dorn did on BEAST 1 ('90 # 596 ZR1) was driven about 18K miles before it was totaled when the tree t-boned it in a Jacksonville tornado. All of the drive train and other Snake Skinner goodies were salvaged and used in Van Dorn's building of BEAST2 ('93 #211 ZR1 was used as a donor car).
Doug drove this one about 38K miles before he died and it was stolen from a consignment lot where Doug's widow had placed it for sale. It probably has close to 60K miles on the LT5 by now and it runs like I stole it. After the theft it was quickly recovered and again shipped to VanDorn to repair the LT5 motor that someone had started to dismantle. All of the parts were in the back of the car and repair was relatively minor but Jim VD "wanted it good as new" so he did a lot more to make it "perfect" for me to purchase.

View Poll Results: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1
B&B	90	29.80%
Corsa	102	33.77%
Desert Development	3	0.99%
Flowmaster	45	14.90%
Borla	39	12.91%
Power Effects	19	6.29%
MagnaFlow	4	1.32%
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12-09-2005	#62
cuisinartvette Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA. Posts: 896	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 Jeff, when you first started the car in your clip it sure sounded like you got some cam timing in there! Got any more of it idling?

12-09-2005	#63
Jeffvette Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 Stage 1 cams. I'll get some more clips.

12-09-2005	#64
ZR-1 Mack Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mid Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 72	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 B&B Hands down __________________ ZR-1 Mack ... 91 ZR1 Black/Black #487 NY

12-10-2005	#65
ZRWON Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Whidbey Island WA Posts: 258	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 Thought some of you might be interested in this video. Oblviously I love the B & B syetem too. It's a short video of my BEAST on some back Island roads. Poor quality camera work, but it'll at least give you a feel for the sound...has Watson Headers, 3 inch SS exhaust pioes and B & B triflows. No Cats or cross over pipes Click here to watch BEAST2-does-Whidbey-Island __________________ ZRWON '90 #553 & BEAST2 '93 #211, an AutoMasters Street Skinner version of a BlackWidow LT5 [URL]http://www.zr1netregistry.com/ZR1_faq.htm#66[/URL] NCRS#894 "It's not the car; it's the people" ...Doug Johnson 1953-2003 40 years VETTE history @ [URL="http://home.comcast.net/~bbstrow/"][COLOR=#555555]http://home.comcast.net/~bbstrow/[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p21dz80uGaA"][COLOR=#333333]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p21dz80uGaA[/COLOR][/URL] Last edited by ZRWON; 12-14-2005 at 10:36 AM.

12-10-2005	#66
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 Nice vid Bill! It does give ua feel for the b&b's with the drone in the cockpit ect. The beast does sound great in that one romp where u wind her up! Looks like that DRM BW is working well still! How many miles on the motor now have you? I am presuming that u have the Beast back togather and cruizin again! And we now know u wear glasses and just what ur forehead looks like! Those in car vids are funny that way. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

12-11-2005	#69
cwmoss Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Caldwell, Texas Posts: 30	Re: Best Sounding Exhaust for the ZR-1 When I bought my car, it had a Flowmaster system on it. Couldn't stand the resonance. The original system was back on in no time. I would be interested in another aftermarket system, but only after I had ridden in the car to see how it sounds from the inside.