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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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I am looking into getting a borla catback for my car, and was looking into Kooks headers, and thought it would be a good idea to get both done at the same time. Would this be a good matchup for optimum performance or are there even better matchups?
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:09 PM
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Depends - cats or no cats?
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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im going with cats
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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Thats good your going with cats, without there is going to be a lot of rasp. In my opinion its a really good set up and will flow really good. Mostly because of the plates, and its going to sound really nice as well. I think theres a couple of clips over at LS1Sounds.com.
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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it sounds like a good setup and it should help the car exhale alot better
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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thanks for the replies however, I've been looking into QTPs as well. I know on the FAQ they are both quality headers, and on LS1sounds, the QTP sounds better to me than the Kooks do. Would one respond better to Borlas any better than the other?
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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Kooks, cats and Corsa are a real nice combo too. Take a look at my pics to see how nice the headers tuck up. No banging either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Im runnning borla wide open now. And should have my kooks installed next week &ory. Ill let you know how it sounds and try and get a clip.
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