Is my borla holding me back any?
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Is my borla holding me back any?
I have an 01 z28 with lts, ory, torquer v.2 cam, lid, stall, etc. And I have a borla adjustable catback. I ran the catback wide open before the cam and lts and it sounded great. But after all the mods it was a little too loud and raspy. So I put in like the second smallest plate and it sounds alot better. But is this greatly affecting my cars performance? Is the borla system holding me back at all in general?
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get the e-cutout made for the borla. then you can adjust it to be as loud or as quite as you want. when at the track just open her up all the way. a 3" open exhaust is fine for your power level.
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^^^^^^^^
I agree with jerflash. I have the QTP made for the Borla catbacks. Works like a champ. Its been in for roughly 5 years now. I routed the wiring under the carpet and installed the switch in the ashtray.
I bought it from Thunder Racing.
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I agree with jerflash. I have the QTP made for the Borla catbacks. Works like a champ. Its been in for roughly 5 years now. I routed the wiring under the carpet and installed the switch in the ashtray.
I bought it from Thunder Racing.
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QTP makes a cutout specifically for the F-Body Borla catback that mounts in the place of the plates. It saves time and effort unless one likes to get behind the car and change them out. I bought mine mainly so that I can quiet the car down when I enter and leave the neighborhood as well as when I happen to be around the always friendly local/state police. Long tubes, Mufflex ORY, and the Borla wide open makes for a rather loud car.
As for whether the smaller plate is affecting his performance..... I am with you.....not by much.
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As for whether the smaller plate is affecting his performance..... I am with you.....not by much.
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But what's a better sound, a cutout closer to the Y, or where the Borla plate adjustment is at? Or does it no really matter??
QTP:
Or DMH:
http://www.speedinc.com/catagory.cfm?catagory=Exhaust
QTP:
Or DMH:
http://www.speedinc.com/catagory.cfm?catagory=Exhaust
QTP makes a cutout specifically for the F-Body Borla catback that mounts in the place of the plates. It saves time and effort unless one likes to get behind the car and change them out. I bought mine mainly so that I can quiet the car down when I enter and leave the neighborhood as well as when I happen to be around the always friendly local/state police. Long tubes, Mufflex ORY, and the Borla wide open makes for a rather loud car.
As for whether the smaller plate is affecting his performance..... I am with you.....not by much.
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As for whether the smaller plate is affecting his performance..... I am with you.....not by much.
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I have the QTP cut-out for the Borla, and it's great. I have it cranked open most of the time, unless I'm driving around at night and don't want any more attention than I already garner from the po-po. Also running TSP LT's and ORY, the placement of the QTP Borla C/O is great because it blows out the back, so it's incredibly loud but not directly under the cabin. Perfect pick-up.
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I meant I had it in the back where the borla plates mount, for awhile. Then I decided to put it in the I pipe and run the full block off plate with borla. So I have had the cutout in both places and noticed very little SOTP difference. Running a cutout in the I pipe or running the borla wide open are both extremely loud. running a fully close borla is very quite and notice very little power difference open or closed.