C7 LT1 Corvette Grand Sport, kooks headers, kooks x-pipe, OEM NPP mufflers

Engine already warmed up, so this isn't cold start.
-Kooks headers
-Kooks x-pipe
-OEM NPP mufflers

[@rparker2824]

Just louder. Without a cam and some head work...meh

[@carlb86]

That's the point.

[@Sinoops]

Nahh still sounds great

[@wolvesbrigade1700]

Bro is trippin

[@Paul2.4T]

acting like the OE cam doesnt sound amazing? gimme what your smoking because OE LT cams are GAS bro

[@rparker2824]

@Paul2.4T the LT cam sounds like any other car, I have a 19 GS, it's smooth like my wife's camry. This is when you want it loud. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKSsl2aMf9OcnKMsi=kiE-ekAoEZiGSJPZ

[@SSGunnyG]

Sounds monstrous! I can’t wait for headers on mine.

[@SRT_Blake]

I love the C7 corvette. It’s my favorite corvette, but I also like the C6 and the ZR1.

[@luvhcchris]

That blue is the best color c7 😍. I’m trying to get a grand sport or zo6 as my next car. Awesome setup!!

[@carlb86]

It's great. It was between this and black rose metallic. Found the right price on this first.

[@luvhcchris]

@@carlb86 thats great. Beautiful car and sounds amazing. Prices are still ridiculously high (70 for GS and 80 for zo6) when I look within a 250mi radius… so I’m hoping they get back down around winter time. I def want this blue since it’s the same color as my built wrx haha. But my second choice is silver since it’s an easy color to maintain lol.

[@gsxr1189]

That's the song of my people. 🇺🇲

[@tyransaffoldjr]

This is what i'd imagine the opening to the portal of hell sounds like

[@tonymontana3873]

id say more like heaven cause hell is horrible place but ok

[@BRAINFxck10]

Pfff haha more like the opening to a NASCAR race

[@okBiGOTu]

Portal of heaven, ya goof

[@tyransaffoldjr]

@@okBiGOTu If Heaven sounds like that, I believe there's a problem. But maybe your Heaven is really Hell... so, there ya go.

[@Mrr2ss]

Nahh str8 pipe with headers would be that

[@lawrencer588]

Sounds great! If you take off those big wickers, you’ll drop another second to 130mph. I went from 9.8 to 8.7 60-130 going back to stock wickers

[@carlb86]

Road coarse car, so the aero is advantageous to keep on.

[@lawrencer588]

@@carlb86 defintely!

[@IAwarenessI]

What are wickers?

[@carlb86]

Wickerbill, duckbill, I think there are a lot of name for these stage 2 aero winglets that bolt onto the rear deck lid. Basically they are wing extensions. The stage 3 fully connects the center with the side wickers. More drag, but more down force.

[@IAwarenessI]

@@carlb86 Appreciate it! makes sense.

[@dennismoreno4155]

Gorgeous! Great job in capturing the audio as well.

[@Dadof3-nj8yb]

Hey my name is Carl too! Just wish I had a car like yours as well!

[@islanderATP]

I def want one of these!..apparently kooks is the way to go

[@prettyvacant09]

Beautiful car sounds great

[@atthespeedoflife2150]

Kooks is always the best.

[@Cardiakk]

American Racing Headers and Stainless Works are the best.

[@danielfair4675]

Kooks is the way to go

[@kantisdel1]

Sounds great! 👏👏👏

[@justamango942]

you have a very good microphone sounds badass👍

[@jacobfausnight1180]

The last true Corvette generation

[@Anthony-lm8fx]

Sounds tuff

[@OrderedFiber43]

Drake: Let me know when we get into the FACTS Kendrick: Exhibit A, B, C…

[@user-pk2oe1nu9s]

God this the one!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mohamaedmoussati8515]

very beautiful wonderful

[@khaledaldamkhi5234]

ounds awesome i want to get the exact mods that u have in this video can u pleaseee tell me the name of the headers and x-pipe from kooks ?

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Sick

[@anaoliveirabarbosa1724]

🔥🔥

[@cbphillips2635]

Awesome!

[@YSoAggressive]

With this setup, how is the drone compared to stock or volume on the inside? Of course I’d imagine it’ll be louder on the inside when you have it in sport or track cause of the npp valves but what if you are just in touring or you set the engine sound management to “stealth” comparative to just stock npp and stock header?

[@carlb86]

In touring there is a slight audible difference, but in my opinion is nearly silent in terms of interstate drone. There is far more drone from the rear tires than exhaust.

[@3jake5mee]

high flow cats or no cats? sounds great

[@carlb86]

@@3jake5mee what are cats?

[@3jake5mee]

@@carlb86 for emissions, I know you can get catted xpipe or non-catted “off-road” xpipe. If you can’t smell a sulfur smell at idle you might still have them in, was curious cause they can really affect the sound

[@93rbrex]

Awesome. How loud is it with the NPP valves closed?

[@carlb86]

Very quiet. Almost laughable. Closed it's not a good sound, but perfect for killing highway drone.

[@JK2333459]

I’m going to add headers and a cam to mine trying to find the best quite cam not a fan of most cam sounds

[@carlb86]

Off-road xpipe changes the sound a lot too.

[@JK2333459]

I changed out my X pipe a few years ago sound much better now for sure

[@NanyFortes]

It sounds like a hellcat

[@i.g.7020]

👍

[@ispotforyou]

Just perfect! What camera did you use to get a sound as good as this on a video ?

[@carlb86]

Google pixel 5a, but did it offset and many feet back to avoid too much clipping.

[@ispotforyou]

@@carlb86 ohhh yeah i see! Well the result is good really :)

[@carlb86]

@@ispotforyou Thanks, I considered a USB mic with a windsock that I use on my GoPro for track days. This turned out well enough that I didn't try to mess with it.

[@ispotforyou]

@@carlb86 since you said you recorded with a phone, it confirms my thought that the sound from a phone is often way better than external mic. Phone mic brings that bass and that "reverb" which make you feel like you were just behind the car you see? External mic make the sound too compressed or too shy to me, it doesnt bring that naturel feel of beeing here in the video. That was my thoughts ahah. Anyway i wish i had a corvette like your one day!

[@jerrywilliams6820]

Sounds way better then any newer 10 speed auto young punk mustang running around town revving

[@wolvesbrigade1700]

WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🦅🦅

[@carlb86]

A unit of surrender.

[@J.Lyons1998]

👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿

[@jnthn171]

Do you have the link where you bought this exact set up ?

[@carlb86]

@@jnthn171 kooksheaders dot com

[@jnthn171]

@@carlb86 are they 1-7/8” or 2”

[@mrdr_392]

How much where the headers ? Like 1500 ?

[@carlb86]

About $2300 with midpipe, so $1500ish is about right on just the long tubes.

[@parkerscar3234]

Would you happen to know the exact headers and x pipe? What inch headers?

[@mrdr_392]

@@parkerscar3234 it’s kooks 1/7/8th inch long tubes and kooks x pipe

[@ruthlessdanny1705]

So when you get headers, it has to delete the cats on the C7?

[@carlb86]

No.

[@ruthlessdanny1705]

@@carlb86 sounds nice🤙🏼

[@carlb86]

@@ruthlessdanny1705 thanks!

[@JoeStill-un9gp]

Then you pull up beside a ZR1 Coupe at the red light 😂

[@carlb86]

Streets closed pizza boy

[@JoeStill-un9gp]

@@carlb86 Bradenton motor sports complex every Thursday night then. Pizza boy in your Honda Civic, stay home

[@carlb86]

@@JoeStill-un9gp Granny shifting, not double clutching like you should. You're lucky that 100-shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake.

[@JoeStill-un9gp]

@@carlb86 bro, what are u talking about? Shift like Warren Johnson, Boris Said

[@ericgarcia4935]

Catted or catless ?

[@carlb86]

What's a cat?

[@ericgarcia4935]

@@carlb86 catalytic converter

[@ericgarcia4935]

@@carlb86 catalytic converter

[@carlb86]

@@ericgarcia4935 never heard of it

[@danielallen5181]

Lol😂

[@corvetico1]

All cats deleted ?

[@carlb86]

What are cats?

[@corvetico1]

@@carlb86 the catalytics brother. did you deleted both of them ?

[@carlb86]

@@corvetico1 never heard of it

[@NanyFortes]

It sou😢

[@venividivici4253]

What job you got that can afford this????

[@rparker2824]

He teaches English Grammer.

[@Nobamaable]

What job do you "have" that allows you to afford this muscle rocket!

[@CleanCarbonZ]

Headers with stock cam? Why ? Lol Needs a cam

[@carlb86]

No.

[@rparker2824]

Yep.

[@Nobamaable]

He's taking contributions for another cam, but this Vette already has a cam or it wouldn't run.

[@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez]

This looks literally identical to my old vette, do you have instagram by any chance. I wouldn’t have a doubt in my mind if this was my old car.

[@carlb86]

@@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez i don't, but maybe so. Did it come with yellow heritage stripes?

[@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez]

@@carlb86 When I originally bought it yes, I ended up removing them, installed kooks headers, kooks x pipe, and the oracle side markers.

[@carlb86]

@@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez that's probably this car, the heritage stripe was removed. It has the Oracle side markers and kooks setup. Was about 10k-11k miles at purchase. Only thing I've done was tune and align it for road course. Catch can. Maintenance.

[@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez]

@@carlb86 Same miles when I sold it late November 2022 to a dealership in Michigan.

[@carlb86]

@@AnthonyGonzalez-Sanchez I bought it from a dealership in motor city! Gotta be the same one