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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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I Want to install a new exhaust system. I'm Down to B&B Route 66 or Corsa Touring ( GTR ) tips. I Need Advice on which sounds better On A C-5 5.7
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by snillor
i want to install a new exhaust system. I'm down to b&b route 66 or corsa touring ( gtr ) tips. I need advice on which sounds better on a c-5 5.7
search this forum threads. There will be many sound tapes for you.
I prefer my corsa pace cars tigershark tips with corsa xpipe. Everyone has a different taste.
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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I really like my Route 66. Both manufacturer websites have sound clips of their systems. Your best bet is to try and hear them live, and if possible, from within the car.
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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I have the Corsa touring and I really like them. Quite when you want to be and a nice sound when you get on it.
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Corsa=No Drone
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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Corsa=No Drone
I haven't noticed any with my Route 66 either.
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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ghl bullets, great sound, no drone....... not to loud not to quite....
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Listen to them all and just pick your favorite!
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I have the route 66. It's not a bad exhaust but if you are paying for an exhaust I would go with Corsa. I hear it has less drone and you can actually hear it outside of the car. My 66 exhaust you can barely hear when outside the car until above 25k rpms or so. Mine has a rather loud drone to it too. Mine came on my car when I bought it so I'm fine for now but I'm thinking of stepping up to Corsa sometime down the road.

Those are just my thoughts. If it's possible for you to find people in your area with each exhaust then it would be best to check them out for yourself.

Best of luck.
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Listen to them in person. Exhaust never sound like they do on the manufacturers websites because they edit the sound somewhat to make it some perfectly crisp.
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As many have said the best thing to do is go hear them in person if you can. I have not heard B&B so I can't comment on them, however I have Corsa Pace Cars and love them. They are a little bit louder than stock at idle. Driving under easy acceleration they are just a little louder than stock. The harder you accelerate the louder they get. At full throtle you will sound like a NASCAR stock car. Just crusing down the highway you hardly hear the exhaust and you have zero drone!

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Originally Posted by vettesplus
ghl bullets, great sound, no drone....... not to loud not to quite....
I agonized over exhaust for a long time, but ended up going with the GHL Bullets a couple weeks ago. I am really happy with them on several accounts:
1. Great sound, not obnoxious or embarrassing, but deep and powerful sounding. No drone whatsoever at any speed, in fact, under normal cruising, you can't tell it from stock from inside the car, even with the top off.
2. Great quality. The entire system comes highly polished, and you can't even find a seam in the mufflers.
3. Nice smooth flow where the pipe Y's off to two tips (per side). Quad tips total. Some systems have the pipe running to the innermost tip, and the pipe to the outer tip is sent off at a 90 degree angle. If you ever watch one of these systems revving, it's clear that almost all the exhaust is coming out of the inner tips only.
4. Really nice double wall tips. I really wanted quad ellipticals, but the round have really grown on me. More functional looking. After all, the pipes are round the whole way back. Why should they turn to elliptical at the very end?
5. Made entirely in the good ol' US of A! (We gotta start getting our manufacturing skills/capabilities back and stop depending on China to do everything for us.)

Everybody has different taste when it comes to the sound of exhaust systems, it's very subjective, and there is no right or wrong, but I really think GHL has a lot of things going for them, besides sound, that can be measured objectively as noted in points 2 thru 5 above. Try to get a listen to and look at some GHL Bullets in person before you decide.
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Corsa , of course
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