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While the 5th generation Chevrolet Camaro with the V6 engine had a bit of grumble to it, all of the V6 muscle cars from Detroit have tried too hard to muffle the tone of their smaller engines. While some V6 Camaro owners might want their car to be quiet, many of them turn to the aftermarket to add a more muscular exhaust note but in the case of the 2016 Camaro GM has done the work for those people.Unlike the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger with their V6 engines, the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro V6 is actually permitted to clear its throat a bit. Better yet, when new Camaro V6 buyers opt for the optional Dual Mode Exhaust system, the 3.6L engine really roars at wide open throttle while having a very pleasant rumble at idle and lower throttle inputs.Truth be told, as V6 engines go, I absolutely love the sound of the new Camaro V6 with the Dual Mode Exhaust system. Sure, it doesn"t have the same deep tone as the V8 engines and it isn"t never going to, so if you insist on your muscle car sounding like a V8 buy a V8. On the other hand, if you want a V6 muscle car that roars like a proper performance car, even with a slightly higher pitch than the V8 models, the Camaro answers the bell like no competitor on the market.I recently spent a week behind the wheel of a 2016 Camaro 1LT RS Convertible with the V6 engine, Dual Mode Exhaust and the 6-speed manual transmission. To capture the exhaust tone, I mount a camera on the rear bumper, just below the taillight, where the camera and microphone are best sheltered from the wind. This provides the best possible sound samples, although the video isn"t the most exciting.In the videos below, there are examples of my launching the 2016 Camaro V6 from a stop and running up to 60 mph or so. In the first video, I start from idle and run up to 60 and on the second video, I bring the revs up a bit before launching resulting in a bit of wheelspin.I have also included a video of the new Turbocharged 4-cylinder Mustang, which offers comparable performance to the Camaro"s V6, along with a clip showing similar footage with the 5th gen Camaro 1LE. The Mustang offers no sound in comparison and for the 1LE, it seems like the new V6 with dual mode exhaust might almost be louder than the V8. Tags: 2016 Camaro, camaro, V6
Date written: April 6, 2016
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ID: 2862
While the 5th generation Chevrolet Camaro with the V6 engine had a bit of grumble to it, all of the V6 muscle cars from Detroit have tried too hard to muffle the tone of their smaller engines. While some V6 Camaro owners might want their car to be quiet, many of them turn to the aftermarket to add a more muscular exhaust note but in the case of the 2016 Camaro GM has done the work for those people.Unlike the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger with their V6 engines, the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro V6 is actually permitted to clear its throat a bit. Better yet, when new Camaro V6 buyers opt for the optional Dual Mode Exhaust system, the 3.6L engine really roars at wide open throttle while having a very pleasant rumble at idle and lower throttle inputs.Truth be told, as V6 engines go, I absolutely love the sound of the new Camaro V6 with the Dual Mode Exhaust system. Sure, it doesn"t have the same deep tone as the V8 engines and it isn"t never going to, so if you insist on your muscle car sounding like a V8 buy a V8. On the other hand, if you want a V6 muscle car that roars like a proper performance car, even with a slightly higher pitch than the V8 models, the Camaro answers the bell like no competitor on the market.I recently spent a week behind the wheel of a 2016 Camaro 1LT RS Convertible with the V6 engine, Dual Mode Exhaust and the 6-speed manual transmission. To capture the exhaust tone, I mount a camera on the rear bumper, just below the taillight, where the camera and microphone are best sheltered from the wind. This provides the best possible sound samples, although the video isn"t the most exciting.In the videos below, there are examples of my launching the 2016 Camaro V6 from a stop and running up to 60 mph or so. In the first video, I start from idle and run up to 60 and on the second video, I bring the revs up a bit before launching resulting in a bit of wheelspin.I have also included a video of the new Turbocharged 4-cylinder Mustang, which offers comparable performance to the Camaro"s V6, along with a clip showing similar footage with the 5th gen Camaro 1LE. The Mustang offers no sound in comparison and for the 1LE, it seems like the new V6 with dual mode exhaust might almost be louder than the V8. Tags: 2016 Camaro, camaro, V6
Date written: April 6, 2016
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 2862
