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Old 09-20-2011, 08:51 AM   #369 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by red6spd View Post
Just read almost all the post since I made my post and I keep hearing about how smooth the 5.0 is to redline and how the Z is not, and most of these comments come from Red_Zed. Maybe you were driving your Z with two missing spark plugs or bad motor mounts but my Z is glassy smooth from idle to redline. My shifts are smooth as butter despite what you say (maybe you cant drive?)
Sorry but I will have to echo Red_Zed's statement too. I love my Z, but anything past 6k rpm even with my Invidia's is somewhat coarse and shrieking. I know what "smooth" means, and that part about our Z's is not a good thing. I haven't pushed a 5.0 to redline yet, so I can't speak for its smoothness, but I do know our Z's are not that smooth. Heck, my Odyssey minivan is smoother...lol. You might think it's smooth, but at least be open that other cars "might" be smoother.
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