Hi new to site also first time corvette owner i have a 1998 c5 with stock exhaust would like to have some noise . thinking of the corsa touring exhaust with crossover pipe also with tiger tip ends. any feed back would be great or what exhaust you like . thanks pipedrm

 

Tourings aren't much better than stock as far as sound is concerned. If you're going to go Corsa at least get the Pace Car setup.

 

I have the Touring with Dynatech LT headers w/ HF cats and X-pipe. Quiet cruise on the highway, ROARS at WOT!

 

Borla. I looked for a long time pricing, found a set of twin tip Stingers for 599 brand new

 

I'm running the Pace Car with an X pipe...header install is only a month away though!!!

 

borla stingers

 

B+B's

 

I like my magnaflows but they are kinda quiet. They sound good but not exactly loud enough for me...

 

I just bumped my old thread back to the first page ,"I must be an old fart,I love my corsa tourings" There is a lot of discussion 87 responses and 1873 views.I got corsa touring they have plenty of sound when you are on the gas quiet when on the highway. They flow quite well as my car wad in a dyno display last weekend at the Midwest Nationals .The car is bone stock except for Blackwing intake and corsa touring.The final dyno pull put 340hp and 346 tq to the rear wheels Test and tun at the same track last night last run was 13 flat at 110 through the corsa system.Some guys want everybody in a 5 block radius to hear them when they floor it,corsa they'll hear you for a block and a half.

 

I too have been looking to dump my stock system on my 01. I have looked and lisen to the different one on the Mid America site. I found that the Mid America Quadrapower system has good sound and is supposed to be as quite as a stock system cruising. They also look much the same as the Borla Stingers. The cost is nice also $799.99 and $299,9 for the crossover pipe, or as a package $999.99.

 

I have the Corsa Touring on my 01. I really like the sound. Like the previous poster said, quiet on the highway and growls when you punch it. I also like the rumble when you decellerate going down hill. They're perfect for me. The only issue is that whoever installed them got the right side at a slight angle. The left ones line up with the rear of the car, but the right ones are at a slight angle with the rear. I don't know if that can be fixed or not. Anyone with experience in this knowledge area?

Michael in KC

 

You should be able to loosen the clamp at the muffler a little and rotate it till it lines up.

 

Thanks for the info. I'll have to take a look at it and see if I can find the clamp you're talking about. Not sure where it's located.

Michael

 

The in side of each muffler.The pipe comes over the axle,drops to the muffler level then does a 90 degree turn out towards th out side .That is where the muffler slips over the pipe and is clamped. It is just behind the outlet tips. Once you look you'll see/recognize it.

 

 

This question comes up 2 or 3 times a week. The question has been answered 100 fold so your best friend is the search engine. Do the research, listen to as many sound/video files as you can, making sure that they're from a stock C5 with just the exhaust, and listen to as many exhausts as you can in person, both inside the car and outside. Pay careful attention to the 'drone' issue so common in aftermarket exhausts. You shouldn't have any of that from the Corsas, but almost every other system will have some drone to it at certain RPMs.

Below is a little write-up I did a couple weeks ago in response to someone asking about CAIs and Cat-back exhaust options, I've edited out the stuff about the CAI for purposes of this thread. Hope it helps, if nothing else it gives you a good starting point to work from.


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If you want something a little meatier sounding than stock but you don't want to wake the neighbors when you start and rev your car, you'll probably want one of the Touring models from Corsa or Borla, or the standard Magnaflow exhaust (not the Magnapack). Also, I've heard almost nothing but positive comments about the Z06 Titanium exhaust (Ti's) that often are up for sale on these forums for between $300-$400. it's a vast improvement over the stock C5 exhaust, and really the way it should have sounded most say. Performance gains seem to be about the same as the other aftermarket Cat-Backs and it's lighter than your stock exhaust. Lastly, and the one I'm probably going to go with after extensively evaluating all the others, is the Billy Boat (aka B&B) Route 66's. They seem to be a notch above the other Touring exhausts in sound/volume by most accounts, and with a nice bassy rumble. They're also cheaper than the other Touring exhausts.

If you want more punch, the Borla Stingers are extremely popular, but by all accounts they drone between about 1700-2200 RPMs which is right at cruising speed on the Highway. There are reports of people not reaching their destinations because they shot themselves in the face along the way from the constant drone. If you're just going to drive it occasionally and around town though, these might be right for you. The Corsa Pace Car exhaust is also very popular and falls into about the same category. The Magnaflow Magnapack is another option at this level and yet another would be the B&B PRTs (I came very close to buying these, but they're apparently VERY loud at WOT, though a very nice sound).

If you want REALLY loud, then the B&B Bullets or the SLP Loudmouth might be for you, but be warned .

There are some other lesser known options (Granteilli, GHL, etc.) as well, but that covers the majors out there. Personally, I'm looking for a Cat or Axle-back system that sounds a little meatier and bassier at idle than stock, pretty quiet at cruise, and yet sounds like a Corvette should sound at WOT. If money was the biggest factor I'd go with some used Ti's. I'm also going to put in an X-Pipe, which I think most would agree is a good replacement for your stock H-Pipe, and will smooth out your exhaust a little and perhaps offer a little performance increase as well. Some people say they can really feel the difference when then install an X-Pipe, not sure how much of that is just in their head though.

BTW, here's a link to an exhaust comparison chart on MAM's website that compares the volume of each of the major exhausts at idle, WOT, and cruise. Unfortunately it doesn't include the Borlas for some crazy reason.

http://content.madirect.com/offers/c.../iacchart.html

Anyway, that's a relatively brief summary of the research I've gathered, take it for what it is, my personal research and comments. Hope it's helpful to you and to others looking to do these same, very common and popular mods. You should also seriously consider getting your car tuned by a professional after you do the other stuff. You should see some big improvements across the board including gas mileage after you do that, and with an A4 most say that's one of the best ways you can spend your money. I'm going to have LAPD do the tune after they install the Vararam and I get my cat or axle-back installed. A good tune would typically run around $500-$600.

Good luck whatever you decide and enjoy the mods!

 

Definitely shop around, I bought my Borla X-Pipe new last week for $212. If you buy the package then that's a good deal for the X-Pipe, but if you don't then don't pay $299 for an X-Pipe or even close to it.

 

Nah, just weld up a set of your own. These cut-out were easy to weld in place. I replaced the nuts with wing nuts and they open up in a second.
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Here's one to look at -
http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/c...t=SLPPower.flv

SLP PowerFlo, nice sound, no drone!

 

Another REAL car guy,,car is still running and it's cold out side!!