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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 02:18 PM
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My experience with video and sound differences in this post.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...and-after.html

You'll want to think about repairs and how much of the exhaust you need to disconnect to do any maintenance. I would balk at some of these completely welded up systems that look like the whole thing needs to come down.

Also with my crossover, I could probably get back to the snap, crackle and pop originally, by inserting a thin diaphragm at the connectors.
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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Buccaneer


This is where I put mine in 2015 when I upgraded to SS.
This is similar to what I have under my car, except the X is a lot closer to the tranny. I have a BTO pass under cross member.

There is a huge difference in sound to my ears between no crossover and an X-pipe. A crossover sounds different than none also, but an X-pipe sounds different than the crossover to me. They take the blappyness out of the chamber mufflers and give it a snarl. I know blappyness is not a real work, but trying to describe a sound is difficult. They tone down the drone too.

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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 05:57 PM
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Here is the rest of the exhaust. It makes it real easy to drop the entire exhaust if you have to as well, all one piece, 9 bolts total including the 6 collector flange bolts. I made it so you can drop the tranny pan without dropping the exhaust to get to bolts. If I go to the track, easy exhaust drop. I hate messing with all the pieces in a clamped exhaust and the leaks.


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