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Old 05-22-2007, 04:38 PM
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How much louder would a borla catback be if i installed shorty headers and high flow cats, i want to try to stay street legal but i need more noise!

And if anyone has a sound clip of a similar setup could they please poast it, thanks.
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shorties really arent worth the $ and time of day. high flow cats, ehh cats muffle way more than a muffler does. go longtubes and catted Y or ORY and you will love it.

I run an open borla with lts ory and heads/cam
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anything can be "street legal" its a matter of what you can get away with. its not illegal until you get caught.
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I would get LTs in a heart beat, but the truth is i dont own the car my dad does so as long as he owns it i can only get what i can convice him to let me put on it, and i tryed to convince him to let me put LTs on it but he knows what he is talking about and he wont take the bait. So i guess i will have to settle with shortys i am just trying to get every last bit out of the car my dad will let me.
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It'll sound like any other stock car with a Borla. Shorties and high flows wont make a difference. Fwiw, Borla sounds good with the stock set up. Opened up, it's one of the few catbacks you can actually hear with manifolds/cats.
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i think all aftermarket exhaust systems are "illegal"...whether the law is enforced or not...depends on your location
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shorties do nothing get at least med's. 8 hours of work for nothing is not time or money well spent.
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Shorties do make a difference in sound and power. Trust me, I actually have them... mine are C.A.R.B. leagal too and I passed the visual inspection, which is more than you can say about LTs. If you need to remain street leagal, go shorties, If your just looking for power and sound, deffinently go longtubes. JMHO
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I have shorty carb legal edelbrock headers and look at my number not to shabby for smog legal and not worring at all!!!!
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yeh im sure the heads and cam with the list of 100 other bolt ons u have ad no affect on that number. i refer u to chevy high performance nov 03 6rwp with mac headers "shorties". bone stock ls1. now that was 500 bucks well spent. i can get more hp with an AEM sticker. sound like a ricer with a short ram.




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