HELP....exhaust choices
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HELP....exhaust choices
Ok..time to make a decision with your folks help...here is the choices...pick your favorite and tell me why...ALL HAVE GOOD SOUND WITH MIN RES IN CAB AT 1000-2500 RPMS....
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (DJTJ)
Go with stingers. Loud under heavy throttle, NO RES in my mn6.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
Stingers are the way to go. I couldn't take my Corsa/Indy's off fast enough. Stingers give you an aggressive exhaust sound at idle and wide open throtle without any resonance. Corsas were just too darn quiet at idle but I did like the quad pro tips.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (geck)
Stingers :smash: :smash: :smash: sounds like a frickin race car at WOT :smash:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (DJTJ)
Stingers... but the Indy's will win the poll b/c everyone votes for the exhaust they have. Stingers sound much more like a muscle car, are lighter, flow better, and almost 1/2 the cost. Loudmouths have much of the same advantages are even louder... but have more resonace that what most people would want... but they are the meanest of them for the C5.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
Wouldn't spend the money on aftermarket exhaust systems when there are two inexpensive modifications available. The A&A exhaust mod sounds much like the Corsa Touring system, while simply removing the mufflers and substituting straight pipe should work for those wanting LOUD. Either modification will run only around $100. :yesnod:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (mozin)
Go with the stingers! I had a set of the indies on my 01 vert, at the time I thought that they were it. Now I have stingers on the Z06, no way that I would go back :cool:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
STINGERS ! Just got them, awesome sound hrough the gears, and no more resonance at Hi - way speeds than stock, but I have a MN6, may be diff. on a auto. 1/2 the cost of of Corsa, that s/b a point.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
Listened to them all, and I chose Magnaflow with X pipe. Suited my tastes and LA Performance has a great deal. The whole system for $1,050 no tax or shipping. Getting mine tomorrow.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (112252)
I had corsa indys on my 99 and loved them,then tried the A@A on the 2000 not bad sound for $110. Went back to corsa indys in the daytona tip for the 2002 :yesnod:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
The SLPs are GREAT! On a 6-speed car they are perfect because they will only be as loud as you want them to be. I had the Borlas before this and by comparison they sound like stock Hon-duh mufflers. I have gotten nothing but good comments on the SLP's sound.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
Get the Borla Stingers. I was an Corsa Indy man for over 2 years and I thought it couldn't get any better. Wrong. :) With all the buzz going on with the Borla's, I had to try a set. So, I ordered them without even hearing them, thinking that I could turn them around quickly if I didn't like 'em.
Well, I put them on in about 1 hour, and after firing up my car, I knew they were keepers! The sound is much, much deeper and masculine than the Corsa's. I love the two-cannon look now, as well. I realize the 4-tip system is stock, but it looks too 'busy' now that I've seen the two (bigger) exhaust tips the Stingers have. The Corsa has a 'tinny' sound now that I've been able to hear something else and compare.
The Indy's are sitting in a box. ;)
Well, I put them on in about 1 hour, and after firing up my car, I knew they were keepers! The sound is much, much deeper and masculine than the Corsa's. I love the two-cannon look now, as well. I realize the 4-tip system is stock, but it looks too 'busy' now that I've seen the two (bigger) exhaust tips the Stingers have. The Corsa has a 'tinny' sound now that I've been able to hear something else and compare.
The Indy's are sitting in a box. ;)
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
I got the Indys... I have 60's vintage cars with flowmasters, no way do I want my C5 sounding like that :eek: I really like the quad tips, the others look like :U Many of the other tip styles say RICE :lol: anyway, thats just my opinion :cheers:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (nevadacoin)
SLP Loudmouth's provide the highest hp increase and the most aggressive sound of any C5 cat-back systems and are also very inexpensive. You can get a set for around $450. Check out the Dec '01 issue of Vette magazine for a good article on them that shows the actual hp increases. They are louder than the Borla Stingers, and you don't have to cut any pipes to install them.
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (Craig2000)
The Stingers are made with the latest technology. Light, Sleek, Radical looking and very efficient with an amazing sound. Be the first one in your neighborhood with a set. You will turn heads wherever you go. I do, it's awesome!
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (WhitneyR)
Get the Borla Stingers. I was an Corsa Indy man for over 2 years and I thought it couldn't get any better. Wrong. :) With all the buzz going on with the Borla's, I had to try a set. So, I ordered them without even hearing them, thinking that I could turn them around quickly if I didn't like 'em.
Well, I put them on in about 1 hour, and after firing up my car, I knew they were keepers! The sound is much, much deeper and masculine than the Corsa's. I love the two-cannon look now, as well. I realize the 4-tip system is stock, but it looks too 'busy' now that I've seen the two (bigger) exhaust tips the Stingers have. The Corsa has a 'tinny' sound now that I've been able to hear something else and compare.
The Indy's are sitting in a box. ;)
Well, I put them on in about 1 hour, and after firing up my car, I knew they were keepers! The sound is much, much deeper and masculine than the Corsa's. I love the two-cannon look now, as well. I realize the 4-tip system is stock, but it looks too 'busy' now that I've seen the two (bigger) exhaust tips the Stingers have. The Corsa has a 'tinny' sound now that I've been able to hear something else and compare.
The Indy's are sitting in a box. ;)
Problem is, Stingers weren't available when so many people made their decision. Now, many of them are taking off Corsas and installing other systems, especially the Stingers. The Stingers cost about half as much and sound at least twice as good. Ask anyone who has them!
Other systems which restore the American V8 sound to the Vette are PRTs and Rte 66, Bassani (to a lesser degree), and the sleeper of the bunch, who few people even know about: Hookers!! Many guys down here in my area are putting those on - require some cutting and fitting, but sound like the Stingers for even less money. Two barrels also, which is the RIGHT look for a Corvette. Four tips looks RICE after you make the change. You'll see! :D
:cheers:
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Re: HELP....exhaust choices (gnosys)
Or you could install cutouts. Under 200 dollars total and I'm making 360hp 380torque, everything else stock,including paper filter. Just an ide for ou, but resonance is a bitch (but you can always cap them off).