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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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Hey guys has anybody with an 85 vette used the borla 3 inch into 2 1/2 inch catback with 2 1/2 in and out mufflers .How was the sound and did it have the drone that we hate so much.Thanks
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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I have it and had to add a muffler in place of the cat to get rid of SOME of the resonence......its now a true dual.....no y pipe (have the y if your interested) and is bareable
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How much for y pipe thanks
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have the 2.5 cat back with gutted cat on my 85 with a stroker.really nice low sound but can get annoying sometimes (for the neighbors) the vinyl siding on my garage vibrates when it idles to warm up
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I have the Borla cat-back on my 90 with TPIS headers, y-pipe and High flow.

Sounds awesome!
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What kind of mufflers are you running and what about interior noise and drone
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