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Feb 21, 2008 | 12:59 PM

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Corsa cat-back too loud

Is there a way to quite down a Corsa cat-back?
It's way too loud!

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Feb 21, 2008 | 01:00 PM

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put a borla xr1, or another type of bullet style muffler in the I pipe

Feb 21, 2008 | 01:33 PM

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Ear plugs. That should quiet down what you hear.

I have Corsa and love the sound backed up to my stroker/long tubes.

Of course I like loud cars anyway.

Feb 21, 2008 | 02:03 PM

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a corsa isn't that loud.....???? now that I have headers w/ the corsa i'd still be fine if it went louder/deeper.

Feb 21, 2008 | 02:37 PM

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put a borla xr1, or another type of bullet style muffler in the I pipe

Is there really enough space for someting like that?

Feb 21, 2008 | 02:45 PM

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Is there really enough space for someting like that?

Yes, theres plenty of room on the I pipe to cut a section out and weld one in, there not long at all, maybe about 18' inches.

Feb 21, 2008 | 04:03 PM

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Longtubes, Corsa catback, metallic core bullet cats, open cutout...not loud enough for me

Are you running cats? If not, throw on a set of cats to quiet it down.

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Feb 21, 2008 | 04:30 PM

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you could sell it to me that would make it quieter

Feb 21, 2008 | 05:20 PM

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I just bought a Corsa...can't wait to get it in!!! Hooker LT's, ORY, Dynomax bullet in I pipe, Corsa with an e-cutout. I can hear it now......

Feb 21, 2008 | 08:45 PM

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I have hooker LT, ory and corsa and love the way it sounds.

Feb 22, 2008 | 08:19 PM

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anyone got any vids? cant wait to get my corsa "muff" installed

Feb 25, 2008 | 07:40 PM

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The key to a Corsa is highflow cats. It's loud at WOT and nice and potent sounding at all other times.

Feb 25, 2008 | 08:07 PM

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Does Corsa still have the problem of their mufflers coming apart inside?

Feb 26, 2008 | 12:23 AM

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Does Corsa still have the problem of their mufflers coming apart inside?

How do you know it's coming apart? rattle?
Maybe mine is too loud because of this... it makes an annoying rrrasp!

Feb 26, 2008 | 06:25 AM

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corsa is not that loud... it only gets lout at WOT. driving around corsa is great. quite and no drone.

Exactly and it is true, the key is HIGH flow cats.

I used the SAME corsa that was on my high comp LT1 383 w/ no CATS and its pretty loud. I lived with it, I only really noticed it on a 2 hr freeway cruise, otherwise I was fine.

I put this exhaust on my LS1 with Dynatech cats and its made a WORLD of diff. Sounds more exotic and some people who broke my ***** about it now love it. I rev 2k or so on the freeway with the windows up and its dead quiet..... welp I still hear my 12 bolt whine lol!

Feb 26, 2008 | 06:31 AM

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I rev 2k or so on the freeway with the windows up and its dead quiet..... welp I still hear my 12 bolt whine lol!

not mine... it's too loud.
Is it because my car is a convertible?

Feb 26, 2008 | 07:58 AM

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not mine... it's too loud.
Is it because my car is a convertible?

Its prob due to your car is a A4, which my LT1 was and with out cats there def was a drone, mine was rarer hard top, but no cats spinning higher rpms is going to create a drone, especially on LS1's

Feb 26, 2008 | 09:00 AM

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How do you know it's coming apart? rattle?
Maybe mine is too loud because of this... it makes an annoying rrrasp!

Yeah, I remember back a while ago (can't remember exactly when), that Corsa had issues with their mufflers for the LS1s rattling inside. I think the majority of the mufflers effected were cars with off-road y-pipes. I don't know for sure, but I think Corsa may have addressed the issue, or maybe not.

Feb 26, 2008 | 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine

Its prob due to your car is a A4, which my LT1 was and with out cats there def was a drone, mine was rarer hard top, but no cats spinning higher rpms is going to create a drone, especially on LS1's

PLS read my sig: it's a M6 now

with stock cats and stock Y-pipe.
What I've done once was an homemade glasspack inserting a smaller mesh-pipe inside of both exhaust end pipes.
It was better but nor the sound I was looking for.

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