Wanted C5 headers and catted mid pipe

[PapaSmurf]

This thread is for the general discussion of the classified ad C5 headers and catted mid pipe. Please add to the discussion here.

 

[Murray20c8]

You don't want to cheap out on headers, but you can install them without a tune. A tune by a pro will always net you something but will also cost fuel mileage etc. depending. I had Cooks headers installed and they held up without much rust through 10+ winters and they were a tuned header. You might not want to drive in the winter, but I had cheap headers that lasted barely more than a year or 2. They weren't tuned headers and gave little advantage. The shorties that come on the C5 are decent as they are.

 

[PapaSmurf]

This is pretty much all about sound Murray. His brother put ARE long tubes on his C6 and it sounds like a friggin nascar.

 

[Murray20c8]

This is pretty much all about sound Murray. His brother put ARE long tubes on his C6 and it sounds like a friggin nascar.

Besides it's cool when you open the hood!
I don't know how much room there is under the hood of a C5, but if he's good with his hands he could install them himself. It's a fun project for the winter.

 

[PapaSmurf]

My other son is an apprentice at Audi so he can definitely do the install. He's doing a cam swap right now on his C6.

 

[Murray20c8]

My other son is an apprentice at Audi so he can definitely do the install. He's doing a cam swap right now on his C6.

That's cool! Is he doing heads too? I don't know how locked a C6 is or how worth it it would be, but the heads and cam package I did on my LS1 was an amazing relatively inexpensive bang for the buck mod that netted me about 150 crank HP.