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Falfan · Yesterday, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SS_Dave

Ordered it. Let's see...

Cool, give us an honest review after you get it put on.

SS_Dave · Yesterday, 03:46 PM

Overall, I'm happy and will keep it.

My setup is a stock motor (for now. ;-) ) other than CAI and tuned. Stainless Power headers and high flow cats and the Corsa Sport catback.

General thoughts and things I've noticed.

- Install was no big deal. More work to get the stock exhaust out in one piece.
- A bit louder cold start. Definitely raspier. When I fired it up the first time, I immediately questioned whether I liked the new style of sound. Volume I was good with. But given all else and getting used to that aspect, I'm good.
- Gentle driving like keeping it under 2500 rpm it's only just slightly louder.
- Rolling through the gears even gently it's definitely louder, but not stupid loud. There's also a different hard to describe noise when you let off to shift. I would equate it to if you were blowing air out your mouth and then needed to inhale a little. Not any big deal, just different.
- Hammer it and it's pretty damned loud. Enough that my highly reactive wife immediately started yelling at me to slow down the one time I got on it hard while she was with me.
- The style of noise it makes, to me is very clean and good when driving, especially when pushing it hard. That's an area where I feel like it excels over the Borla. I'd like a deeper idle and cold start, but the rest makes up for it.
- There is zero drone at all. Highway cruising is rather quiet.
- The car actually feels smoother and quieter in some ways as 100% of the noise comes from the exhaust tips. It's like some noise, vibration, or whatever was previously coming throughout the system. Now everything is out back. Odd, but that's the only way I know to describe. Actually a very nice attribute.

Yesterday, 03:46 PM	#16
SS_Dave Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 548	Overall, I'm happy and will keep it. My setup is a stock motor (for now. ;-) ) other than CAI and tuned. Stainless Power headers and high flow cats and the Corsa Sport catback. General thoughts and things I've noticed. - Install was no big deal. More work to get the stock exhaust out in one piece. - A bit louder cold start. Definitely raspier. When I fired it up the first time, I immediately questioned whether I liked the new style of sound. Volume I was good with. But given all else and getting used to that aspect, I'm good. - Gentle driving like keeping it under 2500 rpm it's only just slightly louder. - Rolling through the gears even gently it's definitely louder, but not stupid loud. There's also a different hard to describe noise when you let off to shift. I would equate it to if you were blowing air out your mouth and then needed to inhale a little. Not any big deal, just different. - Hammer it and it's pretty damned loud. Enough that my highly reactive wife immediately started yelling at me to slow down the one time I got on it hard while she was with me. - The style of noise it makes, to me is very clean and good when driving, especially when pushing it hard. That's an area where I feel like it excels over the Borla. I'd like a deeper idle and cold start, but the rest makes up for it. - There is zero drone at all. Highway cruising is rather quiet. - The car actually feels smoother and quieter in some ways as 100% of the noise comes from the exhaust tips. It's like some noise, vibration, or whatever was previously coming throughout the system. Now everything is out back. Odd, but that's the only way I know to describe. Actually a very nice attribute.