Corsa installed, Not happy
They do not put any packing material or steel wool in the muffler.
Last edited by hawk1125; Sep 13, 2008 at 07:19 PM.
Not so. I had mine go out almosta year ago now. Cost me $250 to have it swapped out.
I was just reading off of a piece a paper that came with my cat back. It said that corsa uses no packing material or steel wool.
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Corsa's definitely one of the better sounding catbacks out there. Not sure why you have rasp since you have cats. I have the highest flowing cats on the market and run my Corsa with the cutout open 100% of the time and I don't have any rasp worth mentioning at all.
Corsa does have a semi-metallic sound at idle. The best word I can use to describe the idle is "clanky." It sounds really good over 3,000 rpm's though...really good for a y-pipe setup, that is.
Give it a couple hundred miles. Let it break in.
Corsa does have a semi-metallic sound at idle. The best word I can use to describe the idle is "clanky." It sounds really good over 3,000 rpm's though...really good for a y-pipe setup, that is.
Give it a couple hundred miles. Let it break in.
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Don't know what to tell you. I can rev it to 4k in neutral. No rasp. No gurgling. Totally clean. No rasp at WOT, though there is a "blurble" sound only when the car shifts at very hard throttle or WOT. No rasp at cruising. The only time I hear any kind of distortion in the exhaust is when I'm cruising at about 40 mph and I get on the throttle hard but not enough for the trans to downshift and the motor has to struggle to pull the bottom of fourth gear at such a low speed. There's distortion in the exhaust note then, but I suspect a lot of that is in the tune. My stock tune is running so horribly rich right now my car smells like pure gas fumes at idle. I expect a lot of that distortion to go away after my AFR gets cleaned up as it sounds more like unburnt fuel popping in the exhaust than rasp.
If you wanna come down from Illinois to New Jersey I'd be happy to prove it to you...
If you wanna come down from Illinois to New Jersey I'd be happy to prove it to you...
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Well, it looks a lot better, sounds a lot better and commands a much higher resale value than an SLP Loudmouth 2. You get what you pay for. A guy that has an SLP catback has no right to call anything overpriced. Everything SLP sells with few exceptions are very overpriced. Remember, your catback doesn't even come with a real muffler and it comes with dinky little tips. The Corsa catback has a very complex muffler and by far the highest quality and best looking tips in the business.
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Don't know what to tell you. I can rev it to 4k in neutral. No rasp. No gurgling. Totally clean. No rasp at WOT, though there is a "blurble" sound only when the car shifts at very hard throttle or WOT. No rasp at cruising. The only time I hear any kind of distortion in the exhaust is when I'm cruising at about 40 mph and I get on the throttle hard but not enough for the trans to downshift and the motor has to struggle to pull the bottom of fourth gear at such a low speed. There's distortion in the exhaust note then, but I suspect a lot of that is in the tune. My stock tune is running so horribly rich right now my car smells like pure gas fumes at idle. I expect a lot of that distortion to go away after my AFR gets cleaned up as it sounds more like unburnt fuel popping in the exhaust than rasp.
If you wanna come down from Illinois to New Jersey I'd be happy to prove it to you...
If you wanna come down from Illinois to New Jersey I'd be happy to prove it to you...
Well, it looks a lot better, sounds a lot better and commands a much higher resale value than an SLP Loudmouth 2. You get what you pay for. A guy that has an SLP catback has no right to call anything overpriced. Everything SLP sells with few exceptions are very overpriced. Remember, your catback doesn't even come with a real muffler and it comes with dinky little tips. The Corsa catback has a very complex muffler and by far the highest quality and best looking tips in the business.
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
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so the corsa is the best thing to hit the market cause of their tips lol, and cause it has a complex muffler
, that dosnt mean its better then any other muffler out there, i bet if they compared flow with any other catback it would get outflowed and many other catbacks will sound better, by the way i agree that slp has nasty tips, but i can guarantee that my loudmouth2 sounds better with heads and cam then a corsa with heads and cam, i wont be a rasp machine when i floor it, it may have a higher resale value, but they will be disapointed when they put it on 
, oh and i know that slp is overpriced, but not like the corsa and their cool tips that give u 100rwhp 
, keep your corsa and your rasp and get off their nuts
, that dosnt mean its better then any other muffler out there, i bet if they compared flow with any other catback it would get outflowed and many other catbacks will sound better, by the way i agree that slp has nasty tips, but i can guarantee that my loudmouth2 sounds better with heads and cam then a corsa with heads and cam, i wont be a rasp machine when i floor it, it may have a higher resale value, but they will be disapointed when they put it on , oh and i know that slp is overpriced, but not like the corsa and their cool tips that give u 100rwhp , keep your corsa and your rasp and get off their nutsWell, it looks a lot better, sounds a lot better and commands a much higher resale value than an SLP Loudmouth 2. You get what you pay for. A guy that has an SLP catback has no right to call anything overpriced. Everything SLP sells with few exceptions are very overpriced. Remember, your catback doesn't even come with a real muffler and it comes with dinky little tips. The Corsa catback has a very complex muffler and by far the highest quality and best looking tips in the business.
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
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forgot to mention that slp cme tips are 1000x better then corsa tips
Well, it looks a lot better, sounds a lot better and commands a much higher resale value than an SLP Loudmouth 2. You get what you pay for. A guy that has an SLP catback has no right to call anything overpriced. Everything SLP sells with few exceptions are very overpriced. Remember, your catback doesn't even come with a real muffler and it comes with dinky little tips. The Corsa catback has a very complex muffler and by far the highest quality and best looking tips in the business.
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
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so the corsa is the best thing to hit the market cause of their tips lol, and cause it has a complex muffler, that dosnt mean its better then any other muffler out there, i bet if they compared flow with any other catback it would get outflowed and many other catbacks will sound better, by the way i agree that slp has nasty tips, but i can guarantee that my loudmouth2 sounds better with heads and cam then a corsa with heads and cam, i wont be a rasp machine when i floor it, it may have a higher resale value, but they will be disapointed when they put it on , oh and i know that slp is overpriced, but not like the corsa and their cool tips that give u 100rwhp , keep your corsa and your rasp and get off their nuts
, that dosnt mean its better then any other muffler out there, i bet if they compared flow with any other catback it would get outflowed and many other catbacks will sound better, by the way i agree that slp has nasty tips, but i can guarantee that my loudmouth2 sounds better with heads and cam then a corsa with heads and cam, i wont be a rasp machine when i floor it, it may have a higher resale value, but they will be disapointed when they put it on , oh and i know that slp is overpriced, but not like the corsa and their cool tips that give u 100rwhp , keep your corsa and your rasp and get off their nutsCorsa is, simply put, a much more intelligently designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks. Lots of thought and R&D went into the Corsa. That is the main reason for the high price tag. No other catback on the market provides the sound control that Corsa provides. The SLP Loudmouth series has no thought at all put into sound control. It is made to be loud all the time. Anyone can design that catback. There was no engineering involved.
As for being "disappointed", sound is entirely subjective. Anyone that doesn't want a loud machine would be very disappointed with the SLP Loudmouth series and would much rather have a Corsa.
I have no brand loyalty to catbacks. I got my Corsa catback for free. I couldn't care less about the brand. The fact is, it's a better made, better designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks out there. As for power, well, I've seen plenty of dynos over the years showing virtually no gain of an open cutout vs. a Corsa muffler. I'll be getting a dynotune in the oncoming weeks or months, so I'll be able to provide personal proof soon enough of how well this muffler flows. My car ran 2 tenths faster with my cutout closed when I was lid/catback only.
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Well, it looks a lot better, sounds a lot better and commands a much higher resale value than an SLP Loudmouth 2. You get what you pay for. A guy that has an SLP catback has no right to call anything overpriced. Everything SLP sells with few exceptions are very overpriced. Remember, your catback doesn't even come with a real muffler and it comes with dinky little tips. The Corsa catback has a very complex muffler and by far the highest quality and best looking tips in the business.
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
Not to mention the Corsa is a much classier catback. The Corsa catback is dead quiet at cruise, very tame at acceleration and screams at WOT. No catback on the market balances sound volume as well as the Corsa catback does. Your catback is just loud all the time and has no unique tonal quality to it. It sounds no different than an open cutout on a stock catback, which can be had for less than 10% of what you paid for your catback. So who really shelled out too much money?
But don't let that stand in the way of your brilliant criticism
classier, i bet u think ur classy to right
, lol, next ur gonna tell me that qtp headers are classy to right Tech Resident
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everyone knows that the loudmouth is loud, and the loudmouth has no hype behind it like the corsa, slp is not the best catback let me make that clear, but it is a good flowing catback, not saying the corsa isnt, honestly listen to a lm2 with heads and cam, at idle and at wot, and u will like it, its like when u have an lm1 with heads and cam, its loud and raspy thats why i put a lm2 resonator, i didnt have to buy a new catback, and spend hundreds of dollars, the lm1 is good with headers with a catted y or with stock manifolds, just like the corsa, corsa is raspy with a cam, it all comes down to what your mods are, and if ur just a basic bolt on guy then get a corsa if thats what u lkike
and raspy thats why i put a lm2 resonator, i didnt have to buy a new catback, and spend hundreds of dollars, the lm1 is good with headers with a catted y or with stock manifolds, just like the corsa, corsa is raspy with a cam, it all comes down to what your mods are, and if ur just a basic bolt on guy then get a corsa if thats what u lkikeNever said Corsa is the "best thing to hit the market." Not sure where you get that from.
Corsa is, simply put, a much more intelligently designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks. Lots of thought and R&D went into the Corsa. That is the main reason for the high price tag. No other catback on the market provides the sound control that Corsa provides. The SLP Loudmouth series has no thought at all put into sound control. It is made to be loud all the time. Anyone can design that catback. There was no engineering involved.
As for being "disappointed", sound is entirely subjective. Anyone that doesn't want a loud machine would be very disappointed with the SLP Loudmouth series and would much rather have a Corsa.
I have no brand loyalty to catbacks. I got my Corsa catback for free. I couldn't care less about the brand. The fact is, it's a better made, better designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks out there. As for power, well, I've seen plenty of dynos over the years showing virtually no gain of an open cutout vs. a Corsa muffler. I'll be getting a dynotune in the oncoming weeks or months, so I'll be able to provide personal proof soon enough of how well this muffler flows. My car ran 2 tenths faster with my cutout closed when I was lid/catback only.
Corsa is, simply put, a much more intelligently designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks. Lots of thought and R&D went into the Corsa. That is the main reason for the high price tag. No other catback on the market provides the sound control that Corsa provides. The SLP Loudmouth series has no thought at all put into sound control. It is made to be loud all the time. Anyone can design that catback. There was no engineering involved.
As for being "disappointed", sound is entirely subjective. Anyone that doesn't want a loud machine would be very disappointed with the SLP Loudmouth series and would much rather have a Corsa.
I have no brand loyalty to catbacks. I got my Corsa catback for free. I couldn't care less about the brand. The fact is, it's a better made, better designed catback than any of the SLP catbacks out there. As for power, well, I've seen plenty of dynos over the years showing virtually no gain of an open cutout vs. a Corsa muffler. I'll be getting a dynotune in the oncoming weeks or months, so I'll be able to provide personal proof soon enough of how well this muffler flows. My car ran 2 tenths faster with my cutout closed when I was lid/catback only.
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everyone knows that the loudmouth is loud, and the loudmouth has no hype behind it like the corsa, slp is not the best catback let me make that clear, but it is a good flowing catback, not saying the corsa isnt, honestly listen to a lm2 with heads and cam, at idle and at wot, and u will like it, its like when u have an lm1 with heads and cam, its loud and raspy thats why i put a lm2 resonator, i didnt have to buy a new catback, and spend hundreds of dollars, the lm1 is good with headers with a catted y or with stock manifolds, just like the corsa, corsa is raspy with a cam, it all comes down to what your mods are, and if ur just a basic bolt on guy then get a corsa if thats what u lkike
and raspy thats why i put a lm2 resonator, i didnt have to buy a new catback, and spend hundreds of dollars, the lm1 is good with headers with a catted y or with stock manifolds, just like the corsa, corsa is raspy with a cam, it all comes down to what your mods are, and if ur just a basic bolt on guy then get a corsa if thats what u lkikeThe Corsa is a much better made catback than the SLP catbacks and it has tons of R&D put into it. It's the most unique, exotic sound you can get out of a catback for an F-body and its volume control is unprecedented. It wasn't made for everyone. It was made for a specific crowd. Corsa is probably the most refined catback on the market for these cars, and if you want that refinement, you pay for it. Obviously you don't want it. I don't want it either, which is why I leave my cutout open 100% of the time. I want loud, obnoxious and uncomfortable. But the Corsa sounds good in amalgamation with the open cutout.
The Corsa is expensive, but it's completely worth it when you're looking for what it brings to the table. It's not made for 17 year old kids looking for a loud V8 car. It's a refined catback geared towards more mature drivers, and those are the people that have $$$ to spend - and Corsa deserves that price tag.
BTW, one of my old friends had a LM1 on his Z28. Probably the worst sounding exhaust I've ever heard
Stock manifolds and cats, too. It was just awful IMO... 