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Old 09-24-2018, 10:12 AM
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I have not heard either in person and it’s hard to tell from YouTube videos.

I tend to like more more of a “muscle car” sound.

I had Borla on my last car but the drone was terrible.
i have owned a corsa and had a friend with billy boats with the same heads and cam. Corsa all the way it’s so unique and badass.
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Old 09-24-2018, 12:18 PM
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I have not heard either in person and it’s hard to tell from YouTube videos.

I tend to like more more of a “muscle car” sound.

I had Borla on my last car but the drone was terrible.
Is your car modded? Or stock? If your car is modded keep your stock exhaust with a mild to wild switch. If your car is stock go with the BBE Fusions Gen 3. My car is modded and i put the BBE Gen 3 Fusion Extremes on, now in between 1500 & 2000 rpm i have drone. I contacted BBE because they say NO DRONE, what they told me was its considered no drone if your car is stock not modded. So in hind sight i should have just kept my stock mufflers. Not to say the Fusions don't sound Great! because they do. (look great too) Just cant stand the drone. I had to change the way i drive to avoid it. I will include some links so you can hear mine. Just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt. Everyone's taste is different and with out hearing it and driving in it you will never know.

Valves open

Valves closed (not much different at idle.

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Old 09-24-2018, 06:21 PM
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The difference is night and day. Billy Boats are RAW all the time. The Corsa Sports are nice at low rpms but loud at wot. The Corsas do give a little drone in 6th going uphill.

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The difference is night and day. Billy Boats are RAW all the time. The Corsa Sports are nice at low rpms but loud at wot. The Corsas do give a little drone in 6th going uphill.

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I have the B&B Fusion IIIs and find the sound in the cabin is reasonably quiet with the valves closed except for some modest drone in the 1200-1700 RPM range, HCI LS7 with ARH 2" headers, OR x-pipe, ~600 rwhp.
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Old 09-24-2018, 07:19 PM
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Like I said, everyone has different taste. What one likes another doesn't. When I talked with BBE they told me any variation in the heads cam ect will change the sound and or drone. To each his own. We all have bad *** Z's that sound awesome no matter what muffler is on it!
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Originally Posted by alec427
+1 for Corsa

I've had the Sports on for several months and love them. Reasonable around town and really scream when you get on it. Virtually no drone at highway/cruising speeds either.
Have the Corsa sport and I agree.
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I have PRTs and man they sound awesome. They sound deeper than my modded mufflers and have a better tone imo. At wot they sound brutal, and are loud. But man they drone a lot. I have a very mild cam, stock manifolds with no cats. I’ve heard they were designed with headers so maybe that’s why mine drone. Other than the drone they sound perfect.
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Originally Posted by C6Z06Silverbullet
Is your car modded? Or stock? If your car is modded keep your stock exhaust with a mild to wild switch. If your car is stock go with the BBE Fusions Gen 3. My car is modded and i put the BBE Gen 3 Fusion Extremes on, now in between 1500 & 2000 rpm i have drone. I contacted BBE because they say NO DRONE, what they told me was its considered no drone if your car is stock not modded. So in hind sight i should have just kept my stock mufflers. Not to say the Fusions don't sound Great! because they do. (look great too) Just cant stand the drone. I had to change the way i drive to avoid it. I will include some links so you can hear mine. Just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt. Everyone's taste is different and with out hearing it and driving in it you will never know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=earkXJm2B8o Valves open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=719pZGGeqO4&t=30s Valves closed (not much different at idle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9zMQerOqE&t=6s On the dyno Valves Open
Man that thing chops hard! Very nice bro! I totally agree on the exhaust sounds, you can’t go wrong on sound and tone with any of the big three(Corsa,B&B,Borla) drone is so subjective it’s to hard to explain or give opinions on. Even video could sound amazing to someone but it’s a different story when inside driving. You’d have a hard time finding two people with the same drone tolerance level. Mine is literally zero, meaning I just don’t care about drone. I asked a buddy of mine about drone and different exhausts, which ones drone really bad at 2k RPMs in 6th. His response made me laugh. “I asked another buddy who’s had a few modded vettes the same question” what about drone in 6th on the interstate??? Dudes reply was awesome....”man that’s easy, down shift and drive faster” 😂😂
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