Exhaust Note
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Exhaust Note
Can't believe this, replaced my standard C5 mufflers with 40k miles to used Z06 mufflers that look new and the exhaust is quieter than it was before?
Don't mind the exhaust is slightly quieter, probably due to Ti not ringing the same as steel, but I love the weight reduction.
Don't mind the exhaust is slightly quieter, probably due to Ti not ringing the same as steel, but I love the weight reduction.
Last edited by tentuna; Sep 16, 2012 at 06:40 AM.
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yup, after researching so much on here and listening to people on the z06 ti's..man was i ever so diasppointed in them!! only benifit to me is that they weigh nothing thats about it. as for sound its quiet. i had done long tubes, no cats and ti's and it was whisper quiet. im sorry to say but i just came to the conclusion it was the older guys liking of the factory sound of ti's. they dont like loud or drone... now i got heads and cam and full exhaust with a loudmouth and its absolute the loudest, sickening droning thing ever haha, i dont mind. i absolutely hated the ti's.
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If you wanted louder, you should have gone with an aftermarket system. My Corsa Indy Pace Cars sound fantastic.
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Interesting thread.
I see so much on this forum that the Z06 TI's are great and a little louder, that I like hearing another view.
I expected they would be pretty tame since they came stock, but I am surprised that they are quieter than the non Z06 stock system.
I see so much on this forum that the Z06 TI's are great and a little louder, that I like hearing another view.
I expected they would be pretty tame since they came stock, but I am surprised that they are quieter than the non Z06 stock system.
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I tried both the mod by-pass on Ti mufflers and Corsa hooked up to LG long tube headers and X pipe on my 03Z. Found myself getting into the car way too much for the sound effects with Corsa & long tubes which can get one in serious trouble sooner or later. Off went the Corsa after a couple months. Conclude that by-pass WOT was plenty for me along with long tubes headers. Not too little, not too much. In my earlier years I added mid-year side exhaust on my SWC and Hooker header side exhaust on my 73. Great sound.
Corsa mufflers look real good but they are very heavy. Weight reduction is what the Z mandated, and still does.
Corsa mufflers look real good but they are very heavy. Weight reduction is what the Z mandated, and still does.
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Can't believe this, replaced my standard C5 mufflers with 40k miles to used Z06 mufflers that look new and the exhaust is quieter than it was before?
Don't mind the exhaust is slightly quieter, probably due to Ti not ringing the same as steel, but I love the weight reduction.
Don't mind the exhaust is slightly quieter, probably due to Ti not ringing the same as steel, but I love the weight reduction.