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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 02:57 AM
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oh my god the handling is so awesome, it came already lowered, has 18's all around, long tube headers, the euroo taillights, and a short throw. it still has the stock catback, and and cai, so I guess those will be my next mods.
I wanna keep the cats on the car this time to keep the drone out of the car, but I still want my vette to roar. any suggestions on a catback?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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oh my god the handling is so awesome, it came already lowered, has 18's all around, long tube headers, the euroo taillights, and a short throw. it still has the stock catback, and and cai, so I guess those will be my next mods.
I wanna keep the cats on the car this time to keep the drone out of the car, but I still want my vette to roar. any suggestions on a catback?

If you don't like drone DO NOT get Borla Stingers...I have them and love the way they sound at WOT, but the drone on the highway is very annoying.

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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by santiago
oh my god the handling is so awesome, it came already lowered, has 18's all around, long tube headers, the euroo taillights, and a short throw. it still has the stock catback, and and cai, so I guess those will be my next mods.
I wanna keep the cats on the car this time to keep the drone out of the car, but I still want my vette to roar. any suggestions on a catback?
Buy a used Z06 titanium cat back exhaust that someone took off to make their car louder. They flow as well as most aftermarket systems and are lighter.
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 06:34 AM
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congrats on the new ride
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Corsa is nice and quiet at idle but roars when you get on it.
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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sweetness. The first day I bought mine I put almost 600 miles on it.
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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Magnaflow make a very nice piece
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 09:19 PM
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congrats! I just bought mine recently as well and have already installed a heads and cam along with LT's.

My Magnaflow catback is great and sounds quiet at idle and around town but at WOT it rips! It does drone at 65-70 MPH. The moment you get over 70 though it is super quiet again. This is without cats of coarse.
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I think the Billy Boat exhausts are the loudest....don't know a thing about their drone though. I have Ti for the weight savings, and I couldn't tell if they were louder than stock, but I imagine with your long tubes, you'll be able to notice a difference more easily.
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Old Jan 8, 2005 | 07:06 PM
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thanks for the info everybody, I kinda thought I still had the stock cat back cause it was so quiet and that the chrome tips were welded or somethin, but from lookin at it closer it looks like the b&b route 66 catback. that thing sounds stock!!
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Old Jan 8, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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Congrats on the new car. Hopefully Ill be there soon
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Old Jan 9, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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anybody have this on their car? http://www.corvettegarage.com/produc...-Corvette.html
looks like a good intake system, but I think u still have to buy thier actual tunnel ramair pak huh?
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Old Jan 9, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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Congrats man. I just bought a 2002 Yellow Z06 on Friday. Looks like we both had good weekends.
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 07:34 AM
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