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Hello Ive had a corsa sport catback on my 14 6.2 for a few years and have loved it, but I recently installed longtubes with a catted y-pipe and it is obnoxiously loud. I'm just looking for the best replacement for it that wont be too loud. I know I'm not the only one that has ran into this, so hopefully someone can help out. Thanks!

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If you want to spend the money you could buy gm's corsa cat back (touring muffler). It'll be a direct replacement for the corsa sport; no cutting, adding, welding. Or your could add a resonator/bullet muffler before the muffler.

 

There is a few aftermarket mufflers that could work (ex.borla xr1), but your options are limited because of the 3.5" pipe.

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just hate to spend the money on another new corsa, but maybe i can find a used corsa touring for sale. I'm wondering how much that would quiet it down? I think for the time being I might put the resonator off my old exhaust on after the muffler so i wont have to cut much up, just wont have my tips on until i get a different muffler. I will most likely end up having a muffler shop fab up a magnaflow on it if i cant find a closer fit.

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4 hours ago, johnk45 said:

just hate to spend the money on another new corsa, but maybe i can find a used corsa touring for sale. I'm wondering how much that would quiet it down? I think for the time being I might put the resonator off my old exhaust on after the muffler so i wont have to cut much up, just wont have my tips on until i get a different muffler. I will most likely end up having a muffler shop fab up a magnaflow on it if i cant find a closer fit.

I was in the exact situation you are in except I did catless y pipe. I wanted to switch to the touring muffler, but they do not make a touring muffler for the 6.2. I even contacted Corsa directly to find out for sure. Corsa recommend adding a resonator. I did not want to cut or weld on a 1200 exhaust. I ended up taking the sport muffler out and adding a Flowmaster pro series muffler. Still loud but a little tamer than the sport. I sold my Sport muffler very quick on the for sale page. There isn't many options for a 3.5 center in center out muffler. I would like to go quieter, but for now it is better than it was.

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Just curious, how much did you end up selling your sport muffler for? I will most likely be doing the same when i find a replacement.

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2 minutes ago, johnk45 said:

Just curious, how much did you end up selling your sport muffler for? I will most likely be doing the same when i find a replacement.

I got $325 shipped

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46 minutes ago, drentlaw1 said:

I got $325 shipped

That's pretty good, thanks!

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5 hours ago, drentlaw1 said:

I was in the exact situation you are in except I did catless y pipe. I wanted to switch to the touring muffler, but they do not make a touring muffler for the 6.2. I even contacted Corsa directly to find out for sure. Corsa recommend adding a resonator. I did not want to cut or weld on a 1200 exhaust. I ended up taking the sport muffler out and adding a Flowmaster pro series muffler. Still loud but a little tamer than the sport. I sold my Sport muffler very quick on the for sale page. There isn't many options for a 3.5 center in center out muffler. I would like to go quieter, but for now it is better than it was.

GM does have the touring muffler, Corsa just doesn't have a touring muffler branded under their name... I've seen a video where a guy had arh/gm corsa. Sounded good, not too loud for normal driving and a monster at wot. I did ask corsa what they recommended to quiet it down a bit. They said add a resonator in front of the muffler, basically turns it into a touring muffler.

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On 8/10/2018 at 2:57 PM, drentlaw1 said:

I got $325 shipped

That's definitely impressive, there was a basic new Corsa sport muffler on here for sale on the other truck site. I offered 250 shipped,  and of course I got a no way. I seen the same exact person on eBay try to sell it . It sold for 210 plus 25 shipping. 

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Is the cat-back exhaust on the All Terrain X models the Corsa touring? I might be interested in a trade if that is the case, could use a little more sound. 

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14 hours ago, 02SOMWS6 said:

Is the cat-back exhaust on the All Terrain X models the Corsa touring? I might be interested in a trade if that is the case, could use a little more sound. 

yes

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I have the gm performance exhaust , Corsa version, which is the touring. I have been wanting to try the spot muffler. I may be interested in trading. I have a 6.2 

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I should clarify, I have the GM catback as well and am also looking to trade for the sport. I have the 5.3L double cab, but I don't think that matters for just swapping the mufflers. I'm assuming touring and sport mufflers are the same size... 

 

Located in NY. 

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