[Z06] Exhaust advice, Please help!
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Heel & Toe
Joined: Apr 2017
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From: Skokie Illinois
Exhaust advice, Please help!
Hi everyone. On my c5 z06 I currently have TSP long tube headers, Catless x pipe, and borla straight pipes. The car is just a tiny bit too loud and it sounds choppy, it doesn't sound fluent. I have a couple options of what I can do, and I am looking for your opinion.
1) Put on the borla h pipe I have laying around from my XR-1 system, this would replace the catless X-pipe.
2) Go to my local muffler shop and see if they can slap on a resonator or 2 for 120$.
3) Put on stock TI muffler, But I am worried it will be too raspy
I like the way the car sounds from 4-6k rpm, it sounds like a race car. But 2-3k sounds choppy and doesn't sound right. I am not looking to spend a crazy amount, that is why buying another catback or gettinig high flow cats are not in my options.
Goal: To get the car to sound mean, loud (but not as loud as it is right now), and to sound fluent and not be so choppy. I hope I made enough sense for people to relate and help. Thank you.
1) Put on the borla h pipe I have laying around from my XR-1 system, this would replace the catless X-pipe.
2) Go to my local muffler shop and see if they can slap on a resonator or 2 for 120$.
3) Put on stock TI muffler, But I am worried it will be too raspy
I like the way the car sounds from 4-6k rpm, it sounds like a race car. But 2-3k sounds choppy and doesn't sound right. I am not looking to spend a crazy amount, that is why buying another catback or gettinig high flow cats are not in my options.
Goal: To get the car to sound mean, loud (but not as loud as it is right now), and to sound fluent and not be so choppy. I hope I made enough sense for people to relate and help. Thank you.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: Kelowna BC
1 - Will probably make it louder and more throaty. X pipe is generally smoother, more "fluent"
2 - I wouldn't
3 - I would. Mufflers man, you need some mufflers. Or try some other brand used.
2 - I wouldn't
3 - I would. Mufflers man, you need some mufflers. Or try some other brand used.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: chicago area IL.
i was in the same boat my exhaust was to loud swapped to a BB rt66 and it was to quite so i did the by pass mod every one does on the stock titanium and love it car sounds nice get complements all the time
12" resonators & loud mufflers work well with these LSx engine the resonator will tame it and change the tone i done that to my z28 car sound dam good at idle nice low rumble a little raspy around 3k where i would shift at get a nice crackle then deep tone with clutch released WOT was loud and deep
12" resonators & loud mufflers work well with these LSx engine the resonator will tame it and change the tone i done that to my z28 car sound dam good at idle nice low rumble a little raspy around 3k where i would shift at get a nice crackle then deep tone with clutch released WOT was loud and deep
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Heel & Toe
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 20
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From: Skokie Illinois
I have decided to take it one step at a time. I planned to swap out my borla straight pipes and return back to the stock ti exhaust, I will finally have 4 tips back. And from the videos I have seen on youtube it sounds pretty good, it will sound more like a loud corvette with an actual "tone" compared to a corvette that everyone can tell seems to be straight piped with no tone. If i dont like the sound, i will do the bypass mod, and if I still dont like the sound then I will add the borla resonator I have and pray its good after all that. I will keep you guys updated though in about a week when I find time to do it. Thank you for input though!
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: Kelowna BC
Definitely post back, with before and after vids if possible. Lots of people flop around trying to get the sound they want, myself included. I am 95% content with my TSP headers, Magnaflow cats and X pipe into the factory titanium system, just a tad louder would be ideal.