Borla Exhaust question
#18
Originally Posted by DaveB
Very loud under light and medium throttle. I'd venture to say it's at least 80%louder than stock under these conditions. At WOT, it's only maybe 20% louder. I had the Borla for about 5 days, but the noise was concern seeing that my son rides in the back where the drone was almost deafening. The guy that bought my exhaust gained about 5whp.
#19
Originally Posted by cooldog45
Just wanted to know how loud the borla exhaust is for the sedan? I know its the quietest exhaust for the car but what is quiet? Any one have one installed in the Jersey City area?
#21
Originally Posted by skeleton_cru
WTF? Maybe it was installed wrong. My Borla is no where near 80% louder and I don't have any drone. It still remains one of my favorite mods.
I guess your definition of drone is far different than my definition. Thinner walled tubing, higher flow resonators, and a straight through muffler will make for a lot more drone below 3200rpms. When I say 80%+ louder, I'm talking about initial acceleration from idle to 3200rpms and then under load in the lower rpms. You really can't sit there and tell me this exhaust is tame in that rpm range and you experience no drone what so ever. In stock form, the exhaust is extremely tame, maybe too tame in the 03/04. However, the Borla adds nearly twice the volume in this range. That's what I'm talking about. The sould isn't that healthy either and I should have known that seeing that I've been dealing with the VQ series for 9 years now. I'm not the only one that thinks this exhaust is way louder stock, especially in the lower rpms. I wish I had done more research prior to posting instead of just reading the rave reviews.
#24
Originally Posted by gary c
Since I'm on my third exhaust system I gotta tell you I was never impressed
with how the Borla system a. sounded b. looked c. fit and finish we're not
as good as many others! Check out www.utube.com and listen to what's
available.....Stillen systems for sound, fit and finish are second to none!
But check out utube and search for what sounds good to you. There's also
sound clips on www.magnaflow.com.....LOL
with how the Borla system a. sounded b. looked c. fit and finish we're not
as good as many others! Check out www.utube.com and listen to what's
available.....Stillen systems for sound, fit and finish are second to none!
But check out utube and search for what sounds good to you. There's also
sound clips on www.magnaflow.com.....LOL
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Originally Posted by gary c
Since I'm on my third exhaust system I gotta tell you I was never impressed
with how the Borla system a. sounded b. looked c. fit and finish we're not
as good as many others! Check out www.utube.com and listen to what's
available.....Stillen systems for sound, fit and finish are second to none!
But check out utube and search for what sounds good to you. There's also
sound clips on www.magnaflow.com.....LOL
with how the Borla system a. sounded b. looked c. fit and finish we're not
as good as many others! Check out www.utube.com and listen to what's
available.....Stillen systems for sound, fit and finish are second to none!
But check out utube and search for what sounds good to you. There's also
sound clips on www.magnaflow.com.....LOL
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i've got the borla and love it, there's a little drone around 22-3000rpms but nothing too outsanding, its only a little bit more drone than the coupe middy tha i had before. I've driven another sedan with the Stillen gen 2 and the Borla is much more quiet and also deeper. The Stillen is louder and more high pitched.
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Really? The Borla has a deeper tone than the Stillen Exhaust?
Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
i've got the borla and love it, there's a little drone around 22-3000rpms but nothing too outsanding, its only a little bit more drone than the coupe middy tha i had before. I've driven another sedan with the Stillen gen 2 and the Borla is much more quiet and also deeper. The Stillen is louder and more high pitched.
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