They are pricey so I wouldnt think there is. Heard someone saying the mufflers coming apart though and having Corsa send them new ones

 

I have no personal experience with Corsa, but the owner of the exhaust shop where I've done business since 1998 ('98 Formula, '99 Trans Am, '02 Firehawk) and I were talking about the different brands while I was getting my GMMG installed on Monday and his comments were:
1. Borla's are the biggest PITA and he won't touch them anymore. Said the advertised "15 minute bolt-up in your driveway" was totally untrue and more often than not he ended up fabricating some custom part to get it to fit.
2. Corsa's DO fall apart in about a year. They don't literally come apart, but the outside weld seams have a tendency to split, leaving gaping holes in the muffler.
This is a guy who's been in business since 1978, so take it for what it's worth.

 

A good friend of mine had Corsa on his '00 Z28. He went through two mufflers in less than a year; they both had the same issue. Some baffle inside the muffler would break free and rattle, making this awful constant vibrating noise that would drive anyone insane.

Not sure if Corsa ever fixed that issue, but I don't think I'd take the chance to find out....

 

i love the corsa. sounds wicked with a cam and ORP. my corsa muffler started to rattle after 3 months though

so i went with bassani and havent looked back

 

i guess ill add that Corsa is great with their warrenty. My friend got a new muffler to his door next day shipping no questions asked

 

I've had mine on since I've owned the car (2nd owner) and it is great on problems so maybe they fixed them and maybe I got lucky call them and ask them if they have changed there design ETC... just a thought.

 

I had Corsa on my '95 Z for 6 months and then I sold the car. Sounded like a friggin boat and had no problems. My neighbor has an '01 SS and he put it on there, within 4 months, same thing happened as with others, weld split and he needed a new muffler. Call Corsa.

 

If you are gonna spend that much money on a cat-back exhaust system I think you should take a look at gmmg exhaust. It is a high quality system and it sounds awesome, I have heard corsa exhaust on peoples cars that have heads and cam and longtubes and i still think gmmg sounds better with just long tubes. The gmmg is loud but does not resonate in the car so you can still have a conversation and listen to the radio. It sounds just like an old muscle car. That is my opinion and good luck for whatever you do but just give gmmg a chance http://www.gmmginc.net/html/chamberedexhaust.htm
go there to see their exhaust sytem and to hear it.

 

Bassani and GMMG are my favorites of the 'expensive' catbacks. They actually sound very similar, and are both VERY high quality. IMO, I would not spend the kind of money that Corsa is asking for with their quality problems....

 

I put on the Borla myself in my driveway and it took me about 1.5 hrs. And the fit? Perfect. Could not ask for more. It's been on for about 2 yrs. and still looks brand new.

 

I blew a few Corsa's..They sent me new ones and return labels each time..The last 1 I got last spring was different.It held up fine all year so far..I was popping them under 500 miles each time.This one has 5k miles on it...They do stand behing there product and never gave me a hard time.. I can see the GMMG being a restriction problem when adding more power..

 

Anyone know where to get some sound files on the Bassani with/without cats?

 

This is one of the reasons I stay away from buying aftermarket catback.

My setup is stealthly
I have a stock exhaust which has a electric cutout.

It works this way, exhaust comes from the headers through the cats and out the y-pipe to over the axle bend and out the cutout, with the cutout closed, the exhaust is redirected through the stock muffler and out the exhaust tips.

With it closed, it sounds competely stock (hence on the underside of the ash tray lid which has a F-117A aircraft mini blueprint image with the matching colors for open/closed.
With it open, hell is breaking loose!

 

It sounds like they may have got whatever issue that was causing the problem sorted out.
btw...I've always thought the same thing about the GMMG exhaust.

 

Had mine for over a year now and works just fine. I have nothing but positives to say about it, I wouldn't trade it for another catback if someone paid me.

Knock on wood

 

heyguys, just talked to the tech dept. today1/5/04ask the question about the muffler issue,revampt the whole muffler in 03 no problems at all!!!.yellowbird.