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I just bought a C5 and I was checking out the exhaust and realized that there are no mufflers there. But the pipe is not straight it goes in and curves around where the mufflers would have been and then kick out with four oval tips. Just curious as to what this would be. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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I just bought a C5 and I was checking out the exhaust and realized that there are no mufflers there. But the pipe is not straight it goes in and curves around where the mufflers would have been and then kick out with four oval tips. Just curious as to what this would be. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Post a pic otherwise everyone is guessing.
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Thats custom piping, no mufflers. Check and see if you even have cats. Is it loud any drone when cursing 1500 to 2000k rpm?
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Some good old-fashion redneck engineering there. Looks like straight pipe to me.
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Looks pretty damn straight piped to me lol.
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Ha Ha. I was taking straight pipe literally. It does have cats and yes it drones at 2000k.

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Ha Ha. I was taking straight pipe literally. It does have cats and yes it drones at 2000k.

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...but you can see that would be literally impossible, right?
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I just bought a C5 and I was checking out the exhaust and realized that there are no mufflers there. But the pipe is not straight it goes in and curves around where the mufflers would have been and then kick out with four oval tips. Just curious as to what this would be. Any ideas would be appreciated.
That would be some redneckery..
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I think the only thing I'm truly disappointed in is somebody went to all the trouble to build that and then put the godawful stock tips back on there.
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I'm just looking at the high dollar Exhaust Hanger there.
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I'm just looking at the high dollar Exhaust Hanger there.
Can you imagine what else they rigged up in the car that you can't see?
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Can you imagine what else they rigged up in the car that you can't see?
Well from the other thread some people would cram a truck 4.8l in there. Same hillbilly that did that exhaust work.
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If that drone is bothering you I can sell you a corsa axleback to fix that.

Definitely a custom muffler delete you have on there. Looks like it's been on there for a while at least it's been surviving!
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You all sure you don't want to look into that one for new product ideas?
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You all sure you don't want to look into that one for new product ideas?
its almost a borla s type classic without the bullet style mufflers lol.
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I just bought a C5 and I was checking out the exhaust and realized that there are no mufflers there. But the pipe is not straight it goes in and curves around where the mufflers would have been and then kick out with four oval tips. Just curious as to what this would be. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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It was done to get around the rear compartment and to reach the rear hangers via those flat pieces going upwards welded to the pipes.
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I just bought a C5 and I was checking out the exhaust and realized that there are no mufflers there. But the pipe is not straight it goes in and curves around where the mufflers would have been and then kick out with four oval tips. Just curious as to what this would be. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Are you anywhere near Florida?
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Are you anywhere near Florida?
no. Missouri
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