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Headers are on....now....
The headers are on and the car sounds great...but, there just seams like there is more of the beast wanting to be unleashed. It is not time to lose the stock axle back and replace it with something else, but what. I THOUGHT I wanted to just get a Z06 TI to put back there, but I think I want something a little more aggressive...but not BB Bullets aggressive (ok I would but since I drive it every day)
What are some suggestions you all have for me on other choices?
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There is a another 3 inch coming to market soon...
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I really liked the B&B PRT's I had. There was no drone when I had the 2.73 gear out back.
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Were they cat back or axle back? The new system I just put on when to the axles
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"catback" is a rather generic term.
Concerning C5s, when people refer to that, they mean a muffler system that bolts up at the rear axle flange connection (which 99% of C5 exhaust/header systems retain for compatibility). Reading the mod party thread, why did you need new header bolts? I've yet to see a header that didn't allow reuse of the stock bolts. |
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Anyone know how the Callaways sound?
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If you want soemthing more aggressive than Tis I'd get some Corsa Indys.... they'll be whisper quiet at cruise but loud at WOT.
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I really liked the Corsa Pace Cars I used to have
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I like the way the BB PRT's sound with LTs and I love the way the Speedway Tips look. The more I listen to the car now that the LTs have been on a few days I am reverting back to missing the way my C4 sounded with the bored out cats and straight pipes. I am starting to think I want it to be aggressive sounding all the way around (idle, cruising, & WOT) Maybe on a 1-5 scale a 3 startup/idle, a 2 cruising, and a 4 WOT
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I took my ti's off and am trying out the xspower axle back and so far i like it. Its loud at wot aggressive at start up and going through the gears and gets quiet cruising and no drone on the interstate. I think ill like it more with lt's and a xpipe to get rid of the boat gurgle it has at idle.
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My office is out in Deep Creek, what section of Chesapeake are you in? Would you mind if I stopped by after work one day and take a listen?
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My GHLs used to be the perfect compromise...Very deep sounding but not really all that loud. Even with headers and no cats it wasn't crazy-loud. When I heads/cammed mine is when it became quite loud. "Ticket me" loud probably describes it best. Although I still think it sounds great (inside and out), and haven't gotten a ticket "yet", I have no desire to change it. Besides, it's fun to annoy the straight-piped Harley riders who think they have the loudest thing on the road. |
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SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH......don't get my mind working on more then one mod at a time....heads and cam will be next year I hope.
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I'm not saying mod up the engine now too, just consider that in your long term goal. Engine mods do change up the sound of things a LOT! If you go aggressively loud now, you may find it downright obnoxious after doing heads/cam later on. Might be better to be satisfied with "just ok" for now, and be thrilled with the sound after those further upgrades instead of shopping for a quieter exhaust a year from now. |
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I agree, I have LG long tube headers, and B&B PRT's, no cats and 2-1/2" X-pipe. Great sound.
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