Have a video of that Melrose exhaust??? Looks nice but what does it sound like?

 

i hate to dissagree with you but the corsa on my zr1 only 1 of the 2 openings on the mufflers work .

 

But, the Corsas and Billy Boats really caught my eye when I was looking for exhaust systems.

I ended up going with the Billy Boats because they seemed to have a lower "muscle car" sound to them. The Corsas seemed a bit louder.

Now that I have my Billy Boats - I'm kind of sad that they aren't louder. I kind of expected a bigger sound out of them.

Anyway, I love the looks of the Billy Boats and I went stainless - so I'm going to have these puppies for awhile.


This thread is looong overdue and a great start. I agree with above. I searched and searched and ended up going with the B&B 3" for my 95 vert and overall I am very satisfied. Yes they do have drone around the 1500 range but only and only when there's a low strain on the trans. If you switch to D vs OD (auto) there's barely any noise inside. Looks and stainless is why I went with the B&B and was happy to see the quality of the build when they came. Fit perfectly with no mod needed.
I was happy with the new lower old school muscle car sound but was surprised that they weren't louder outside (not much more than stock). The deep tone is a thing of beauty though and what an American car should sound like.
One of peeves about most of these exhaust discussions is about the resonance. If you don't want to hear your exhaust, save your money and stick with the more than adequate stock system. If you want power, put that money into your engine. I personally love the look and sound of the B&B and got it on sale from MidAm for 900 shipped.

 

I would! HAHA! And I HAD! But my EX deleted all of the videos from my youtube account... I have them on disc SOMEWHERE!? But where that somewhere is... I have no idea... HAHA!

Ill look around during the rest of the week! Ill try to have it up this weekend!

 

I really want to put a full system.. But I feel like finding Headers is an issue. Then the only tip I like is hte Corsa which is not made for an 85.

I made my own for now, but really want a nice full exhuast.

My muffler elims

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1705296

 

They work, but don't seem to at low rpms, so plug your inners with a tennis ball or something, your car will not stall

Jim

 

That Melrose system pretty much blows everything else out of the water, from a performance/price/sound perspective.

One thing that seems to be overlooked is that to make the exhaust sound good, you have to do the engine work. A stock LT1 running any type of cat-back/muffler elim. set up just sounds like all the redneck Silverados and Rams around here running flowmaster and borla exhausts. Stock LT1s miss that hot "lick" that most high-po engines have. It makes sense too, when you think about it, the modern GM 5.3L truck motors make more power than the LT1.

On the other hand, an LT1 with a cam/heads package sounds great, no matter what exhaust it's breathing thru.


If you wanna hot exhaust note, start with the motor, it'll sound great no matter what.

 

Stick with stock and you don't have to worry about it.


I am thinking of changing mine out as well. I just haven't decided what I want. I don't want a loud rumble. I am thinking of the high flow cat with some high flow mufflers that have a nice rumble without the lous annoying sound or the res. that goes with it.

Any suggestions other than what has been discussed?

that sweet mopar sound with the thrush, of years gone past, is sweet if I could replicate that.

 

You say it wasn't that loud, did you order the exhaust with the standard resonator or x pipe?

 

GREAT job Dan!

I couldn't justify the aftermarket exhaust expense so here's what I did.
On my LT1 simple muffler eliminators. IMHO the resonance is very tolerable and the sound is great for a cost of about $225 installed.

When I got my ZR1 it had a Borla system that was quiet (and what a crap system it was). Since I had success with the elims on the LT1 I did the same but had them custom made and ordered Magnaflow dual tips. Total cost about $300 installed.
However, the elims didn't do the same thing for the LT5 that they did for the LT1. Lived with them for a few years until earlier this year got a shop to make me up an X pipe to replace the Borla resonator, cost $125. So now the LT5 has an X pipe past the cats and then straight pipes out the back. Great sound.

I get compliments all the time on both exhaust systems from other Corvette owners

 

Question:
Would it be cheaper to buy a 3"B&B system w/x pipe and put muffler elims in or to go to the local exhaust shop and get them to make me a 3" mandrel bent cat-back with an x pipe and hi flow cats (no mufflers, no resonators)?

 

It would be cheaper for them to make it. Better yet, buy a catback system that is just $300 (straight pipes with H instead of x) and get the exhaust place to put in an X pipe...

That should cost you no more than $400...

Thats what I would do...

 

Hi dubin,
Here is a list of the parts we here at Borla offer for the C4:

P# 140082
fits Corvette C4 86-91
Cat-Back system "S-Type"
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...rod_sku=140082

P# 14385
fits Corvette C4 92-96
Cat-Back system "Touring"
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=14385

P# 11376
fits Corvette C4 84-91
Rear Section (Requires Conversion Y-Pipe) w/Dual Square Tips
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=11376

P# 11579
fits Corvette C4 84-91
Rear Section (Requires Conversion Y-Pipe) w/Rectangular Tips
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=11579

P# 11134
fits Corvette C4 85-90
Rear Section
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=11134

P# 60001
fits Corvette C4 84-85
2.5" Conversion Y-Pipe
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=60001

P# 60002
fits Corvette C4 86-91
2.5" Conversion Y-Pipe
http://www.borla.com/products/produc...prod_sku=60002

Best,
Chris @ Borla

 

I had the Magnaflow cat back and I was not impressed. It sounded like crap and had the bad groan driving down the road.When I went through the motor last year I decided to go a different route. I went to a local muffler shop that I trust to do it the correct way and had dual 3" off the headers into a H pipe that I bought from Summit. From there it is 3" back with 3" Magnaflow race mufflers. This setup works VERY well and I have 0 groan inside the car going down the road. All together I had around 300 in the system.


Sound clip at idle. Please excuse the poor video


Sound at WOT

 

Ok, where would I find a $300 exhaust? I had just planned on going to the shop, telling them I wanted a 3" mandrel bent system w/xpipe from the cat back that follows the stock exhaust route, and to build the system without mufflers or resonators. I'm on the fence on whether I want to keep the stock tips or get chrome tips of the same style (all depends on whether I order 2010 chome or black zr1's)

 

Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of maintenance to this thread. I went ahead and updated some of the information to reflect new systems as well as some new videos.

Chris, i updated the information to have borla's products in our exhaust thread. Thanks for the heads up and the links.

If anyone has anything else let me know!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...ht_1421wt_1163

here ya go, just type in your year and the word "corvette exhaust"

 

WE replaced our exhaust with Corvette Central's straight pipe and the LT1 eliminator tips and we love the sound. We too have had compliements on our exhaust sound. We don't feel it's too noisy inside either. just our $.02

 

Hows resonance for a daily driver? Is it too much? How loud? Was it easy to put on (figment issues)? Is it good quality?

Have a video? That would be awesome!

 

This looks like a winner right here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1992-...Q5fAccessories
Unfortunately, it's 2 3/4". Will I notice much of a difference between 2.75 and 3?