Exhaust advice needed

[blackjack2]

Ive been reading as many threads on here and the zr1netregistry forums and a few at the corvette forums about exhaust and am still unclear on whether or not the say corsa exhaust would hook up to a pair of SSW headers with no cats. or jeal headers with a B&B exhaust again, no cats, im not too worried about noise, im used to driving a C3 with rather noisy sidepipes so almost anything else will seem quiet, im just looking for the most power, my dad has an 04 Z16 and thinks it really hot crap, i want to put him in his place, basically the most power without taking the motor apart, porting the IH's and plenum will come later along with 4.10s but for now what would you'll recommend for exhaust, i dont really want to fabricate anything as i dont have a welder.

-alex

 

[Hib Halverson]

None of the aftermarket catbacks for ZR-1s will bolt to SSW Headers and no cats. You'll have to get an exhaust fabricator to make the connection but I would not think that to be a difficult job for an exhaust shop which knows what it's doing.

I own one of each (ZR1 and Z06/z16) and you might need more than headers and exhaust to keep up. My guess is, because of the ZR-1's extra weight, the 25hp might give you parity but not a decisive advantage.