No plate in my Borla??
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Bryant, Arkansas, 72022
No plate in my Borla?? So we bought this 98 firehawk, it came with a borla adjustable catback. Ive never had one of these so i had no idea how to adjust it, but at idle its not loud at all and at WOT its alittle louder but not nearly as loud as i want it. So i inspected it and found out you have to pull off the right tailpipe to get to the lil baffle plate. I brake every single bolt trying to get it off and when i finally get it there is no plate in it. This guy says he has never taken apart the muffler so i dont know what to do. I'll have the longtubes and y pipe on this weekend and i hope it opens this beast up.
Just seeing what input people have on this. I dont see why this catback would be almost a grand, i dont find it to be that special. Maybe just the name?
Just seeing what input people have on this. I dont see why this catback would be almost a grand, i dont find it to be that special. Maybe just the name?
If you are putting on LT's and an ORY it will be loud. I just did mine 2 weeks ago and I love it. It's still pretty tame at idle and cruising (which I like) but, at WOT it's killer.
Teching In
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Wisconsin
Once you put on the LT's and a off-road y-pipe it will really open up and get loud if that's what you want. I have the Hooker LT's, ORY and the Borla with the plate out. I get a lot of compliments on the sound.
Once them headers and ORY go on, you may be looking to add a plate in there to quiet it down some. I run Mac headers, ORY, and open Borla all the time with a 224 cam in it. You can hear my car several blocks away at wot. I can put the full block off plate in there and its almost quiet as stock. Cant even here the cam. Thats what seperates this catback from the others.
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Are you sure its a firehawk because technically they didnt even make an actual WU6 code firehawk for 1998. They made 6 cars that had all of the firehawk parts and said firehawk but technically werent even a production firehawk. So if in fact it IS a 1998 firehawk i say keep it stock and put it in a garage....hopefully you didnt get a fake 98 firehawk
As for the borla, with mac mids at wot its pretty nasty 
Hella loud. Even during light acceleration or during the 2-2.5k roll bys 
its still a nice sound. And the growl when down shifting and engine braking...
I cant wait to get the LT's and cam and junk put in.. Though I will be switching to the 1/2 plate then..
Hella loud. Even during light acceleration or during the 2-2.5k roll bys its still a nice sound. And the growl when down shifting and engine braking...I cant wait to get the LT's and cam and junk put in.. Though I will be switching to the 1/2 plate then..
