Borla exhaust is installed!!!

Steven6095 · 09-27-2005, 10:07 PM

Hi. I got my Borla / Ford Racing muffler installed tonight. VERY SIMPLE installation.

Startup is awesome!!! Idle is very low and growling. Sounds extremely nice! Turned a lot of heads.
Looks great also!! The chrome against the sonic blue is nice. I will post picture tomorrow - too dark now.

One ?:
Will this mellow slightly over time? If I had the ability I would turn the volume down just one notch. It is fighting with my sound system a little bit more than I wanted. I have about 10 miles on it and it actually seems to be getting a little softer or my ears use to it one.

Funny story:
Took it out driving tonight. In town an older Eclipse pulled up beside of me with one of those whining coffee can exhaust. APC I am assuming because their decals were all over the car......................Typical rice.
Could not see the driver due to the darkness of the windows, but he reved his engine like he was wanting to race. I reved mine one time and that was the last time he did his

jthorn9 · 09-27-2005, 10:38 PM

Can't stand those wanabe import tuners, they put one of those fart makers on the back of their car and think the've got a ride. I usually don't race that much anymore, but just the other day I had to put some moron, in one of those box Scions, in his place. That was more wasted gas to me than a race, but these people just irritate the crap out of me. Damn wanabes, sometimes I just want to beat them over the head with a chair.[sm=chairshot.gif]

Steven6095 · 09-27-2005, 11:06 PM

Comparison

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Steven6095 · 09-27-2005, 11:08 PM

Former police cheif died this week and funeral was today so town was CRAWLING WITH COPS!
Not to mention how stupid it was to think about racing a mustang in an eclipse, but the fact cops were everywhere was just plain DUMB!

jthorn9 · 09-28-2005, 03:38 AM

Exhaust looks nice.

SPARTAN VI · 09-28-2005, 03:52 AM

Damn, I hate these stock caprisun-straw exhaust. Going to make the jump to dualies.. eventually..

Looking good, steve. Burn 'em.. one ricer at a time.

Reminds me of the '95 Miata MX-5 that was tailgating me on the freeway, today. Gave him a nice lesson in american muscle, I'm sure he felt accomplished when we hit traffic and he caught up.

jthorn9 · 09-28-2005, 12:48 PM

Yea ever notice it always takes a traffic jam to allow one of those wannabe tuners the chance to catch up.[sm=gears.gif]

MustangScott · 09-28-2005, 04:29 PM

I went with flowmasters and after about ehh 3-400 miles the sound dies done some. Becomes richer, at idle. But if you get high speed rumble (aka your mufflers vibration is resonatin in your cabin) you might just have to dynomat it. At about 73-78 my car has the loud groan where you can feel it in your brains. I dont mind it too much, but. . . on a lond haul, it might get bad (but i go 80-85 so it only sucks in traffic)

Steven6095 · 09-28-2005, 10:02 PM

Have about 50 miles and they have really mellowed out dramatically. They sound very nice now.
I am still going to add another layer or two of Dynamat over that right corner of the trunk. I have the entire trunk coated with about 1/4 of sound deadening spray, so I am getting very little in the cabin.

SPARTAN VI · 09-28-2005, 10:18 PM

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ORIGINAL: jthorn9

Yea ever notice it always takes a traffic jam to allow one of those wannabe tuners the chance to catch up.[sm=gears.gif]

[sm=chairshot.gif]

He didn't really "catch up," might've if he didn't take the 71 ramp off the 57-S.

Now try to image a Saturn SC with a wing, and black rims... or don't... CA is so wierd.