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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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I will be adding either ARH or LG street series soon to my Corsa Pace car's. Just wondering if any difference in the sound? Not looking for too loud. Thanks
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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I got LG's. I have heard AR are great also
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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There is a huge difference in sound. Your Corsa's will scream with some longtubes, but in a good way! If looking for something a little quieter, many people stick with the factory Z Ti exhaust which is quieter and still sounds good at WOT.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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I have the American Racing headers with the Corsa Touring set up. Definately louder, sound great.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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It's going to be louder....just ask my neighbor.

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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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There is a huge difference in sound. Your Corsa's will scream with some longtubes, but in a good way! If looking for something a little quieter, many people stick with the factory Z Ti exhaust which is quieter and still sounds good at WOT.
That's what i'm going with factory Z Ti exhaust and LG Pro Long tubes, I don't want it to be too loud, i stay low key
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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I've gone with the LG long tubes (on one set up).

With Corsa it made a great deal more 'noise'.

I've also gone with the KOOK'S headers - with Borlas this time. Much quieter than the other set up.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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I have the LG Pros with Corsa Pace Car exhaust and no cats. If you dont want it loud then you dont want this setup.
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Ok so what Lt's should I be looking at w/ high flow cats that will mate up w/ my corsa's and not wake the dead?
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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My plan is to put a set of LG street headers in front of a Z06 Ti exhaust. It should kick the sound up a little, but not much. And I hope to get a big seat of the pants improvement in low-end torque.

Be sure to let us know what you decide.
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Originally Posted by jpc0011
Ok so what Lt's should I be looking at w/ high flow cats that will mate up w/ my corsa's and not wake the dead?
Kook's
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jpc0011
Ok so what Lt's should I be looking at w/ high flow cats that will mate up w/ my corsa's and not wake the dead?
My buddy has Kooks with Corsa Touring and they are still loud, you need to listen to some with different headers and cat backs so you can make a decision that fits your tastes, oh I have had TPIS and now AR on my Vette with Corsa Pace Cars and the new setup has a deeper sound and not as loud at WOT as before
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I am looking for better performance and deeper sound so sounds like I need to hear AR's. Thanks
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Can anyone provide or direct me to a sound clip of AR or lg headers with Corsa's if possible?
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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I don't know if there are any ARH on here yet...
www.ls1sounds.com
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jpc0011
Can anyone provide or direct me to a sound clip of AR or lg headers with Corsa's if possible?


The sound clips are good, but you should hear them in person. This is not a decision you want to make, and then regret.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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I have lingenfelter headers with no cats and corsa pacecar, it sounds SICK at full throttle high rpms
Its much louder than when I had all of the same mods without long tubes. The LTs made it from sounding wimpy to tough, in fact it sounds a lot faster than it is
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Originally Posted by Its PEWTER
My plan is to put a set of LG street headers in front of a Z06 Ti exhaust. It should kick the sound up a little, but not much. And I hope to get a big seat of the pants improvement in low-end torque.

Be sure to let us know what you decide.

This is what you want. Its not too quiet or too loud. At idle its a bit deeper & under throttle it gets progressivly louder with rpm. With the Ti's I find it almost to be an exotic sound when the rpms are up. Theres no drone in the cabin at any speed. You wont sound like a school boy in a jacked up pick-up with glass packs....and it will be a big difference over stock both in sound quality & performance gains.
Good Luck!
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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I run Corsa Indys w/longtubes and YES, it's loud.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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Sounds like I will need to ditch the Corsa's. I want more sound and agressive tone at low rpm but not loud. I will need check for used Z 06 Ti's.
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