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Old Jan 17, 2024 | 05:37 PM
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Im waiting until after the 7500 DCT service, which will be in the Spring. I’m concerned it may be too loud with both. I want it louder, but not obnoxious.
It will be loud but amazing. Sometimes I miss the CATs and wish I had kept them on. Looking at the Paragon headers too if I don't get the Z06 in a year.
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Old Jul 26, 2025 | 08:31 PM
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Anyone running 400 Cell Cats without CEL?

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Anyone running 400 Cell Cats without CEL?

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On Stingray plenty have. Corsa has a high flow 400 cell cat option for Stingray I can set you up with. They are the fancy GESI core too for added robustness:
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I got L G Motorsports to make me a set almost a year ago 400 cell for 600.00 made a big differences. fit was sport on with the headers and the after market JUGGERNAUT Titanium racing exhaust. I also put the lower diffuers in C.F. to make the car look like a z06.
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Old Jul 28, 2025 | 06:39 PM
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On Stingray plenty have. Corsa has a high flow 400 cell cat option for Stingray I can set you up with. They are the fancy GESI core too for added robustness:
Corsa High Flow Cats For C8 Stingray
I've got 2k miles on my Corsa cats with no CEL after installing 9 months ago. (13.5K total mileage.) Kept the stock NPP exhaust.
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I've got 2k miles on my Corsa cats with no CEL after installing 9 months ago. (13.5K total mileage.) Kept the stock NPP exhaust.
Are you happy with the sound?
Any sound clips?
do you get any gas smell?
Any decel pops cracks?
doing the same GESi cores on mine next week
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Originally Posted by larrydi
Are you happy with the sound?
Any sound clips?
do you get any gas smell?
Any decel pops cracks?
doing the same GESi cores on mine next week
If you haven't purchased a set yet would love to get you squared away. Sport cats will add additional volume and snap crackle pop on deceleration. Do remember the current Corsa sport cats are designed for Stingray not Z06.
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Originally Posted by Corvetteexhaustsystems
If you haven't purchased a set yet would love to get you squared away. Sport cats will add additional volume and snap crackle pop on deceleration. Do remember the current Corsa sport cats are designed for Stingray not Z06.
thank you!
Have a set. Was just checking if everyone is happy with theirs.
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Originally Posted by larrydi
Are you happy with the sound?
Any sound clips?
do you get any gas smell?
Any decel pops cracks?
doing the same GESi cores on mine next week
Yes, deeper rumble at idle, nice upshift cracks (not so much on decel, but some burbles). No gas smell. Sound clips never capture accurately, so don't have any. Corsas are GESi cores, IIRC, 400cell vs. 700cell stock cats.
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Yes, deeper rumble at idle, nice upshift cracks (not so much on decel, but some burbles). No gas smell. Sound clips never capture accurately, so don't have any. Corsas are GESi cores, IIRC, 400cell vs. 700cell stock cats.
thank you!
Was told that with the better flow, would not need blankets, run much cooler.
Were you able to use oem heat shields?
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Originally Posted by ZORANGE
Yes, deeper rumble at idle, nice upshift cracks (not so much on decel, but some burbles). No gas smell. Sound clips never capture accurately, so don't have any. Corsas are GESi cores, IIRC, 400cell vs. 700cell stock cats.
thank you!
Was told that with the better flow, would not need blankets, run much cooler.
Were you able to use oem heat shields?
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Originally Posted by larrydi
thank you!
Was told that with the better flow, would not need blankets, run much cooler.
Were you able to use oem heat shields?
It's always recommended to run anything you can that reduces heat, especially if you drive the car hard.
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I went with Cerakote vs. blankets, at @Kraka suggestion. Sent the Corsa cats to SoCal Porting who baked on the coating I selected (you can choose from a number of colors and I chose one that is good for up to 1800 degrees). The turnaround time shipping from VA to CA and back was less than a week, and the cost for the coating was $100 (UPS shipping to CA and back was about $80). https://socalporting.com/ A good option vs. $600 for blankets from Corsa. I did not reuse the OEM heat shields. There is no mounting brackets on the Corsas for them.

There has been no issue with heat in the engine compartment on my 2023 non-Z51 Coupe.

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I used Jet-Hot to coat my headers and cats. I live kind of local to them so I just dropped them off. Went with pearl blue and their standard coating.







Stock NPP cat back. Cold idle in track mode reads at the following from about 5ft back. Track mode cold start errored out the meter.


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Originally Posted by Kraz8s
I used Jet-Hot to coat my headers and cats. I live kind of local to them so I just dropped them off. Went with pearl blue and their standard coating.







Stock NPP cat back. Cold idle in track mode reads at the following from about 5ft back. Track mode cold start errored out the meter.

Where are you located lol. I want to put my db meter on it!
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Originally Posted by Corvetteexhaustsystems
Where are you located lol. I want to put my db meter on it!
I'm down around Raleigh NC, next pay check I'm picking up a meter with a wider range and I'm beyond curious as to how loud my set up is.
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what cats are those?
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what cats are those?
Corsa high flow.
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For what it is worth, coating exhaust components a dark color is going to improve their ability to radiate heat, just something to be aware of.

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