I am picking up my first vette, a 2007 C6 tomorrow with 6,600 miles. The car is completely bone stock. I am wanting to do a few things to it: wheels, rotors, pads, lines exhaust, headers, cam, valvetrain, and intake.

I know that when doing the cam, valvetrain, and headers it will require a tune to be done. For right now I am looking to do a catback exhaust like a Borla or Corsa. Is there anything else I need to do if I am just doing a catback for now? Do I need to do anything with the exhaust valves or guides?

 

I would get a street tune. I wouldnt bother with the valvetrain until you are ready to swap the cam.

 

I would have a detailed plan, not just a general one. Many of the changes you are talking about have to do with the "air system", my words, which is to say, from air intake to exhaust tip. Currently all those parts work, by design, well together. If you wish to make changes, know why, in specific terms, else, you just create a puzzle and assume a tune will fix it all. Short sighted, to be sure. People often start swapping parts based on some magazine article or because some buddy did it and thought it was cool. I would find someone well acquainted with the LS2 based C6 and put together a plan that takes your intended priorities into consideration, so that as various after market parts are chosen, they work well together and serve your intended agenda. Depending on choices, it's very possible you will need the benefit of tuning a number of times, unless you plan on making all the changes at once. And, in that scenario, all the more important to get someone who really knows what they are doing, other wise you can chase your tail all over the place as one thing takes things one direction, while another impacts in another. This ain't your dad's single barrel muscle car.

Congrats on the new car - enjoy it!

 

The exhausts are referred to as axle back because the X-Pipe is not replaced with the mufflers. You can bolt on the new mufflers with no additional work required.

I put the factory NPP mufflers on my 2006, they came from a 2008 model and that is the only year that will fit your X-Pipe. Since I made this video, I've installed Kooks LT Headers and HF Cats so it is much louder now.