Corsa Performance Gives Us An Inside Look At The Development Of Their C7 Corvette Exhaust: Video
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The aftermarket exhaust business is a big one, and many companies put painstaking man-hours into crafting a unique tone and ensuring respectable performance gains from their system. One of those major players is Corsa Performance, and they’ve rolled out their newest system for the C7 Corvette Stingray.
The video provides a hands-on look at the effort gone into making such a system worthy for the almighty C7 Corvette. Corsa spent countless hours designing and tuning to make sure the perfect rumble was emitted from the tailpipes.
Corsa is particularly proud of its Double Helixx X-pipe design, which was thought up as an alternative to the valved axle-pipe design of the stock Corvette. Rather than Corsa creating a costly design to mimic the factory piping, the Double Helixx X-Pipe simplifies the system, and unlocks additional horsepower through optimized placement of the twin crossovers.
When the C7 Corvette Corsa exhaust system is equipped with the X-pipe, dyno testing shows an increase of 20-horsepower and 15 pound-feet of torque. Those are substantial numbers from an exhaust system alone, and the Corsa system in conjunction with other bolt-on modifications can make the difference in quarter mile times.
Looking past all of the technical speak, let’s not disregard how down right sinister the Corvette sounds with this system. Not to mention Corsa’s signature RSC technology to keep things nice and quiet when cruising around town. The company has also added a clamp-on tip design to allow owners to customize their Corvette’s exhaust tips to their preference, something not found on many other systems.
Check out the video provided down below for the behind the scenes look at the engineering of this system, and if we had a shiny new C7 ‘Vette sitting in our garages, Corsa would be first on our list.
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Just ordered a Corsa Extreme Z06 exhaust (black round tips) … so new it’s not even listed on their site yet.
Should be on the vehicle in a couple of weeks … will post a sound clip asap.
But if you’re impatient it’ll basically sound exactly like this, sans the fake lambo tip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXVsQ4UTifc
I was thinking of purchasing the new Corsa extreme for my Z51 Stingray with performance exhaust which already increases the hp and torque by 5 Lbs. each so I wonder if there would be much difference in making a change or would it still be about the same as what I have except a bit louder. It would be nice to hear from the Corsa people as to what they think or what they’ve seen on the dyno.
Dude, I have a 2014 C7 Z51 with the dual mode exhaust as you. You paid nearly $2k for this option…. You have the best of both worlds, you want a quite ride… 2 seconds to change the settings, you want loud…. 2 seconds… Unless you’re wanting to throw money away for something you’ll end up regretting after taking a trip in your Stingray…I would advise against it. Plus, when and if you decide to sell your Stingray…how may potential buyers did you just lose due to you trying to sell a non-stock Stingray. Nothing says you’ve driven the crap out of a car like a loud modified exhaust. Just things to consider before spending big dollars on a marginal increase of 20 HP on a 460 HP engine. Do you realize that’s only a 4% increase in HP, simular to the difference in the quality of fuel when you fill up your tank. My advice is to use the money on something else…like a really nice watch or an IRA.
Yeah JB, that’s what I was thinking and was looking for input as yours. I guess they’re selling those exhaust systems like crazy but I was doing some numbers like you did and it makes no sense at all. Enjoying the C7 and will continue ,and gonna be able to put in lots of fuel compared to that exhaust. Thanks for your input, needed verification of what I thought from someone like you who also owns a C7. Enjoy your travels, the C7 is a blast to drive. Owned a few Vettes in my day, 66 years worth in fact, and this is by far the very best one I’ve owned without a doubt! Thumbs up Dude!!
They developed this in my back yard…almost literally…the shop is right up the road… And the dyno they used (Smokeys) in Akron, Ohio where I tune my car.. it’s the place to go in this area…That thing sounds awesome…
ccundiff72,
Smokey’s is a great place. I’ve been there myself, great guys and state of the art equipment. Can’t go wrong!
Cheers,
Sean
As promised: http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c7-z06-discussion/3606109-z06-round-black-tip-corsa-extreme-instal.html