| It all started in 1989 in Berea, Ohio, a town more | | | | Vette's engine requires to maximize performance. |
| recently known for a famous run-in between a | | | | Instantly, Corsa had a patent on the best-flowing, |
| gritty, mustachioed investigative reporter and a | | | | best-sounding Corvette exhaust on the market. |
| lonely Ohio State Buckeyes fan at a public library. | | | | The technology behind Corsa's revolutionary |
| And while the computer banks of Berea's libraries | | | | muffler core wouldn't be anything without the |
| may be a bit scandalous, things are considerably | | | | quality manufacturing every set of Corsa pipes |
| more savory down the road at Corsa's facilities. | | | | receives. They start with 304 stainless steel, the |
| In fact, some of the best pipes made come out | | | | highest grade available for corrosion resistance. |
| of Corsa's clean house, and not just for autos. | | | | Next, the pipes are hydroformed into shape for a |
| In the marine world, Corsa exhausts are king. So, | | | | restriction-free exhaust path. And, each part of |
| when it came time to make a plunge into the | | | | the kit is hand-welded to ensure quality. Combine |
| four-wheeled market, Corsa went after the | | | | that with an experienced, precision fit, and the |
| automotive equivalent of a thundering American | | | | complete Corsa exhaust gave its |
| speedboat: the Corvette. Starting with the C4 | | | | resonance-canceling technology every opportunity |
| generation, Corsa hand-crafted stainless steel | | | | to succeed. |
| exhausts that not only tickled enthusiasts, they | | | | Corvettes have been the sharpest looking car on |
| turned the heads in GM's performance shop. This | | | | the road for quite some time now. And the drive |
| earned Corsa exhausts a lofty place among the | | | | toward performance parts is something almost |
| Corvette accessories adopted under the General's | | | | universally held by Vette owners. There may be |
| label. And, it earned Corsa a place underneath the | | | | intricate twin intakes, advanced headers, and even |
| first of several Indy 500 pace cars. But, how | | | | suspension components that get those last few |
| would a specialized product made by a small | | | | neck hairs to stand at attention. But, nothing to |
| producer of pipes earn such mainstream | | | | come around in the last 30 years of Corvette |
| distinction? | | | | accessories has changed Vette performance quite |
| The answer is technology. A drawback to nearly | | | | like Corsa's exhausts. While they have taken the |
| all exhaust systems made before Corsa debuted | | | | formula from those old Indy pace cars and applied |
| was the interior resonance or drone that assaults | | | | it to virtually any popular car, truck or SUV on |
| the ears at certain RPMs. Corsa developed a fully | | | | the road today, there'll always be a soft spot for |
| tuned chambered muffler with individually welded | | | | the Corvette beaming from one big Berea |
| deflectors that cancel the drone. But, these | | | | warehouse. |
| deflectors still allowed the high-volume flow that a | | | | |