2003 Z06 w/Man Switch
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2003 Z06 w/Man Switch
Please forgive me if there is another thread. I have searched and searched for weeks and cannot find my specific question.Feb. 2014, purchased my first ever Corvette. (finally a grown up I guess) She is a Mill Yellow 2003 Z06. 33K miles in great shape. Currently she is my daily driver and she will remain as such (except for the days I ride my Harley) until I find a suitable daily driver for work in the $5K range I can pay cash for.
My question is regarding the "Man Switch". What are the total mods necessary for this to work? I recently climbed under the car to look at the exhaust to investigate for myself and I found two electronic flappers in the H pipe before the rear axel. In my year model, was this something Chevy had installed that opened at a certain RPM? I assume if that is the case, the "Man Switch" simply allowed us to open and close at will... To be perfectly honest, I HATE the flaps, they rattle and sound like crap in my opinion. The sound of the free flowing exhaust is awesome when I care to open them but still, the rattle drives me nuts! Is there a way to quiet the flappers or is this simply a trade off I have to live with until I change out the ENTIRE exhaust?
Thanks in advance,
Darwin
My question is regarding the "Man Switch". What are the total mods necessary for this to work? I recently climbed under the car to look at the exhaust to investigate for myself and I found two electronic flappers in the H pipe before the rear axel. In my year model, was this something Chevy had installed that opened at a certain RPM? I assume if that is the case, the "Man Switch" simply allowed us to open and close at will... To be perfectly honest, I HATE the flaps, they rattle and sound like crap in my opinion. The sound of the free flowing exhaust is awesome when I care to open them but still, the rattle drives me nuts! Is there a way to quiet the flappers or is this simply a trade off I have to live with until I change out the ENTIRE exhaust?
Thanks in advance,
Darwin
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They are not a factory option. You can remove them and best bet would be to find someone that would swap a stock system for your cutouts.
