1987 exhaust question
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Instructor
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From: North Kingstown RI
1987 exhaust question
I just purchased a 1987 corvette L98 coupe. Noticed the exhaust is a little on the loud side. Looked underneath and noticed that super turbo was the muffler type. Can anyone out there tell me what type of muffler would give me a nice rumble but not drive me out of the car in the low gears?
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Melting Slicks
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (KJB21)
There are plenty available but some get pretty costly. I like the way borla sounds. I also like power effects but they are of this students budget. Your probably getting alot of interior resonance. They came on my 84 when I bought it. They were the first to go. Since the 84 wasn't a "speed demon" i had them replaced with some stock mufflers.
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (AS84)
try Corsa, no resonance and only loud at full throttle, but i dont know what they make for L98's
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (KJB21)
When I got my 87 it had an awful resonance at low RPM - drove me NUTS! Upon further inspection I found undersized mufflers from Midas. :eek: I replaced them with GM stock and the resonance was gone and they sounded a whole lot better.
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (KJB21)
Eliminate 'em. :)
Mufflers are worse than body kits, what do they do? They just muffle, there is no performance value, nor do they do anything for the environment. :)
I'm running a single cat, two birds with one stone. It muffle's and it cleans the exhaust.
Mufflers are worse than body kits, what do they do? They just muffle, there is no performance value, nor do they do anything for the environment. :)
I'm running a single cat, two birds with one stone. It muffle's and it cleans the exhaust.
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Melting Slicks
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (NoWorries)
I have no cats and no pre-cats, just some pipes leading to a pair of Dynomax mufflers. My goal was not performance (though I imagine I did get some) yet to quiet the car down! It's quiet on the inside and loud on the outside. Y'can't ask for any better than that ;)
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Re: 1987 exhaust question (dgoodhue)
I really don't know. But it all looks to be fairly new judging by the condition. One of my mechenically inclined friends said I could just replace the super turbos mufflers only. I think what I'll do is wait till the spring attend a few Vette shows and listen to some systems on other vettes. :rolleyes:
