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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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How do I make my C5 sound more like a C5R?
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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remove cats, get a 427, raise compression to 15:1 range, and never run pump gas again....

there are several other factors but those are the key ones haha. Its gonna be hard to get a "low" compression 347 sound like a high compression 427 with race exhaust.

Start with a really good catback, borla/corsa/LG...and see what you think about that. If you want it louder go with headers and a xpipe and maybe no cats.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Long tube headers, cut out your cats and install straight pipes.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperSpeed
remove cats, get a 427, raise compression to 15:1 range, and never run pump gas again....

there are several other factors but those are the key ones haha. Its gonna be hard to get a "low" compression 347 sound like a high compression 427 with race exhaust.

Start with a really good catback, borla/corsa/LG...and see what you think about that. If you want it louder go with headers and a xpipe and maybe no cats.
The above and these:



Side pipes

on a street car, a nice 427 with 590 hp and 650 lbft of tq, 6500 red line, no X pipe, sequential transmission

Deep low rumble. Here have a listen

C5R video taking a lap of Lemans

C5R flying by sound

C6R lap of LeMans

Or you could just do what many of us have done:

Mufflers? dont need no stick'n cats or mufflers.

^ Wally's NASA ST2 car with LS6, LTs, straight pipes.

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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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i have a rowdy 416 with LT's, no cats, and cut outs, and its kinda close
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Fixed!
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