Corsa Cat back goes best with what header?
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Launching!
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From: Hilton Head. SC
Corsa Cat back goes best with what header? What header will give me that extra grunt with a Corsa Cat, at idle I need my presence known better, and still not be too crazy loud in the car with normal driving. I've heard Kooks are too quiet. Any opinions?
I don't think any one brand of longtube will yield a different sound than the other. It all depends on whats after the header..... Cats or ORY. I've run the Corsa with and without cats. Running the ORY was a loud raw sound, slightly unrefined and raspy around 22-2800rpms but was awesome at WOT. Adding the 3" Carsound Cats really got rid of the raw sound and made it a deep Corsa tone with no rasp at all. WOT is still damn loud. Longtubes Highflow Cats @ Corsa is a very good setup that will announce your presence. Add a lopey cam and it gets even better.
JamR, Get yourself a 224+ duration cam on a 112LSA and you will have found that nasty sound at idle through the Corsa. Trust Me. Running an ORY it's even more pronounced.
To be honset, all my setups were with cats mind you. The SLP headers ripped and screamed with the corsa, but the Kooks are deeper and more mellow while still tearing at WOT. The Corsa is very easily tamed, meaning it won't be loud unless you make it get loud. It's a great setup. 
Staging Lane
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From: PA
Originally Posted by Dear John
To be honset, all my setups were with cats mind you. The SLP headers ripped and screamed with the corsa, but the Kooks are deeper and more mellow while still tearing at WOT. The Corsa is very easily tamed, meaning it won't be loud unless you make it get loud. It's a great setup.
I would assume it would be the best cat-back to do an ORY on it since its quieter than almost every setup out there....any help?
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Verdad Gallardo Corsa is very throaty. When you throw race pipes in front of it it turns into raspy and annoying Borla kind of sound. WOT is WOT and will be louder than a catted Y pipe, but cruising around just sounds unhealthy IMO. I would get catted Kooks and Premium Corsa. Oh wait, I did get that.
Staging Lane
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I have the Corsa and an ORY, but I still have stock ex manifolds. YEAH its loud. Almost as loud as my cut-out, espically when you run it above 2200. However, its relatively quiet when the car is in 5h or 6th gear. Also, I've heard that longtubes will tone down the rasp. I'm going to get some Edelbrock headers and see if I like it. If not, I'm just going to put a bullet muffler behind the cut-out
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Originally Posted by Big Ty
I have the Corsa and an ORY, but I still have stock ex manifolds. YEAH its loud. Almost as loud as my cut-out, espically when you run it above 2200. However, its relatively quiet when the car is in 5h or 6th gear. Also, I've heard that longtubes will tone down the rasp. I'm going to get some Edelbrock headers and see if I like it. If not, I'm just going to put a bullet muffler behind the cut-out
LTs will magnify the rasp.....its the ORY that makes it raspy. Cats cure that though.
