Corsa Touring or Indys
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Corsa Touring or Indys
I had the Indys on before with heads/cam and it was too tame for me, so I went Loudmouths :crazy: I'm removing the cats from my car and was wondering which system will better suit me now. I hate resonance as it is the only reason I wont keep the Slps :cry I just dont want to fall asleep driving the car either :lol:
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Moundir)
The Corsa Touring Exhaust catback is even more tame than the Indys. If you want a more robust sound the Indy's will suit your purposes better since you added cam and heads they will be louder than before.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Moundir)
I have the Indy's and love them, but a buddy with H/C headers, gutted cat's married up to the Touring's and his car sounds wicked bad. A whole new level of great small block Chevy sound. I love his sound. But that's a bit extreme. His car with cat's still sounded slightly better than Indy's on a stock car though. Guess 500+ HP will do that.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (MC98)
The Corsa Touring Exhaust catback is even more tame than the Indys. If you want a more robust sound the Indy's will suit your purposes better since you added cam and heads they will be louder than before.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (VolFan615)
How do all you guys get your car through inspection every year with removed cats?
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (dsk888)
The Indys on my car after heads/cam/headers/highflow cats sounded absolutely RAW! But it's just a bit too "obnoxiously loud" for the "yuppie" comunity that I live in though :rolleyes: (commented by neighbor.)
So while she's at Mike Norris' for a rebuild, I've opted for the Tourings. Hope that'll quiet it down a bit. :cheers:
[Modified by dsk888, 5:46 AM 11/27/2002]
So while she's at Mike Norris' for a rebuild, I've opted for the Tourings. Hope that'll quiet it down a bit. :cheers:
[Modified by dsk888, 5:46 AM 11/27/2002]
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (dsk888)
The cats do most of the muffling and if you remove them, your car will be louder with stock exhaust than any other car with catbacks and cats. I have run just about every exhaust configuration (no cats, straight pipes, straight mufflers, cat back..stock on and on.etc........) The cats do the muffling, the 180 degree mufflers take out the resonance..thats why they were chosen..copied from Porsche.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Moundir)
If you thought the Indys with heads/cam was tame you might want to go for the Borla XR-1 exhaust. I have the Tourings as does the g/f and we love the sound, but we aren't looking for the loudest car on the street too.
<EDIT> No personal experience with gutted cats so if you wnt to reduce ressonance and a more refined sound you can try the Tourings. </EDIT>
[Modified by Tormania, 1:08 PM 11/27/2002]
<EDIT> No personal experience with gutted cats so if you wnt to reduce ressonance and a more refined sound you can try the Tourings. </EDIT>
[Modified by Tormania, 1:08 PM 11/27/2002]
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Shinobi'sZ)
Hey Shinobi are you running the indys with cats or none now? How does it sound? Any resonance. I still want loud, just dont want the resonance :crazy: To me loud = fast :lol:
Anyone else have indys without cats? How is it? Thanx guys, I'm almost there I think :lol:
[Modified by Moundir, 2:24 PM 11/27/2002]
Anyone else have indys without cats? How is it? Thanx guys, I'm almost there I think :lol:
[Modified by Moundir, 2:24 PM 11/27/2002]
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Moundir)
I sold the Indy's, they were perfect with stock exhaust, but when I bought the Indy's they were for my modified coupe that had straight pipes. When I bought the Z I put the Indy's on and loved them,,but I knew I was going to install some LT headers, and put in an off road X pipe..so now it is loud but has no resonance between 1500-2300 rpms...I get a little (and I mean a little) around 2400-2600 but I rarely am driving around at that rpm..but I tried out all the rpms in first through third, and low rpms in 4, 5, and 6 just to check for resonance...4th and 5th gear at 2400-2600 is the only time I have heard the hint of resonance..my thoughts are if I have to try and listen that hard then it isn't a problem.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (Moundir)
Hey Mike, I have the Tourings on my '98 and with the CATS removed makes for an awesome sound. When you drove it last, it was before heads/cam and a few other pieces. But knowing you, I think you'll want even more sound. Indy's probably a better bet for you.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (VolFan615)
How do all you guys get your car through inspection every year with removed cats?
Some states like Indiana don't have any kind of inspection.
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Re: Corsa Touring or Indys (C54FUN)
Hey Mike, I have the Tourings on my '98 and with the CATS removed makes for an awesome sound. When you drove it last, it was before heads/cam and a few other pieces. But knowing you, I think you'll want even more sound. Indy's probably a better bet for you.
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