vetten25

I am curious, you spent all that money to make all those changes, but you didn't do anything with the exhaust. I have had 7 C-5's and was usually the first thing I did, either Corsa or Borla. Usually adds about another 10-15 HP, although they say 20-30. But I do like the car. Like you say it's different.

Nexus9

Hi Vetten,

Well, I guess I look at exhaust differently from most people. I feel that there is more performance to be gained with headers than with mufflers, and frankly, I think the stock GM mufflers offer some of the best flow to noise ratio available. I think a lot of people change mufflers because it's easy and changes the sound, but if you actually dyno your car before and after, I don't think you'd see a lot of difference in power until the accessory mufflers started to get significantly louder than stock.
As I've said to many people, "It's a date car, not a drag car". So I just don't consider a lot of extra noise to be a good thing. Hence, this car has ceramic headers installed but stock mufflers - when it was dyno tuned for the change, it added about 30 hp, but no noise. (!) Not a lot, but it actually has a lot more thrust between 2,500 - 5,000 rpm that is more noticeable than the top end power number. And the stock mufflers on this model seem to have a nice mellow note, and are certainly easy to change if you wanted.
Glad you like it - are you nearby central CT?

Jon

Nexus9

Just listed on eBay for $200. (!)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...84.m1557.l2649

Off she goes to the highest bidder!

jol

Your car is gorgeous! Could you tell me the type of hood you have? Thanks GLWS

Nexus9

The body parts are all manufactured by Extreme Dimensions, using a very tough Duraflex material.