NorthWestDork

I recently purchased a 2004 C5 (auto) and was looking to getting a new exhaust for it. Currently the car is stock, but I was considering a set of Borla Straight pipes.

Ive tried to watch every YouTube video available for straight pipes, but was wondering how loud they are in person. For context, I had a straight piped Kawasaki Vulcan Motorcycle that was so loud that my ears would be ringing at the end of a 20 minute ride (I put a resonator insert back in because of this).

Will straight pipes be so loud that my ears would be ringing or I cant have a conversation while cruising at 2000 rpm on the freeway? I dont mind it being loud at WOT.

Crosis

Huge difference there. On a bike the exhaust is right next to you. In the vette its far behind you. You wont get ringing ears however conversation could be difficult if you are getting droning.

dbgoodwin

30k+ miles and counting with longtube headers and borla straights. It will drone at around 2100 rpms but I'm never cruising at that speed. No clue how it would be in an auto car though, might be tougher to avoid.

ZZ06

Not unless you drive from the trunk It may be a tad annoying for a phone convo tho

~Josh

Being an auto where the rpm stays low it will drone like a ****.

Poor choice.

Corvette#2

I drove mine with a cutout just past the H pipe for quite a while.
It wasn't that loud. Nothing like one of those ear splitting Harleys you can hear from 1/4 mile away. But I finally got a proper axle back system and think it sounds much better.

Dave concrete

Love my AR long tubes to Borla Straights. It's loud but it quiets down inside fine at lower rpm's. However, you will be talking louder in a conversation.