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11-24-2006, 06:08 PM

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borla CB question?

I have a 2001 ws6 with a borla catback. I am ordering pacesetters soon, and my question is should I go with an off road y-pipe or catted? I've heard there is a wrasp with an off road pipe. I want to know if anyone has encounted this.

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11-24-2006, 08:49 PM

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I love my Borla catback w/LT's and ory. You can always close it up a lil to reduce some volume, or put a manual cut out where the plates go.

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11-24-2006, 08:55 PM

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sounds better with cats

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11-24-2006, 08:59 PM

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Borla sounds terrible without cats. "Rasp" isn't even a strong enough word...sounds like a chainsaw under throttle.

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11-25-2006, 02:50 AM

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a couple of my friends have the borla without cats and i really do not like how it sounds. so i would say go with cats

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11-25-2006, 04:33 AM

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Do you want power or do you want it to sound cool? I think I just answered your question with a question.

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11-25-2006, 05:18 AM

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simple:

w/ cats - smoother sound, smog legal, quieter, less rasp.
w/o cats - more raw, louder, more rasp.

whichever you prefer. I like it without cats, liven it up a little bit haha.

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11-25-2006, 12:08 PM

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I guess I could start with an ory and add cats later if i don't like it

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11-25-2006, 12:12 PM

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i order LT's yesterday and im gonig with an ORY for my borla. if its to loud i'll put a smaller plate on it

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11-25-2006, 05:46 PM

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cats suck

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11-26-2006, 11:12 PM

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Quote:

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Do you want power or do you want it to sound cool? I think I just answered your question with a question.

The power of it?

Yeah, it severely outperforms all other catbacks.

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11-27-2006, 07:34 AM

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Cats are gay...

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11-27-2006, 05:46 PM

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Quote:

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The power of it?

Yeah, it severely outperforms all other catbacks.

An open Borla will.

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11-27-2006, 06:06 PM

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Cats are gay...

I agree 100%...put them back on for emmisions ONLY. All exhaust sounds better without them...you young guys are just so used to hearing cats it has affected your hearing.....ask ANY OLD SCHOOL GUY....SIMPLE....

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11-27-2006, 07:33 PM

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Cats are gay...

amen

i have borla and LT's and there is rasp but I also love everyone looking at me because its so loud

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11-27-2006, 07:36 PM

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WEEEEE lol I can join the kool people who have an open borla and LT with an ORY now

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11-27-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by INMY01TA

An open Borla will.

Those plates are all about noise. My car did under 2rwhp difference between completely closed and open, and that was at 450rwhp. That's a small enough difference to attribute to dyno error.

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