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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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Default How well do Z06 TI's flow as compared to Borlas?

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How well does the Z06 TI's catback flow as compared to say a Borla XR-1 system that has the single resonator (2 in, 2 out) in it?

Thanks for any opinions.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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Pretty close, the OEM Ti flows very well.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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If you like the "noise" get the Borla's, if not, get the Ti's and spend your money on parts that will help you go faster..
By the way, my 9 second car still has the stock Ti's on it....
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
If you like the "noise" get the Borla's, if not, get the Ti's and spend your money on parts that will help you go faster..
By the way, my 9 second car still has the stock Ti's on it....
2003 Z06
ECS/Paxton Custom SC600 Novi2000 with Forced Induction Cam/Meth Kit
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9.8's @ 142...9.6's hopefully in winter...
Oh yeah, stock bottom end....
whats the specs on your setup? heads/cam? who tuned? boost level?

thats crazy on the stock bottom end.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Spectre86
whats the specs on your setup? heads/cam? who tuned? boost level?

thats crazy on the stock bottom end.
Just what you see, Cam, SC meth, heads have never been off. Stock exhaust, headers, 3.42 rear, 4 speed auto. Car is a real sleeper...
Tuning by East Coast Supercharging
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
Just what you see, Cam, SC meth, heads have never been off. Stock exhaust, headers, 3.42 rear, 4 speed auto. Car is a real sleeper...
Tuning by East Coast Supercharging
boost level? what intake manifold?

how many miles on the engine?
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Spectre86
boost level? what intake manifold?

how many miles on the engine?
14PSI, stock intake, the only mods are the ones listed...
25K on motor
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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I took the Borla Stingers off mine and put the TI's on, didn't lose a bit.

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I recently went back to stock Ti's (about 200 miles ago)... I fell in love with the car all over again.

Those borlas sound fantastic; but the minutia you gain in extreme upper end throttle response on borlas is easily negated by the fact that stock Ti's are sleeper.

Stock Ti exhaust = awesome; incredibly underrated in my opinion. Plus, even with longtubes + no cats... you can hear *everything* going on in the car.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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my 10 second beast is back on ti's no power loss on dyno 580rwhp. Had Bullets and the noise was too much! Sleeper effect is the best!
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
If you like the "noise" get the Borla's, if not, get the Ti's and spend your money on parts that will help you go faster..
By the way, my 9 second car still has the stock Ti's on it....
Well mine is a H/C/I car that made 464/427, but the Xr1 I have is too loud for my taste.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Interesting info here. Any idea of the weight difference between the two?
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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I would go TI's! I mean, it is titanium.....I personally like the sound of the TI's...
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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anyone ever find out the hp difference between Ti's and stock c5 catback?
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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I have seen the Ti's and the Borla stingers dynoed on a stock 03 C5Z. The Borlas made only 3 rwhp more. I have also seen the same test with an 04 C5Z H/C/Procharger. The Borlas made 5.67 rwhp more. I have a friend who works for GM and he told me that a lot of thought and planning went into the Ti's. For what they are, I think they are great.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 12:15 AM
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The stingers don't sound to bad, although the XR-1 sounds like a farm truck with straight pipes. Horrible.

I'm running LG pros without cats, along with the stock TI's and it sounds great.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 03:48 AM
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i LOVE my B&B PRT's but i think i will be adding Z06 Ti's again. i had a set then pulled them off and sold them to put on my B&B's again. Now i wanna put the Z06's again lol
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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I have long tubes, hi flow cats, and moded ti's, I think they sound great, a lil louder then stock. But nowhere near as loud as the XR1
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