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Old Jun 4, 2026 | 12:51 PM
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Anyone just put their cats on? They tell me just doing cats provides the best additional exhaust noise and turbocharger noise. Would love to hear from someone on here that did that mod and kept factory exhaust.
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I posted in the other ZR1 exhaust thread the car that we just did with the Fabspeed full system but here's one that I took with just SOUL Catted Downpipes and OEM exhaust.


Adding the catback gives you maybe another 10% or so, majority of the volume gain is definitely in the Downpipes.

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Yes doing cats itself is popular with the C8 platform, including the z06 and zr1.

Cats are great bang for buck for performance.

We do a lot of Soul with great feedback but lead times are long, Fabspeed is one week or less.

You'll be happy with either, we're dealers for both as well to help you.

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How well do these cats live under heavy track use, particularly for the ZR1? Many aftermarket high flow cats die in high hp applications when worked hard.

Anybody got any durability/endurance data on Soul or Fabspeed cats in high hp boosted applications?


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Originally Posted by MerakiAutoworks
Yes doing cats itself is popular with the C8 platform, including the z06 and zr1.

Cats are great bang for buck for performance.

We do a lot of Soul with great feedback but lead times are long, Fabspeed is one week or less.

You'll be happy with either, we're dealers for both as well to help you.

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Just doing the cats, any issues with getting a CEL?

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Originally Posted by OnPoint
How well do these cats live under heavy track use, particularly for the ZR1? Many aftermarket high flow cats die in high hp applications when worked hard.

Anybody got any durability/endurance data on Soul or Fabspeed cats in high hp boosted applications?

The last car that we did with Fabspeed Cats is often used at the track.

Fabspeed uses HJS Cats which are some of the best of the best, rated for 1200hp per bank and wrapped in Inconel heat blankets. Quality stuff..


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Just doing the cats, any issues with getting a CEL?
No CELs from the cars that we've done

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