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Posted (06/27/2008) - Team Sahlen and CORSA Performance have enjoyed a great partnership for over 4 years.

But Team Sahlen never fully realized the full depth of CORSA's knowledge, until the team built their ROLEX GT Class Corvettes.

During the 2007 season, CORSA assisted in fully designing the current entire exhaust package for the Corvettes. This includes everthing from the Headers to the collector pipes to the Mufflers.

"CORSA assisted us in putting an exhaust package together that not only met the required db levels, but to ensure that we gained the optimum power ranges we desired for the race track."
- states Mike Thomas, Crew Chief

CORSA Performance is an engineering and manufacturing company based in Berea, Ohio, that specializes in high performance stainless steel exhaust systems for the marine and automotive aftermarket. CORSA's founder and President, Jim Browning, spent more than 17 years working for high performance automotive industry giant Mr. Gasket in various capacities, including Vice President of Research and Development, before starting CORSA Performance in 1989.

Since that time CORSA has become a leader in performance marine exhaust systems supplying more than 60 OEM boat manufacturers and more than 1,000 boat dealers worldwide. CORSA manufacturers a wide range of products, including diverter valves, muffler systems, exhaust tips, and silencers, that are designed and tested to meet noise restrictions in all states.

Leading Edge Manufacturing
CORSA has incorporated the use of hydroforming, or bulge forming, equipment in its manufacturing process. Bulge forming is a revolutionary, leading edge manufacturing process that uses extreme fluid pressure to expand metal into shapes that otherwise would have been unobtainable using conventional manufacturing methods.

In fact, CORSA is the only manufacturer in the marine industry and automotive aftermarket to have in-house hydroforming capabilities. A good example of what can be accomplished with hydroforming is the new generation C5 Corvette steel frame rails. Hyrdoforming provides increased strength, greater part dimensional precision, and reduces over-all vehicle weight. Hydroforming also affords manufacturing cost savings by reducing tool and equipment requirements, less blanking, trimming, flanging, fixtures, and complicated welding and piercing operations - and results in less scrap and provides parts consolidation benefits.

Automotive Aftermarket Innovation
CORSA has recently turned its attention to the high performance automotive market. Focusing on the application of new technology, CORSA is now employing reactive sound cancellation technology in its new line of performance automotive mufflers.

While many manufacturers have experimented with electronic noise cancellation for automobiles, CORSA has successfully achieved Reflective Sound-Cancellation (RSC) - a non-electrical noise control system without the complication of incorporating the use of electronics or speakers. Essentially, engine sound (pressure) waves are reflected in passages inside the muffler to cancel out unwanted sound waves. The result is a "tuned" muffler that "cleans up" the noise without eliminating the pure sound of power associated with a high -performance vehicle. CORSA's stainless steel Power-PulseTM line of mufflers are tuned to each vehicle to eliminate passenger cabin resonance and to produce just the "right" sound. By virtue of CORSA's Power-PulseTM design, packing materials that can deteriorate over time, are not needed to reduce noise, providing a totally un-restrictive exhaust flow for maximum power output.

What does the future hold for CORSA Performance?
The year 2006 will be consumed with developing a full line of CORSA stainless steel Power Pulse exhaust systems for the most popular performance cars and selected truck applications. CORSA Performance takes pride in its rigid quality control standards man
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