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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Just got a 98 c5 and now its time to mod it. so first off what exhaust sounds best!! please help

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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:39 AM
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I see your in Chino, you should meet up with the Block on the 22nd for the show(check out the So-Cal section). The only way you will find a exhaust is to go and listen to them. On here the best exhaust is going to be whatever that person has on their car. I have Stingers on mine. I love them but they have alot of drone with LT's a big cam and no cats.
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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yah most definatly have to look into that..

and as far as exhaust goes i figured it would all be personal preference.
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yah most definatly have to look into that..

and as far as exhaust goes i figured it would all be personal preference.
Its always a great time with those guys. I'm going to miss the 22nd show. If you dont make the show you have to make one of the runs. I think the last run we had almost 50 Vettes!!
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:59 AM
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ohhh dang that would be so sick. i would love to do that.

i was looking at the stingers the other day on youtube and i like them the best out of the bassani /b&b / corsa and flowmasters.

i also saw your picture of your blacked out lights thats what i plan on doing . did you do it yourself?
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ohhh dang that would be so sick. i would love to do that.

i was looking at the stingers the other day on youtube and i like them the best out of the bassani /b&b / corsa and flowmasters.

i also saw your picture of your blacked out lights thats what i plan on doing . did you do it yourself?
Just make sure you come ready to drive hard!

I've had my Stingers for over 3 years now and love them. You dont really get any drone from them if you keep your cats. Once you dump the cats and put long tubes on you get drone around 1600rpm.

The black outs are just covers. I picked them up from another member. The ones I have are hard to come by. I think the last time I saw them for sale from a vendor they were about $100.
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yah i will be ready to drive hard ahaha

and yah i was watching those vids on youtube and the ones with long tubes sounds really nice.. any idea how much they run? for the stingers and longtubes.
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You can pick up a set of used Stingers on here for around $500-$600. As far as LT's there are alot. Any where from $600 to almost $2K. I have XS-Power headers on mine.
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 02:58 AM
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so your whole set up from headers long tubes and stingers ran you about what roughly 2k?
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Be careful dealing with used heders and exhaust parts, your car is a California car and needs to comply with CARB. Any modification needs to be CARB legal or 50 state legal. for headers you will need the CARB sticker if the exhast is cat back you should be ok. I got caught with a non CARB air intack and had to scramble to find a similar mod that was legal.
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