Borla for sedan. Anyone got comments?
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Borla for sedan. Anyone got comments?
Okay, I guess I am old because I just got my Borla for my sedan installed today and its pretty loud. Okay, actually its not loud so much as loud right around 2000-3000 rpm under load such as in first or second gear. There's also loud droning in 5 gear around 2000-2500 as well. I think the droning is the worst part. I've heard that it mellows out with time. Can anyone else with a Borla on their sedan confirm my experience? I have a K&N panel filter and Z-tube installed. Would going back to the stock intake help? Oddly, I think it sounds louder than the Stillen I heard on another guy's sedan.
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same thing on my end... glad the noise (you and I hear) at 2000-2500 is similar with borla and injen.
sounds like we both have autos and the G likes to live at 2k. I've heard the injen is louder (so it could be worse for you). either my exhaust has mellowed abit over 200 miles or my sensitivity has been reduced.
keep running the exhaust, my guess is you'll be able to live with it or may appreciate it in time.
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sounds like we both have autos and the G likes to live at 2k. I've heard the injen is louder (so it could be worse for you). either my exhaust has mellowed abit over 200 miles or my sensitivity has been reduced.
keep running the exhaust, my guess is you'll be able to live with it or may appreciate it in time.
gl
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2000-3000rpms seem to be the heavy resonance rpms on the VQ. With an automatic, the VQ spends a lot of time in that range. Under light load at 2500rpms, I'm sure the resonating can get quite annoying. I really don't think there is much you can do about it either. Maxima guys have been fighting with this issue for well over 6 years now.
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Originally Posted by Vancouver_G35
Okay, I guess I am old because I just got my Borla for my sedan installed today and its pretty loud. Okay, actually its not loud so much as loud right around 2000-3000 rpm under load such as in first or second gear. There's also loud droning in 5 gear around 2000-2500 as well. I think the droning is the worst part. I've heard that it mellows out with time. Can anyone else with a Borla on their sedan confirm my experience? I have a K&N panel filter and Z-tube installed. Would going back to the stock intake help? Oddly, I think it sounds louder than the Stillen I heard on another guy's sedan.
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I'm sure the droning is more audible in the car. It seems at that frequency, the body acts like a giant amplifier much like a guitar except we're sitting inside of it. I think it has mellowed with time, unless my hearing is just shot now and I'm deaf to those frequencies. I find driving in manumatic mode helps a bit to control the rpms and thus the volume of the droning but it doesn't go away completely. Might be good if they designed a flapper valve in the exhaust to keep the droning down at low exhaust volumes and crank it open for full unrestricted volume at higher rpms. They do something like that on the some motorbikes to pass exhaust volume restrictions.
On the downside, it does interfere with music listening and if you don't want to crank up your music anymore, you will hear the exhaust on top of your music.
On the downside, it does interfere with music listening and if you don't want to crank up your music anymore, you will hear the exhaust on top of your music.
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I don't hear the drone anymore after almost a year of driving around with it. Just got used to it, I suppose.
When I go WOT, though, everyone has to stop and go "holy hell!" I was driving around this weekend w/ a member from the boards, and he said he was a fan of it. A compliment on the sedan from a coupe guy-- that's a hard one to find
G
When I go WOT, though, everyone has to stop and go "holy hell!" I was driving around this weekend w/ a member from the boards, and he said he was a fan of it. A compliment on the sedan from a coupe guy-- that's a hard one to find
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I have to say I am getting more used to it and I'm thinking that's gotta the be only reason it get quieter. In most cases, exhausts tend to get louder as you break in. What's there to break in on a stainless baffled exhaust anyway? Oddly it sounds better when you drive more aggressively because you don't hang around the Drone Zone much.
Best sound about the Borla has to be a warm start. The rumble from the start is awesome and even better in an underground enclose garage. WOT is good too. I really can't wait to track it.
Best sound about the Borla has to be a warm start. The rumble from the start is awesome and even better in an underground enclose garage. WOT is good too. I really can't wait to track it.
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Originally Posted by Vancouver_G35
I have to say I am getting more used to it and I'm thinking that's gotta the be only reason it get quieter. In most cases, exhausts tend to get louder as you break in. What's there to break in on a stainless baffled exhaust anyway? Oddly it sounds better when you drive more aggressively because you don't hang around the Drone Zone much.
Best sound about the Borla has to be a warm start. The rumble from the start is awesome and even better in an underground enclose garage. WOT is good too. I really can't wait to track it.
Best sound about the Borla has to be a warm start. The rumble from the start is awesome and even better in an underground enclose garage. WOT is good too. I really can't wait to track it.
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I've had mine on for about a year now and I have always liked the extra sound volume. My wife complained a lot over the first few months but she has apparantly gotten used to it (at least the complaining has stopped). It does sound great when you go WOT. I try not to stay in the "drone zone" when possible.
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