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Nov 24, 2006 | 06:08 PM

jeffsredt/a

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borla CB question?

I have a 2001 ws6 with a borla catback. I am ordering pacesetters soon, and my question is should I go with an off road y-pipe or catted? I've heard there is a wrasp with an off road pipe. I want to know if anyone has encounted this.

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-Jeff

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:49 PM

INMY01TA

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I love my Borla catback w/LT's and ory. You can always close it up a lil to reduce some volume, or put a manual cut out where the plates go.

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:55 PM

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sounds better with cats

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:59 PM

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Borla sounds terrible without cats. "Rasp" isn't even a strong enough word...sounds like a chainsaw under throttle.

Nov 25, 2006 | 02:50 AM

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a couple of my friends have the borla without cats and i really do not like how it sounds. so i would say go with cats

Nov 25, 2006 | 04:33 AM

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Do you want power or do you want it to sound cool? I think I just answered your question with a question.

Nov 25, 2006 | 05:18 AM

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simple:

w/ cats - smoother sound, smog legal, quieter, less rasp.
w/o cats - more raw, louder, more rasp.

whichever you prefer. I like it without cats, liven it up a little bit haha.

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Nov 25, 2006 | 12:12 PM

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i order LT's yesterday and im gonig with an ORY for my borla. if its to loud i'll put a smaller plate on it

Nov 25, 2006 | 05:46 PM

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cats suck

Nov 26, 2006 | 11:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BLK85

Do you want power or do you want it to sound cool? I think I just answered your question with a question.

The power of it?

Yeah, it severely outperforms all other catbacks.

Nov 27, 2006 | 07:34 AM

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Cats are gay...

Nov 27, 2006 | 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LSUxBlake

The power of it?

Yeah, it severely outperforms all other catbacks.

An open Borla will.

Nov 27, 2006 | 06:06 PM

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Cats are gay...

I agree 100%...put them back on for emmisions ONLY. All exhaust sounds better without them...you young guys are just so used to hearing cats it has affected your hearing.....ask ANY OLD SCHOOL GUY....SIMPLE....

Nov 27, 2006 | 07:33 PM

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Cats are gay...

amen

i have borla and LT's and there is rasp but I also love everyone looking at me because its so loud

Nov 27, 2006 | 07:36 PM

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WEEEEE lol I can join the kool people who have an open borla and LT with an ORY now

Nov 27, 2006 | 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by INMY01TA

An open Borla will.

Those plates are all about noise. My car did under 2rwhp difference between completely closed and open, and that was at 450rwhp. That's a small enough difference to attribute to dyno error.