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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:25 AM
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I bought a Corsa system from a fellow member. Finally got around to putting it on yesterday and it sounds good but wasn't what I expected. Its really quiet. Nothing like some of the videos on ls1sounds.com. I have a long tubes, offroad y, cutout, and corsa. Also have heads and cam. I'll try to get a video posted later. Is there any other mufflers that look like a corsa muffler that I might have got taken for? Thanks
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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The H/C car corsas I have heard are looooooud.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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post up a few pics of the catback, all corsa cars I have heard have sounded great but also were very loud.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Sounds like you have a nice exhaust. If you want it loud use the cutout.

As soon as I added my H/C package it made the car way too loud with my gmmg.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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corsa sounds so loud with no cats and longtubes.....
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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You must not have the actual corsa muffler because it is very loud and raspy with longtubes and no cats, and then you have heads and cam on top of that.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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[IMG]View Video on FQuick[/IMG]

http://www.ls1sounds.com/Corsa/corsa...earJohnZ28.mov

There is mine vs. one on ls1souds.com. (Mine on top) His has cats. I dunno. I've never heard corsa in person just on videos. For some reason it sounds louder on video than in person. Maybe i'm just not used to it. Tell me what you think
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Also as you can see im right up on the tips
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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i have a corsa cb and only have lt/ory and its quiet at iddle cruising, but romp on it and its loud, obnoxious loud
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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I finnally got the video to work that I wanted. Go to the corsa section on ls1sounds and click on the third one down. Its an 00 ws6 with a similar size cam. Mine sounds alot quieter.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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its tough to tell. My corsa is very tame, but i have some hi-flow cats on the car along with the full bolt ons/ custom cam. but at WOT that thing roars
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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this is my car, LT/ORY and Corsa Cat-Back... I don't know I found it pretty loud and most people I drive by tend to think so aswell.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYcIHmkAXU

0:40 mark for rev.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Yea im beging to think im just not used to it. I always had my borla wide open and it was loud in the car. This corsa is like stock almost compared to it. I need to have someone else drive my car. Heck it might be pretty loud outside just quiet inside. By the way nice car man ^^^ You drive like me
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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well time to get an exhaust cutout just to be on the safe side :p... thanks for the comment too man
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I put a cut out in the i pipe right under the rear passenger seat.
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My Corsa sounds pretty loud.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Bouvs
this is my car, LT/ORY and Corsa Cat-Back... I don't know I found it pretty loud and most people I drive by tend to think so aswell.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYcIHmkAXU

0:40 mark for rev.
Yes, Bouver's car is loud. Corsa sounds so nasty (good) without cats, except for the damn rasp between 2000 - 3000 and coming off shifts.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:34 AM
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ya. see mine dont have any rasp at all really. I wonder if the cut out could possible throw the sound off?.?. Mines real smooth
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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6
i have a corsa cb and only have lt/ory and its quiet at iddle cruising, but romp on it and its loud, obnoxious loud
yeah mines the same way. Its pretty quiet inside but loud under throttle. For some reason you cant hear the sound inside the car like you do outside.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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I have a Corsa catback with LT's and a catted-y, but they're Magnaflow 59959's, so they're some of the "loudest" cats you can get. With the cutout open, it's very loud. With the cutout closed, it's not loud AT ALL. At WOT, it is pretty loud, but under normal driving it's very mellow. Not like an open cutout at all. The Corsa muffler does a VERY good job at toning down the volume, and it's not raspy at all with the cats.
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