x-pipe or straight pipes?
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x-pipe or straight pipes?
well since im going with the melrose headers. should i get the whole melrose full exhaust system? if i do its gonna be x-pipes. now i want the meaniest sound and the most horsepower. now my plan was to first get the corsa exhaust system, then get the melrose headers. the corsa is straight pipes btw. or should i go with the melrose exhaust system? but if i go with the melrose exhaust system then im gonna need new mufflers. should i get the corsa mufflers for the melrose exhaust system? i say this because they say that it uses the factory mufflers. but i want something better than factory, so what do you think? i thought straight pipes would bring more horsepower since its going straight through. but i head that x- pipes baleneces back presure?? idk whats the difference. lol
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Corsa
Corsa advertises a "quiet system" with the newest technology. Corvettenutz.com may have a used B&B System for sale last time I checked. If you have time check out Powereffects.com. Good Luck
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Loudest isnt always "best." For what they charge your best bet is to get just the headers, get a cheap x pipe(mine was less then 50 shipped off ebay), and have a muffler shop weld it all together and fill in the blanks. Then straight through mufflers from magnaflow or one of the others. I know a lot of people get hung up on the noise level but fact is, if your car is louder then your buddies, but his is faster, a lot of good being loud does ya. Me and my buddies refer to it as the sound per hp ratio.
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St. Jude Donor '05
Guessing the OP is young, we all did that. Try and make a not fast car sound fast by being loud. Only thing is back then we thought loud equaled more power.
These days its about being quiet and sneaking up on ....well...
These days its about being quiet and sneaking up on ....well...
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Mine isn't exactly quiet but I've wanted to tone it down before. It was one thing when 500hp meant something. Now it is kind of embarrassing to have a loud car and not be in the 700s... 
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ok sofor my 96 vette ill do this is my plan as of now. im getting the melrose long tube headers exhaust system like this:
http://www.melroseheaders.com/produc...ystems/c-4.php
and i could go with cheap mufflers but i want the best for the car cause its gonna be my car forever
so probally stick to the corsa..but has anyone heard about the loudmouth slp mufflers??
http://www.melroseheaders.com/produc...ystems/c-4.php
and i could go with cheap mufflers but i want the best for the car cause its gonna be my car forever
so probally stick to the corsa..but has anyone heard about the loudmouth slp mufflers??
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From: Milwaukee Wi
My crossover pipe actually quieted down my real duals. It looks like a semicircle pipe to pipe. I have hooker aerochambers on for mufflers. Also the reverberation I heard B4 the crossover was such it actually gave me a headache after 30 min in car cruising. No longer.
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Melrose headers and exhaust,x pipe a must,then choose you mufflers.Watch out some mufflers will give you drone like B&B
Drifting
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Forget the corsa's. Plus unless someone is selling them second hand, you cant get just the mufflers. They only sell it as one system so the mufflers themselves are probably not resonance free. Try this...
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9113
Im not sure if thats the right size one, but that style muffler is pretty much a resonator, but the inside is a crossover aka X design. Use that as a resonator and whatever straight through muffler(or muffler deletes) you want. Should kill all inside resonance while still using as loud a muffler you want.
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9113
Im not sure if thats the right size one, but that style muffler is pretty much a resonator, but the inside is a crossover aka X design. Use that as a resonator and whatever straight through muffler(or muffler deletes) you want. Should kill all inside resonance while still using as loud a muffler you want.
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From: Grand Sport #82
Sounds like my setup.
LT4 with, cam, FW, etc.
Melrose headers, Melrose exhaust with X-pipe, RT cats, Corsa mufflers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFJAE...eature=related
LT4 with, cam, FW, etc.
Melrose headers, Melrose exhaust with X-pipe, RT cats, Corsa mufflers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFJAE...eature=related
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well does anyone have the melrose exhaust system? i have heard that they are having fitting problems, but i wanna know if anyone has them installed and if its worth having?? and if so what should i do with the mufflers?????
