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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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Does anybody have this system? Do you like it? Or has anyone heard this system? Looking into it but want to make sure its good before i throw 9 bills on an exhaust. Thanks
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by blueblurZ28
Does anybody have this system? Do you like it? Or has anyone heard this system? Looking into it but want to make sure its good before i throw 9 bills on an exhaust. Thanks
You definitely want to check out this site before purchasing an exhaust for your LS1:

www.LS1Sounds.com

It's kinda like.. hear it before you buy it..

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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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I have it

I love it

I'd never buy anything other than borla from now on

Well worth it IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2mdaut2eY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdD8ePExJj0

^^^ My 99 T/a w/ LT's ORY and open plate borla
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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I have the borla exhaust. I LOVE it but if I had to do it all over again, I would have gone with bassani tue duals or a custom true dual setup with an x-pipe
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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the non-adj catback is bad *** sounding also
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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if your gonna spend the money get gmmg.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Had it, sounded alright.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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I love the one on my car.. can't complain about stainless also.. Only thing I'm not too fond on is the tips.. But that can be fixed.
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Heard borlas in person many a time...sound awesome!!! Everytime I hear one on the road I get chub, they sound bad ***! If I had the money I'd get one.
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Some people love them and others hate them. I love them, Ive had it on 3 of my 5 f-bodies. Theres a clip of my car in my sig if you want to check it out. Keep your eye out in the for sale section, you can pick them up used for about $300-$400.
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Originally Posted by 01CaMMMaro
if your gonna spend the money get gmmg.
AMEN to that!
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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the borla exhaust is very...unique...you absolutely HAVE to hear it before you buy it. you will either love it or hate it.

personally, i really don't care for it at all. i heard it once on a black WS6. i saw the tips and purposely waited for him to pull away so i could hear it. i have no idea what plate he was running, but it sounded absolutely horrible IMO. i've never heard an LS1 make a noise even close to that, and it turned my stomach a little bit.

it's a very raspy catback if you're going to put open plates in it, so be warned. it's one of those "try before you buy" purchases. it's probably the most controversial catbacks out there.
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Its very harsh sounding with ORY. I had one on my car when I bought it. It went up for sale the same week. Im not sure if they changed the brackets but they are not stainless so they end up rusting like a ****. This exhaust is way overpriced IMO.

I build alot of exhaust for these cars as well as install various brands of catbacks. The only cataback I would buy is a Hooker or Magnaflow. There are nicer ones out there but I wouldnt for out that kinda dough for one.
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Originally Posted by blueblurZ28
Does anybody have this system? Do you like it? Or has anyone heard this system? Looking into it but want to make sure its good before i throw 9 bills on an exhaust. Thanks
had it on the wife's car until the interior resonance got too bad after removing the cats. swapped from the borla and bassani y-pipe to the bassani tru-duals and picked up 15 rwhp more. so, if you are going to spend 9 bills, might as well go with the better of the two.
http://vincihighperformance.com/fbod...t.html#EXHAUST

here' the dyno sheet from the wife's car:

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