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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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I finally completed installing my exhaust today. Got the y-pipe up in there and it looks the same as i had it in my garage lol. so i figured what the hell. finished bolting it all up. took forever with a torch to heat up my crappy flowmaster exhaust to get it to fit over the y-pipe. tightened all the clamps and fired it up. checked for leaks and its all good. i tried to take pictures of it while it was up on the lift but the camera would only pic up on the polished parts. so i have no pictures of the under side. when the snow melts away some more and i can get it out again i'll take some pictures on ground clearance. I need to get some sound clips but don't have any idea how my video camera sucks for exhausts. I have no clunks but the car vibrates alot more from the sound increase. Yet the car seems almost quieter than just the cat back. maybe its just me and it'll take some time to get used to, but i think its too quiet. Thinking about getting a corsa exhaust when i can afford one. I'm not a big fan of the magnaflow sound. i'll have to keep looking into exhausts to get what i want.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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Yet the car seems almost quieter than just the cat back. maybe its just me and it'll take some time to get used to, but i think its too quiet. Thinking about getting a corsa exhaust when i can afford one. I'm not a big fan of the magnaflow sound. i'll have to keep looking into exhausts to get what i want.
Call me crazy, but that's the same thing that happened to me. I installed my Kooks and it didn't sound too much different right off the bat. It took a week or so until it got louder. Maybe it's the PCM learning things, like there is no more bottleneck exhaust, so go ahead a breathe a little ya know? It will get louder, trust me.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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My car seemed to get quiter at highway speeds after the LT's.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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even if it gets quiter witch i dont think it will. cant wait to get my kooks.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 08:18 AM
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i'm still thinking i'll save up for my corsa exhaust because of the flowmaster
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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kooks are the shiznit!!!!

i have a few friends that have corsa and love it
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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Kook's, cats and Corsa. MMMM MMM good.

Pics are in my sig. Oh, it's not an exhaust your mama will like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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I don't have cats is is still gana sound bad? lol i tried to video tape the exhaust today but our sony handy cam keeps cutting out when i rev it up lol it can't handle the noise i guess.
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When i first fired mine up i did not have the y pipe connected and had open headers and it was loud as hell. Anyway welcome to the club, congrats.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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going from just my GMMG to longtubes and no cats freaked me out cuz it was so much louder. I think when you drive it around, it will surprise you
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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longtubes, no cats and corsa is going to sound real good....i love mine

http://videos.camaroz28.com/recentvi...9b00b70ba9.htm
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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i did drive it to work open headers about a 25 mile drive. i had a headache by the time i got there. everything in the car rattled the whole way. I have driven it with the exhaust finished and it just seems quieter to me. on the hwy mostly and of course its raspier than the factory manifolds. i haven't really got on it yet either theres salt on the ground. so i had to wash it all up as soon as i got it home because i never drive my car in bad beather ever. i just had to get it to work one day and get it done.
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