Need help making C5 exhaust quiet
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Burning Brakes
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From: Orange Tx
Need help making C5 exhaust quiet
Here's situation..
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2011
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Here's situation..
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
+1 for Z06 Ti exhaust + cats if you felt inclined to do so. If those are hard to come by and you don't mind doing some cutting and a little welding, C6 mufflers would work too. OR simply finding an aftermarket exhaust with a box type/chambered muffler (what the cars originally had).
Or you could just not make any friends because they sound a little boring.
I find it odd that in modern day society neighbors can play music all night and drink alcohols; rodents can scream at the very top of their lungs for days on end and stab each-other with pointed sticks; Dogs may bark and defecate nearly indefinitely; a renovation can occur next to you with big bearded men using those pneumatic pecky things. But you drive your hot-rod a couple times a week and all hell breaks loose.
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Here's situation..
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wisconsin
+1 for Z06 Ti exhaust + cats if you felt inclined to do so. If those are hard to come by and you don't mind doing some cutting and a little welding, C6 mufflers would work too. OR simply finding an aftermarket exhaust with a box type/chambered muffler (what the cars originally had).
Or you could just not make any friends because they sound a little boring.
I find it odd that in modern day society neighbors can play music all night and drink alcohols; rodents can scream at the very top of their lungs for days on end and stab each-other with pointed sticks; Dogs may bark and defecate nearly indefinitely; a renovation can occur next to you with big bearded men using those pneumatic pecky things. But you drive your hot-rod a couple times a week and all hell breaks loose.
Or you could just not make any friends because they sound a little boring.
I find it odd that in modern day society neighbors can play music all night and drink alcohols; rodents can scream at the very top of their lungs for days on end and stab each-other with pointed sticks; Dogs may bark and defecate nearly indefinitely; a renovation can occur next to you with big bearded men using those pneumatic pecky things. But you drive your hot-rod a couple times a week and all hell breaks loose.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,423
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From: Atlanta GA
Here's situation..
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Get the Z06 TI exhaust. Much quieter than the B&B's and much better flowing. If you get a used system, make sure it is the 2002-2004 system. The 2001's had an extra set of cats, which will rob you of power.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Mt. Pleasant S.C.
starting it in a garage (presumably with the door open) probably echoes the sound and focuses it. might make it even louder outside.
The b&b's down help.
go with the Ti and if you really need the sound, add electronic cutouts for those times when you just gotta let it breath a little
The b&b's down help.
go with the Ti and if you really need the sound, add electronic cutouts for those times when you just gotta let it breath a little
Melting Slicks
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From: Edmonton Alberta, Canada
I find it odd that in modern day society neighbors can play music all night and drink alcohols; rodents can scream at the very top of their lungs for days on end and stab each-other with pointed sticks; Dogs may bark and defecate nearly indefinitely; a renovation can occur next to you with big bearded men using those pneumatic pecky things. But you drive your hot-rod a couple times a week and all hell breaks loose.[/QUOTE]
Are these actions acceptable behavior in your hood? What ghetto do you live in?!?!
I would own an Abrahams tank in that hood, nothing that resembles a Corvette forsure.
Are these actions acceptable behavior in your hood? What ghetto do you live in?!?!I would own an Abrahams tank in that hood, nothing that resembles a Corvette forsure.
Last edited by El original; Nov 9, 2015 at 08:41 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Central Florida
I had corsa extremes, they were great until I went to 383, cam, headers, with cats, it was way too loud and I have no neighbors to worry about, went with stock Ti and it is a huge difference. There are guys pushing out over 800hp through them!
Safety Car
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From: pueblo co
i am running LG superpro headers 1 7/8'' along with there x pipe into a corsa indy system and with a ECS superchargers and to be honest in low rpm the car is louder then stock but not enough to annoy the neighbors until i romp on it...corsa's are the way to go
Melting Slicks
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From: Round Rock Texas
Here's situation..
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
Live in town-home community and basically everyone dislikes me because I wake them up every morning. Now moving next month to another complex and want to make friends with neighbors.
Setup..
ARH 1-7/8" headers with ARH x-pipe without cats and B&B Bullets.
Would replacing the Bullets with stock exhaust not cause the neighbors walls to rattle when started inside a garage? Or would I have to replace more?
Any input will be helpful
Thanks
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The Bullets are loud even without the headers. Yes, replacing them with something like a set of Tis or even a less aggressive aftermarket catback would help.
Burning Brakes
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From: Long Grove IL
The earliest I drive home from work is at 10:30 PM and that's the reason I went from a bullet muffler to the LG big 3. It's not stock-like quiet, but it's not brash like the bullets.
The rest of my setup is 1 7/8" Kooks with the high-flow cats 3" all the way back.
The rest of my setup is 1 7/8" Kooks with the high-flow cats 3" all the way back.
Burning Brakes
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From: Kensington MD
There's no way tiny mufflers that are just this side of straight pipes can be quiet. You need a real muffler unless you want your neighbors to call the cops on you for a noise violation every day.
