Exhaust recommendations
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Melting Slicks
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Exhaust recommendations
New C6 owner (prior C4). I'm sure this subject has been beat to death. Wife says the car is not loud enough.
It's an 07 with Z51. I like the idea of the NPP that I can control.
What are your recommendations?
Thanks.
It's an 07 with Z51. I like the idea of the NPP that I can control.
What are your recommendations?
Thanks.
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Melting Slicks
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My advice would be to go to a corvette get together and go for a ride with different systems on them. It is a very personal preference decision to make.
Auto vs. Manual is also a factor. (A small amount of drone can be easily dealt with in a manual by selecting a different gear.)
There really is only two brands to choose from if you want sound and no drone and no need for NPP.
Borla and Corsa
I have tried many exhaust systems and these are the only loud systems that do not drone. (That is with shorty or factory manifolds, I live in Cali and could not be bothered with removing headers every two years to smog a car.) But again, this is my opinion, yours may be totally different.
Wait for this craziness of Covid 19 to be over and get some seat time in some C6s to make a choice you know you will be happy with. (These systems are not really cheap.)
Good Luck with your choice!
DJ
Auto vs. Manual is also a factor. (A small amount of drone can be easily dealt with in a manual by selecting a different gear.)
There really is only two brands to choose from if you want sound and no drone and no need for NPP.
Borla and Corsa
I have tried many exhaust systems and these are the only loud systems that do not drone. (That is with shorty or factory manifolds, I live in Cali and could not be bothered with removing headers every two years to smog a car.) But again, this is my opinion, yours may be totally different.
Wait for this craziness of Covid 19 to be over and get some seat time in some C6s to make a choice you know you will be happy with. (These systems are not really cheap.)
Good Luck with your choice!
DJ
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Hard to sound as good when they already sound better.
If you don't plan to do long tube headers then I would go with billy boat bullets...they sound the best IMO.
For a setup with long tube headers your best options with be corsa, borla, factory NPP (not z06 bi-mode).
Good Luck.
If you don't plan to do long tube headers then I would go with billy boat bullets...they sound the best IMO.
For a setup with long tube headers your best options with be corsa, borla, factory NPP (not z06 bi-mode).
Good Luck.
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As far as Ford Mustang V8's, they certainly have a distinctive sound, diff than LS cars, I believe it has to do with the engine config and firing order.. 
LS cars 'wake up' after an xpipe, which none of them have stock!
LS cars 'wake up' after an xpipe, which none of them have stock!