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Mar 27, 2005 | 04:04 PM

bluecmaro96

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finally got the borla on my thoughts inside

the borla doesnt sound anywhere near as good as i expected it to, i have the biggest plate in, when you rev it up in neitral its not as loud as the gmmg but normal driving it sounds a little louder than the gmmg, my borla doesnt sound as good as the sound clip of the one on ls1 sounds, and that car also has stock headers so i dont know whats wrong

Mar 27, 2005 | 04:10 PM

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depending on the year of your car it could be your cam specs or several other things

Mar 27, 2005 | 04:19 PM

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And how much did u spend? Could of got the rumbler instead

Mar 27, 2005 | 04:57 PM

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my borla sounds better than any other exhaust out there. its all a personal opinion.

Mar 27, 2005 | 06:29 PM

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I really liked my borla on my 99. When I had stock manifolds it sounded just as good as my GMMG that I have on my 02 when it had stock manifolds. Run it wide open.

Mar 27, 2005 | 06:30 PM

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If you still have stock manifolds and stock y-pipe your car isn't going to be loud. Sorry.

Mar 27, 2005 | 06:51 PM

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take the plate off completely, i just threw all those pieces to the side.

should make a tiny difference.

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Mar 28, 2005 | 08:43 AM

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Personally I think if your not going the headers - cats route , the best sound you can get with the stock manifolds and cats will be a cutout.

Mar 28, 2005 | 05:06 PM

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my g/f's 94 LT1 T/A w/ Borla Catback 75% open is the best sounding exhaust I have EVER heard. it sounds like 300 angry horses

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Mar 29, 2005 | 06:32 PM

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an lt1 with borla shouldnt be compared to any ls1, the lt1 just sounds better period. ill mess with the plates, hopefully the sound is much better with longtubes

Mar 30, 2005 | 10:43 AM

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I have borla on my 1999 T/A and it sounded great since day 1. I went wide open. Actually I have thought to quiet it up a bit , maybe I am getting to old !!!! LOL

Mar 30, 2005 | 08:03 PM

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an lt1 with borla shouldnt be compared to any ls1, the lt1 just sounds better period. ill mess with the plates, hopefully the sound is much better with longtubes

My 95 Z28 sounded aesome with my Borla. Alot has to do with the firing order and that the LT's are iron blocks. Don't get me wrong my LS1 sounds great with the Borla too. It's just that the LT1 has a deeper tone to it.

Mar 31, 2005 | 06:35 AM

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I hate the way my borla sounds as well. I have SLP LT's, high flow cats in the Y, and its quiet as hell. I hate it.

Mar 31, 2005 | 11:25 AM

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Maybe its because your SLP longtubes and "high flow" cats aren't flowing worth a flip.

Mar 31, 2005 | 09:43 PM

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My wide open Borla sounded great, even with no cats. Kinda' raspy though. I sold the system and now have tsp duals- what a difference. Much deeper and much more evil