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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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Pacesetter LT's, TSP Catted Y pipe w/ high flow cats, and a Borla XR-1 Muffler. My last muffler was a hooker aerochamber. I loved how it sounded but the baffles broke loose inside the muffler and it was really annoying me. My question is how will XR-1 sound compared to the old Aerochamber? Louder, quieter? Hopefully I didnt make a mistake :/

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Ill bump with sound clips/pics after install
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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I had a XR-1 on my old 4" set-up with no cats & longtubes.. Was pretty quiet at idle & wot was so so.
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A few people I know say its quiet at idle but comparable to the lm2 at wot. Is that true?
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Mines is decently loud at idle. I don't have cats though. It's nice and deep cruising around town, and probably a little quieter than LM2 at WOT. I only have rasp when I punch it, but that's because of no cats. If you like louder than hooker and the borla sound you'll like it. I prefer it to my brothers SS that has LT's, ORY, cat in the I-pipe and GMMG...his is raspy, mine is not. I'll see if I can post a video up later for you.
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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Mines is decently loud at idle. I don't have cats though. It's nice and deep cruising around town, and probably a little quieter than LM2 at WOT. I only have rasp when I punch it, but that's because of no cats. If you like louder than hooker and the borla sound you'll like it. I prefer it to my brothers SS that has LT's, ORY, cat in the I-pipe and GMMG...his is raspy, mine is not. I'll see if I can post a video up later for you.
Sounds good, thanks man. Yeah I think it will be alittle louder than the aerochamber.
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bump any other comments would be appreciated
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Sorry for the delay man, here ya' go. The vids don't really do it justice though, it sounds way better in person.

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I'll try to get a better vid this weekend or something. The video quality on that camera isn't that good, maybe I'll try it from my iPhone. Lol.
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