Looking for a GenV exhaust take off (R+D)

[ZeeViper]

Just purchased my first viper, absolutely love it. Came from a heads/cam/intake C6 Z06, at first when I saw the car in a local dealer lot I was blown away with the finish on paint/interior and the overall presence; it had made me smile ear to ear the second I saw it. But.... I test drove one for about 2 miles and walked away really bummed, had the classic review you read from a crappy car magazine...Cramped cabin, poor visibility, exhaust drone, weird pedals. But I came on here and read some commentary from real owners and could tell that the amount of people in love with their cars meant that there was something special here.

Worked on negotiating a deal almost 5 hours driving distance on a 2013 yellow GTS with 375 miles on it, and got the paperwork to take the plunge blindly. I actually "conditioned" myself for the tighter cabin by using the visor straight down in my car for like a month while I was still negotiating this deal. My girlfriend broke my balls roundly about that, hahah. I would slap her hand jokingly if she flipped the visor up and yell 'CONDITIONING!!!" hahah.

Anyway love everything about the car except one thing....the "drone", "tone" whatever you wanna call it at 1800 to 2300 rpms. I love driving my cars, long trips are great in a rocket (anyone that says this car isn't a daily is a bonehead). I've already put 3k miles on it in a little over a month. But I want to take a stock exhaust and do some work on it to cancel the frequency around those rpms (likely centererd around 2k).

So if anyone has one that they are considering throwing in the trash, or would sell it for a reasonable price I would love to scoop it up. Looking to do something like a Helmholtz resonator or a 1/4 wave side branch resonator on it just to knock out that frequency, seems to be between 165hz and 180hz on my car. I purchased the car guessing I would want to do this haha, and from my research the corsa on this generation just doesn't do the job well enough to consider it on par with their "sound cancellation technology".

Thanks, and let me know!!

Dane

[Voice of Reason]

I have a helmholtz style J pipe on my G8 daily driver in place of the mufflers so I'm familiar with the concept (and it works amazingly well). Unfortunately there is no space to do this on a Viper due to the side exhaust design. If you haven't already crawl under the car and check out how you cannot see any of the exhaust and you'll see how there's no room for one.

Headers + high flow cats with stock mufflers eliminated the drone for me.

[98intrigue]

I didn't know you already bought a Gen V. Congrats! I laughed at the "conditioning" part.

[ZeeViper]

I have a helmholtz style J pipe on my G8 daily driver in place of the mufflers so I'm familiar with the concept (and it works amazingly well). Unfortunately there is no space to do this on a Viper due to the side exhaust design. If you haven't already crawl under the car and check out how you cannot see any of the exhaust and you'll see how there's no room for one.

Headers + high flow cats with stock mufflers eliminated the drone for me.

I have a couple ideas especially after seeing some pictures of the American racing mufflers, I think there is some massaging room. But thanks for the advice!! how much difference is there with your setup versus stock?? Overall volume, tone and obviously how does it sound when being revved to the moon??!!

98intrigue,
Yup... couldn't be happier, thanks!!

[cashcorn]

belangers/hi flows, stock mufflers. no drone. get a hp tune as well from ac performance. huge difference!

[SinasViperTA]

Nice

[Viperawi]

Well, I kinda had the same impression for the Drone/Tone when I purchased my viper. Mostly because of my wife lol. After three months of driving it though, I am no longer in the same place now, it just became normal to me. This might not add anything but this was my impression back then and now.

Gongrats and hope everything will work out for you.

[ZeeViper]

thanks for the responses, I appreciate it.

Cashcorn

how much HP did you net with that setup?? I have been thinking hard about this one, I really want to do a tune and exhaust setup but I don't want to void my warranty. I've read mixed reviews on whether or not the warranty goes by by with a tune.

[95BlackZ28]

ZeeViper- I have the stock exhaust of my 2013 GTS if you're interested. I replaced with Corsa Catback. Send me a PM or call or text: 619-818-5191
Thanks!
DAniel

[cashcorn]

Roughly 65rwhp.

[ZeeViper]

wow, 65hp is quite impressive.

95black; thanks i'll text you.