waynefi Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Hello everyone, I have been lurking around this sight for awhile, because of my interest in finding ideas and what kind of "stuff" is available for my 03 Silverado. Mine is not a SS, but much of the info applies. I like the SS's , but just felt for a variety of reasons I was better to go standard Silverado. My 69 GTO that I have had for 20 years offers me plenty of options for heavy duty performance mods. But I still like to do "some" stuff to my 5.3l Silverado. One of several plans was for a Corsa Exhaust system. Corsa happens to be about 15 minutes from me. My wife has a connection to Corsa through the Chevy Dealer she does work for, and had talked to Jim Browning Sr. a few times. We went over to see Jim Sr. and Corsa today. They have a real nice new modern facility. He came out to see us, and is one heck of a gentleman. He knew we wanted to hear a Corsa on a Silverado, and went and got a set of keys for a Silverado in the parking lot. It was a 01 5.3L, with the dual 4" tips out the back. He not only gave us the keys to hear it, he let us take it for a ride ! Just as advertised it was quiet inside while cruising, yet had a nice performance sound to it. We were sold, and hope to have the time in the next week or so to get one installed. I also read some talk on here about HP gain or lack of. I will not speak for Corsa, but I understood dyno testing to show HP gains on trucks with the Corsa vs. stock. I would call and ask if really curious. They are doing a lot of work on all this. To finish the visit, Jim Sr. took me for a rather "spirited" ride in his 492HP 97 Corvette, that they do a lot of testing with. Now I'm sure Corsa can't take the time to do this one on one with everybody, but my Wife had a lot of conversation with Jim Sr., and he did as promised and then some. This is a class operation, and certainly worthy of a look when considering a performance exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericwf Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Thanks for the info Wayne. I have my exhaust on order from Jim Jr. They were supposed to be available for the SS the first full week in Sept. I'm calling them next week for an status report. Really looking foward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico750sxi Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 It's nice to hear stories like that about companies that still do business where the customer is most important. How was the ride in the vette?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynefi Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Nice people for sure. I'm having a hard time deciding which way to go with the exhaust , out the side with the double 4" tip, or out the back with either the 4" or double 3.5" ? Any opinions here ? The Corsa tips are real nice. I thought I wanted the double 3.5" out the back. But recently saw a single side exit with the double 4". The side exit looked and sounded pretty good. As far as the Vette ride, that thing ran sweet. He put in cruise at on point to show me how quiet it was cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico750sxi Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 For the Corsa I like the dual 4" out the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynefi Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Looks like I'm getting out numbered, as that is what my wife said to !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridnlow135 Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Definetely have it exit out the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynefi Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 That's 3 with the wife, looks like I lost ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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