Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
In my opinion, yes. The Corsa has ZERO drone, and sounds really good idling. It also sounds really good under part throttle acceleration, but when you let off the gas it rattles. I'm not saying every one does it, but mine, RangerRob's, Trukk's, and many others I've seen on YouTube and around the 'net. When paired with the headers on my car, whatever caused the decel rattle also made a lovely clatter under WOT.
The Magnaflows have a lot more Bass to them, and don't quite have that "race car" sound under WOT. They also drone a little in 6th, but they're smooth, no rattles, and I can go WOT to redline without sounding like a John Deere tractor.
For me, on my car and with my mods, Magnaflow > Corsa.
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
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Originally Posted by The Tony Show
Okay, the jury is in: It was the Corsa mufflers rattling. Bonus points for Trukk for nailing that one.
I'm going to try and get mine swapped out. I love everything about the Corsa except this issue. I love the bark they have, the no-drone, the look (tips are a bit big, but I can live with that, love the round mufflers), and the sound at WOT is to die for.
I hacked this little clip together for those that haven;t heard the rattle. It's a bit hard to hear, it's much more pronounced in person.
-Chris
P.S. Dear Jim, I know I misspelled Corsa in the vid. Back off spelling-nazi .
P.P.S Tony, I'm glad you now have a rattle free system! ENJOY!
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
You guys should just get the full Magnaflow system. I have the Kooks/Magnaflow w/x-pipe setup with cats and and I get no drone and a GREAT sound at WOT.
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
once you've had corsa, it's pretty tough to like anything else.... i love everything BUT THE RATTLE, i hope my new muffler gets here by the end of the week!!! i'll post a vid also
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
I took a video this morning with my crappy digicam at work, but the sound is too much for the puny microphone on that thing. It's too distorted to really hear what it sounds like. I'll take one with my good camera later and upload it.
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
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Sorry guys, but my Son went to bed early and I'll wake him up revving the car in the garage. I'll do it tomorrow morning when I get to work.
HAHA, that's why my rev video above was farily tame. I was doing that at 0800 before going to work. I'm a BIG hit with the neighbors. They are just gonna LOVE my new lumpy cam
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
My next door neighbor happens to be my Golf Partner AND a Major with the local Sheriff's office. Sometimes on Sunday morning he'll ask me "So where were you going at 10PM the other night?"
Re: Anyone had this happen with their KOOKS headers?
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My next door neighbor happens to be my Golf Partner AND a Major with the local Sheriff's office. Sometimes on Sunday morning he'll ask me "So where were you going at 10PM the other night?"
HAHA, Two doors down from me lives the 2nd in command for the county policy (not sure what his rank is), He'll drive by now and again, and comment " Car sounds awesome, like NASCAR, especially early in the morning." I'll reply "Thanks, your car is fast too, especially through the neighborhood" (he has arep for zipping through the neighboorhood a wee bit too fast, now and again). He likes that I dish it back out to him. Good guy though, and GREAT neighboor to have. We had a break in in our neighboorhood, for the next month it looked like cadet training school on our local streets
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. Instead of the brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap of the Corsa, it's just a steady Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom.
