yodagruv
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So, for you guys that have a K&N 57-2562 Thunderbird filter on your LS I have a question: is it much louder inside the car when you're cruising down the highway or just when you stomp it?
K&N Thunderbird intake filter interior noise?
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LSV8FAN
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You'll hear a louder whoosh in the cabin when accelerating, even with the windows closed; no louder noise when cruising at steady speed. My wife and I really didn't like it much so I went back to the factory intake with a K&N filter element.
cammerfe
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If you think of your LS entirely as a luxury vehicle, you MAY not like the sound a K&N filter allows. If you have some leaning toward the performance side, you may very well like it---particularly if you also install a cat-back HP exhaust system.
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yodagruv
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Thanks for the responses. i definitely want to think of it as a "Luxury Muscle Sedan" 
i do have an hour drive i do a couple of times a week, though and i'm too old to have an hour long rumble even if my heart would enjoy it. From what you guys are telling me it sounds like at cruising RPM it's fine. This'll be my second Gen2 LS8 and this one is a lot nicer than the first (which wound up totalled from driving over a pallet on the freeway- ugh.) I ordered the SCT tuner as well as the intake, so i'm pretty stoked.
i do have an hour drive i do a couple of times a week, though and i'm too old to have an hour long rumble even if my heart would enjoy it. From what you guys are telling me it sounds like at cruising RPM it's fine. This'll be my second Gen2 LS8 and this one is a lot nicer than the first (which wound up totalled from driving over a pallet on the freeway- ugh.) I ordered the SCT tuner as well as the intake, so i'm pretty stoked.
LSV8FAN
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A louder whoosh from accelerating might lead to this:
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/10-most-and-least-ticketed-cars-015912656.html
Lincoln LS are in the 17th spot of the top 20 most ticketed cars and trucks.
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/10-most-and-least-ticketed-cars-015912656.html
Lincoln LS are in the 17th spot of the top 20 most ticketed cars and trucks.
FDR
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Right there, the article says it's not the car. If yodagruv wants a louder intake (and tune), I'm sure yoda is already mashing the go pedal
yodagruv
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nice.
can't remember the last speeding ticket i got but i definitely like to have the power available if i want it (need it?)
can't remember the last speeding ticket i got but i definitely like to have the power available if i want it (need it?)
nice.
can't remember the last speeding ticket i got but i definitely like to have the power available if i want it (need it?)
Kind of a "sore" spot with my wife... I get pulled over and get a warning; she gets pulled over and gets a ticket! HA! I think I'm 1 for 6 or 7 at this point.
Telco
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It's all in the attitude you have towards the cop. If you have one, you're gonna get a ticket. I do my best to not antagonize them, because I don't know what their last call was and I don't want them upset on their next call because it might cost someone their life. I also don't try to feed them a line of crap either.
It's not often I get pulled over in any case. I pay attention to my surroundings, use a radar detector as it's meant to be used and drive in a cop-defensive manner. Most of the time I drive 80-90MPH anywhere I'm going to, yet when a cop is in the area all they ever see me doing is the speed limit. It's almost magic sometimes. Sometimes I can swear I can detect radar guns because I'll be flying along, then will get a weird feeling. I'll drop to the speed limit, then the detector goes nuts. Don't know what it is, unless I just have the creases in my tinfoil hat folded just right.
It's not often I get pulled over in any case. I pay attention to my surroundings, use a radar detector as it's meant to be used and drive in a cop-defensive manner. Most of the time I drive 80-90MPH anywhere I'm going to, yet when a cop is in the area all they ever see me doing is the speed limit. It's almost magic sometimes. Sometimes I can swear I can detect radar guns because I'll be flying along, then will get a weird feeling. I'll drop to the speed limit, then the detector goes nuts. Don't know what it is, unless I just have the creases in my tinfoil hat folded just right.
It also helps to not "stick out". Don't be the one that is faster than everyone else or change lanes too often. The times I got pulled over (pre-V1) I didn't really react to the radar detector I had (STi Driver).
Telco
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Yep, it's one of my tactics to let someone else lead, even if it sometimes means egging some ricer on and letting him "think" he's whupping up on the big V8. Watched others get the ticket I would have gotten too.
RigsLS
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Run 10+ all day all night. Adhere to the rules and drive politely. Don't stick out as already mentioned. Don't drive like a moron.
Stomp on it only when you've looked around. No rules about hard acceleration up to the posted speed limits, only excessive noise violations would remain.
Stomp on it only when you've looked around. No rules about hard acceleration up to the posted speed limits, only excessive noise violations would remain.
FDR
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Didn't you just say it was a colander?
Anyway, yes a polite, respectful attitude will help, but sometimes it won't make a difference. Many cops decide the outcome before they get out of the car. Some cops are out to fvck you. Some are out to help you. I have 1 ticket out of 4 or 5 stops (not counting BS college stops or stops unrelated to driving).
The one ticket I have. The cop was a Narciso, driving a POS unmarked old Suburban, no uniform, no visible badge. I Think I was pulled over for changing lanes too quickly, but I'll never know. He saw my hand near my face and proceeded to immediately search me and my car for drugs because he "saw" me swallow something (feel free to explain what I would still have in the car if I swallowed it). After finding nothing in 20 minutes (while I had to stand in front of the car with my hands on my head) he gives me a ticket for careless driving with no explanation, just a "pick up your **** and get out of here"
Turns out, this is that cop's MO. Pull over a young male, take the slightest hint, and go apes.hit looking for evidence.
I regret not fighting the ticket. I was away at school without a car and would have had my parents drive 7 hours (total) in 2 days midweek so I'd get back for some classes. One (or both) of them would have to take off 2 days from work.
.... Moving on
I've had much better experiences with my other incidents.
Step 1: don't be stupid while driving
Step 2:get pulled over anyway
Step 3: flashers on, make your way to the shoulder or sidestreet
Step 3a: if at night, you may want to find a well lit area, if possible. This delay, however, may anger the cop (as it happened with the incident described above, leading g to a exaggeration of how long he followed me)
Step 3b: if at night, turn on your interior lights
Step 4: open your front windows
Step 5:hands on the wheel. Keep them there.
Step6: politely and respectfully answer the officers questions and respond d accordingly, but do not admit to wrongdoing (you don't know why they pulled you over nor how fast you were going)
Step 7: when they ask for your license, reg, and I strange, tell them where everything is before you)(caitiously) reach for them
Step 8: you may still get a ticket. Don't argue it. They already wrote thee ticket. They're not going to rescind it on the spot.
Step 9: accept that the cop may still be an as.shole
Step 10:accept that you did your best
1LoudLS
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the last time I had to drive to bama (from michigan) I would run into areas where it seemed that everybody stopped speeding, then I would come up on a camaro or mustang (cars that the LS definitely are not in the same league) but you start messing with them and then they will nail it and pull away from you, as long as you can some what stay in there rear view, they will try to keep out way in front of you just to prove a point (especially the red and yellow ones) other than for the few miles through the main city streets, I dont think I dropped below 90 with a nice bright colored cop bate at least an 1/8 mile up ahead.
joegr
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A family member was pulled over along with two other cars at the same time by one trooper.
Telco
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Busted.
What can I say? Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. You have to pay attention to what's behind you as well as what's in front of you but sometimes nothing you do will keep you from getting that ticket. A single failure doesn't negate years of success, but it should improve your technique for next time.
Andrizzle
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Like a lime green car is cool, right?! lol
1LoudLS
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the main reason I want to do Koi Orange but am so afraid to!
When I was stopped by one of the 2 St Petersburg motor cops, he was so nice and polite, I forgot to tell him my mother was a cop to get the courtesy. I called my daughter and told her I found her a man! Lol.