mike100
04-30-2012, 10:34pm
So I must be getting old because I thought my Corsas were too loud. I did get pulled over by SDSD last summer after all for entering the freeway on-ramp with extreme prejudice. IMO it was because the Corsas are cop callers and loud as hell.
So I was thinking that the oem ZR-1 pipe size is still larger than the corsa set (2.7" vs 2.5") so I would just get a stock set of pipes. A guy 80 mi north of me had one so I scooped it up. Had the local exhaust guy down the way throw on an x-pipe instead of the restrictive oem resonator and called it a day. I also got the x-pipe from the guy with the pipes. It was actually a magnaflow one with the huge magnaflow resonator can/x-pipe combo, but my guy didn't like that part and pitched it.
Yeah, the tips aren't shiny anymore, but they are ZR-1 correct, quiet, and I think making pretty decent power on the set-of-the-pants-ometer. I want to test them soon on my secret midnight test track with my G-Tech, but it has been too wet lately.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/mschrameck/Cars/zr1tips_sm.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/mschrameck/Cars/zr1_xpipe_sm.jpg
Previous history: I had a B&B 3" set on the car when I bought it, but the Corsa was .1 sec to 60 mph and .1 faster in the 1/4 mile over that. The 3" set had 1 mph on top though.
So I was thinking that the oem ZR-1 pipe size is still larger than the corsa set (2.7" vs 2.5") so I would just get a stock set of pipes. A guy 80 mi north of me had one so I scooped it up. Had the local exhaust guy down the way throw on an x-pipe instead of the restrictive oem resonator and called it a day. I also got the x-pipe from the guy with the pipes. It was actually a magnaflow one with the huge magnaflow resonator can/x-pipe combo, but my guy didn't like that part and pitched it.
Yeah, the tips aren't shiny anymore, but they are ZR-1 correct, quiet, and I think making pretty decent power on the set-of-the-pants-ometer. I want to test them soon on my secret midnight test track with my G-Tech, but it has been too wet lately.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/mschrameck/Cars/zr1tips_sm.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/mschrameck/Cars/zr1_xpipe_sm.jpg
Previous history: I had a B&B 3" set on the car when I bought it, but the Corsa was .1 sec to 60 mph and .1 faster in the 1/4 mile over that. The 3" set had 1 mph on top though.