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Best Cat-Back for use with Kooks Headers

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Hello

 

I am looking for a Cat-back system for a 5.3 with Kooks Headers installed.

 

I keep reading that the Corsa will be too loud with headers.

 

Any suggestions ?

 

Thanks 

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I feel like people who install long tubes aren’t worried about sound levels to begin with. The Corsa sounds amazing. I’m going to keep mine on when I finally get around to installing my long tubes. 

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1 hour ago, CombsL83 said:

I feel like people who install long tubes aren’t worried about sound levels to begin with. The Corsa sounds amazing. I’m going to keep mine on when I finally get around to installing my long tubes. 

I have the Corsa CP14873 and I love the sound and performance!!!!  While the system is a little obnoxious on cold start up after about 30 seconds to a minute it quiets down to a nice rumble idling.  Now at WOT it sounds amazing.  Some will say its way to loud but I love it.  Id rather listen to my supercharger and exhaust than the radio (lol)

John 

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Mines perfect and I have the sport. Hardly any sound increase in the cab when cruising. WOT is an amazing sound. It doesn’t make sense to me when someone wants longtubes but is worried about sound. If you don’t like a loud truck then the long tubes aren’t for that person :/ 

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Cora’s is just notoriously loud. I have a corsa sport on my ctsv with long tubes and it’ll shake the whole house on a  cold start. I don’t think it would be much different on a truck. But once it warms up and the idle comes down it’s not bad at all

 

as far as best exhaust goes..... the most free flowing you can get will be the best

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Todd1982

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Everyone is commenting about the Corsa without long tubes .

 

I have heard that before and I like the sound .

 

I am asking about the best cat back with long tubes , I heard the Corsa can be very raspy and drone with long tubes .

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14 hours ago, Todd1982 said:

Everyone is commenting about the Corsa without long tubes .

 

I have heard that before and I like the sound .

 

I am asking about the best cat back with long tubes , I heard the Corsa can be very raspy and drone with long tubes .

I'm wondering what exhaust sounds good too, I'm almost thinking of putting my factory 6.2 exhaust back on when I do headers.  I like loud, but the rasp and drone with some free flowing exhausts will not cut it for me.

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56 minutes ago, pewterliftedz said:

I'm wondering what exhaust sounds good too, I'm almost thinking of putting my factory 6.2 exhaust back on when I do headers.  I like loud, but the rasp and drone with some free flowing exhausts will not cut it for me.

That's exactly what I am thinking ...

 

I might install the headers and Y pipe with my stock exhaust for now and take it from there before I decide on cat back 

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Just add a resonator to the corsa system, thats if you already have corsa. If not, get a magnaflow catback that comes with a resonator

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On 5/1/2019 at 9:47 AM, tyler.frost92 said:

Just add a resonator to the corsa system, thats if you already have corsa. If not, get a magnaflow catback that comes with a resonator

You have headers ? Is that what you did ?

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You have headers ? Is that what you did ?

No, but thats my plan for when i get headers. There used to be a video floating around youtube of a guy with a corsa catback, headers and an aero resonator. Sounded great but pretty tame. 

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