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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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Now before the mods move this I am asking specifically T/A owners which is why this is posted here.

Now does anymore run the Borla XR1 muffler period. I have one in place of the resonator on my Loudmouth 1 setup. But as far as clearance goes the rear hangs down and hits the ground all the time. It probally hangs 1.5-2in below the bottom of the frame and an exhaust shop told me "thats the way it will have to be". Im going to pickup the SLP Y-pipe because they didnt support my stock one and it hangs down on the drivers side. So when I take it to a new shop im going to have them try to get it higher, but was wondering if im not the only one with this setup having a problem.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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The underside of the vehicle is the same on all 98-02 Camaros & Firebirds. Your issue wouldn't be because it's a Trans Am.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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I did the Borlamouth on my old '98 Trans Am. It does hang low. The XR-1 is just a large muffler. We had mine tucked up pretty good and it never hit anything but it did hang quite low...
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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I had the XR1 on my LM1 setup(under rear seats) on my 1995 Camaro and it was low, but tucked up enough to clear most everything.
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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A 4" round magnaflow muffler would give a little more room.

How does the borlamouth sound?
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Old Jun 30, 2010 | 01:41 PM
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A 4" round magnaflow muffler would give a little more room.

How does the borlamouth sound?
Fantastic. I loved mine.
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Old Jul 2, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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sounds awesome. i'm actually trying to switch back to that setup from my hooker catback.
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Old Jul 3, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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had the same problem here, tried to get it tucked in pretty far but was still a little too low for me, I changed my entire setup and now have an ory with gmmg catback and an electric cutout thrown in between, now your talking about an awesome sounding exhaust, gmmg
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i have that on my 2000 (borlamouth) and shounds good with great clearance
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I used to have it on mine and it worked fine with no clearance issues
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