Exhaust note question..w videos.
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Racer
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From: Lufkin TX
Exhaust note question..w videos.
OK guys last year I had to sell the greatest sounding C5 Ive ever owned. It was low, deep, and I loved it. Only mods were Vararam and custom muffler delete exhaust from my local shop. I recently bought me another 98 and installed a Vararam and had the same shop do what they did last time with the exhaust. Well the two are nowhere close. My new one is not nearly as deep and has a terrible drone. I checked some old pics I had of my first 98 and it did have the cats. Unknown if, at some point before my ownership, they may have been gutted or not...but they are there. So I went back and did a cat delete on my new 98. It sounds good but still not like my other one, which I really loved.
So, could it have been that my old 98 had aftermarket headers giving it a deeper sound and I didn't realize it...or is this just a case of all cars are different? Although I have yet to throw a code after my cat delete I still plan on a tune. Will a tune alter the exhaust note? For camparison, my old car is the black one, one I have now is the silver one. Both are 98's.
So, could it have been that my old 98 had aftermarket headers giving it a deeper sound and I didn't realize it...or is this just a case of all cars are different? Although I have yet to throw a code after my cat delete I still plan on a tune. Will a tune alter the exhaust note? For camparison, my old car is the black one, one I have now is the silver one. Both are 98's.
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Greensboro Nc
It may just be me, but I think the silver sounds better. Hard to get a true idea though being just an idle clip. Something clearly changed with the way the shop did the muffler delete
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Burning Brakes
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From: Wichita Kansas
A tune on your car won't make it sound any different unless it has a really bad tune on it now and is running horrible. Then it would just smooth it out. Long tube headers will add a deeper throatier sound over a stock stock system but it's really hard to tell without knowing exactly what was done to both cars to get the sound you are looking for.
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Lufkin TX
Thanks for the input. It runs great but I think could be a little smoother at low speed. I was going to get it tuned to try and see if it corrects that but am considering long tube headers first so I don't have to tune it twice. Silver one does sound great just so much more drone than with other one.
