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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:16 PM
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Do they effect exhaust tones that much?

more specific whats the difference between these borla tips



AND these flowmaster tips


is it just looks?
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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they do affect exhaust notes, at least I noticed it when I installed my corsa clones, but for the most part ppl buy exhaust tips for aesthetics not function. I mean, I'm most positive that their won't be any dyno gains or track time advances from swapping out exhaust tips. probably won't even be any temperature differences either.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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everyone i spoke to told me it was just for looks, there is no gains unless you are going from something that chokes it to something that allows it to freeflow, and i was also told the sound difference isnt even noticeable.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Exhaust tips won't make any difference except for looks. As long as the rest of the exhaust isn't touched, the car will perform the same way.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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... i heard a sound difference.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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some tips have resonators in them... most noteworthy the ones they put on ricer cars for that angry bumble bee sound...some tips don't. They can change the exhaust note a little but if you already have full exhaust, you wont notice much difference.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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yeah those borla tips look better than those truck pipes... lol but no power diff!
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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power no... but they do make a tone difference. i hated the borla tips so i put on the 3.5 slash loud mouth tips and the borla exhaust didnt sound the same. my buddy ended up using the borla tips and his exhaust had a tone difference. my brother bought a 80 series muffler and took off his stock z28 tips and threw on some autozone rounded ones and it sounded alot better with the stock tips.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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those borla tips are the ones i currently have, i was debating putting the flowmaster tips back on from when i had the 80 series
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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I just cut the tips off of my stock exhaust and my uncle welded it on my magnaflow catback for me. I ran it with no tips then with the stock tips and I didn't hear a difference.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:39 PM
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I know this is off topic, but I can't stand those Chevy emblem exhaust tips.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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I can say I did have those sqare tips on a 99 Camaro I had. I thought those tips looked a little restictive and yep they were. After several mods I was bored and say the way the lips are rolled. So I found some square c4 tips, (big square) and I noticed a bit more up top.
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