Do headers make a C5 much louder?
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From: Don't taze me 'Bro! VA
Do headers make a C5 much louder?
I am considering installing headers on my 98 and I'm curious if they will make it a LOT louder or just somewhat louder. I have Corsa Indys w/o an X-pipe at the moment.
I really like the way the car sounds now but I would like the little extra HP you get with headers.
Also, header suggestions welcome!
I really like the way the car sounds now but I would like the little extra HP you get with headers.
Also, header suggestions welcome!
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Just installed LG Street long tubes on my car. I already had GHL Magnum catback & Magnaflow x-pipe and I really liked the sound. The headers made a small difference in sound at idle and cruising speed. They really wake up at WOT. I also went with the cats. I think without cats it would be significantly louder.
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I have Corsa Indy's with GHL Longtubes, as my wife put it - it's much deeper and a little louder. Cruising around town and running through the gears it is much more bass than the Indy's - at WOT it sounds like NASCAR! At 70mph in 6th, it still sounds pretty much the same, quiet in the cockpit and no drone at all. But downshift down to 3rd and mash the loud pedal - it really barks! I LIKE IT!!!!
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i have slp loudmouths, before i installed my supermaxx headers the car was louder and more like cracked more at idle. when i installed the supermaxx's with hi flow long tubes it sounded softer at idle and louder at wot
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From: Don't taze me 'Bro! VA
I have Corsa Indy's with GHL Longtubes, as my wife put it - it's much deeper and a little louder. Cruising around town and running through the gears it is much more bass than the Indy's - at WOT it sounds like NASCAR! At 70mph in 6th, it still sounds pretty much the same, quiet in the cockpit and no drone at all. But downshift down to 3rd and mash the loud pedal - it really barks! I LIKE IT!!!!
By the way, did you install yours yourself and if so was it a PITA? I have heard it can be difficult without a lift.
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I installed mine without a lift. It is a bit of a PITA. The most time consuming part was installing the new AIR tube on 2000 & older model years.
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I can post a couple of videos of the same car with different headers.
TPIS long tubes.
Kooks long tubes.
TPIS long tubes.
Kooks long tubes.
They sound very different!
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Cats quiet and no Cats loud and that is how I have mine loud with Pace Cars
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From: Don't taze me 'Bro! VA
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From: Don't taze me 'Bro! VA
Just installed LG Street long tubes on my car. I already had GHL Magnum catback & Magnaflow x-pipe and I really liked the sound. The headers made a small difference in sound at idle and cruising speed. They really wake up at WOT. I also went with the cats. I think without cats it would be significantly louder.
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http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...22051657989967
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...22051657989967
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