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Old 12-22-2004, 08:22 AM
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I originally had SW Long Tubes, Random Cats & X-Pipe running to stock mufflers on my 2001 6 sp. The car sounded great (to me) but had a loud resonance between 2500 -3000 rpm. Reinstalled the stock center section and the resonance went away (along with some of my gains). Now that I have half of a high performance exhaust system sitting in my garage I'm trying to come up with the best compromise between a quiet interior and a free flowing exhaust. Corsa's propaganda says they have licked the resonance problem with their system and hence my question:

Do the Corsa Touring Mufflers provide a quiet interior with no resonance?

Are they significantly louder then the stock mufflers inside the car?
Old 12-22-2004, 09:22 AM
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Don't know about Touring but my Indys sure don't have in cabin resonance!
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I also have the Indy's and have no cabin noise. Since the Touring are even quieter, you'll have no issues.
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I have the touring in my car. I have done many mods to my exhaust over the years but resonance is something I have never had no matter what I did to the rest of the car.

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No resonance with my Touring.
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I have Kooks long tube headers, Corsa X-pipe and Touring exhaust setup. I have no resonance issues whatsoever. The sound is exactly what I was looking for.
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Originally Posted by PDXBigMan
I have Kooks long tube headers, Corsa X-pipe and Touring exhaust setup. I have no resonance issues whatsoever. The sound is exactly what I was looking for.
Does the Touring set up have a seperate set of resonators ahead of the mufflers or is the set up exactly like the Indys but with more restrictive mufflers?
Old 12-22-2004, 03:52 PM
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I have the Touring but it is connected to a Bassani X-pipe from day one. Never had the resonance problem but it did had some popping noise until I had the car programmed with a Predator. Now it's just as loud as I want it.
Old 12-22-2004, 06:36 PM
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FLP headers, Maggie and Corsa Touring - zero resonance at cruise - a bit of decel popping due to the fairly rich AFR needed for the s/c. Overall sound level - just right for me, sounds way better than OEM mufflers, but not so loud as to get undue attention from the police.

The neighbors do advise that they no longer need to set alarm clocks in the am - the start up in my garage wakes them up.

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Old 12-22-2004, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AJay
Does the Touring set up have a seperate set of resonators ahead of the mufflers or is the set up exactly like the Indys but with more restrictive mufflers?
No seperate resonators. Only the mufflers themselves have some internal differences between Indy's and Touring.
I also have the Touring and no resonance issues at all. HTH
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No problems here with my Touring but just a little note. 6th gear is when I really love the quiteness of my Touring crusing on the road. If I'm in 5th gear on the hwy and doing 55, then it's a bit loud. Big cams don't like low RPM so if I'm under 60MPH then I have to up shift into 5th to avoid bucking.
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Originally Posted by vettecop1125
No resonance with my Touring.

Corsa Touring w/Tiger Shark tips and x-pipe. I love 'em.

I can hear them under WOT or not at idle or cruise. I think they're great!!!
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What made those of you with the Corsa system pick the Touring over the Pace? I'm contemplating the Corsa exhaust in the spring, but not sure which way to go. Also, what about the x-pipe? Is that worth going for as long as one puts on the new exhaust? Thanks. Dan
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I too wanted a better exhaust note on my 00 6sp vert. I had saved for months. $$$ was a factor. saw the thread from Paul @ West Coast that they were selling off Corsa's @ $699... I bought... I put them on myself. I was amazied. After about three days of daily driving they settled in. They are as advertised... At WOT they are LOVELY... At cruse they are more silent than the stock system. I still can't believe it!
They are the best investment I have made. The only problem is that the milage has suffered. It has dropped from 18.5 in town to 17 in town... Must be that great noise... I have the Indy's... LOVE them!!!!!
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Originally Posted by vettecop1125
No resonance with my Touring.
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AJay, I agree with all these posts. Just installed Corsa Indy. Great sound, great performance, no resonance. You won't be sorry.

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Originally Posted by vettenovice
I also have the Indy's and have no cabin noise. Since the Touring are even quieter, you'll have no issues.

No resonance with mine.
Old 12-23-2004, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by AJay
Does the Touring set up have a seperate set of resonators ahead of the mufflers or is the set up exactly like the Indys but with more restrictive mufflers?
Neither. The only difference is that the Touring has larger sound cancellation chambers. You can roll a billiad ball end-to-end through either system.

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