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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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which of these two exhaust systems sounds better borla stinger or corsa pacer both cat back systems thanks for the input
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:47 AM
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I have Corsa Pace Car System with the Corsa X-Pipe and am quite happy with the sound. You'll just have to hear them both for yourself and decide what sounds best to you!
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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This is a topic that has come up several times. After everyone puts in their opinion, you will not have your answer, you'll just be confused. Do yourself a favor and use the search option on this topic so you can read past threads and you will see what I am saying. You can't go wrong with either system. BTW - I have Borla Stingers w/dual tips.


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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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Go to their website...audio is available!
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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When you ask a question like this - the responses are going to be from people that have one or the other and naturally their's sounds the best.

Really do yourself a favor and find out where the Corvettes in your area hang out. Go there and walk up to the owners of the cars and ask them if you can hear their exhaust systems. Remember that there is much more involved than just listening to a car idle with a couple of revs thrown in for good measure. That will tell you nothing.

Maybe the owners of the cars will be generous enough to take you for a ride - how does the car sound around running up and down through the gears? How does the car sound at freeway speeds? How does it sound at WOT?

The other thing to consider is your car vs. the car you hear. Is yours a manual or automatic. The gearing and the resulting RPM's are going to be different. Also - if it is an A4, is your final drive ratio the same as the car you heard? That will make a difference - a car with a 2.73 is operating at lower RPM's than a car with the 3.15 at the same speed, which is much different than a manual car with the 3.42 rear end and a six-speed.

Don't rely on the answers you'll get here - go find out for yourself, and pick the one that sounds best to you.

And no - I won't tell you which one sounds better!
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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I have the Corsa Pace Cars and my Buddy has the Borla Stingers and on our blower setups they both sound mean, with the Borla's louder at idle and at a cruise, at WOT my Corsa's are louder and no drone at cruise like the Borla's, but if it was me I would listen to both setups to see what you like not anyone else
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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we have borla's on the wife's 89' and they are pretty loud, even just cruising down the road, and some resonance. we also just picked up an 03'Z with kooks, 3" ss exhaust and corsa"s. cruising down the road you can just hear the exhaust, until you nail it, then they're loud.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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I put Borla two tip Stingers on the 98. They look and sound great! Borla didn't make an x-pipe at the time, so I went with a Corsa. Both companies put out a quality product.
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Originally Posted by JTKS_VET
This is a topic that has come up several times. After everyone puts in their opinion, you will not have your answer, you'll just be confused. Do yourself a favor and use the search option on this topic so you can read past threads and you will see what I am saying. You can't go wrong with either system. BTW - I have Borla Stingers w/dual tips.


Good luck
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by peter pan
I have the Corsa Pace Cars and my Buddy has the Borla Stingers and on our blower setups they both sound mean, with the Borla's louder at idle and at a cruise, at WOT my Corsa's are louder and no drone at cruise like the Borla's, but if it was me I would listen to both setups to see what you like not anyone else


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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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These are really different sounding exhausts. If you get a chance to hear them in car it will be easy for you to decide.
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
I have Corsa Pace Car System with the Corsa X-Pipe and am quite happy with the sound. You'll just have to hear them both for yourself and decide what sounds best to you!
I have the same set up as well as long tube headers and love it.
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Originally Posted by c5joey
which of these two exhaust systems sounds better borla stinger or corsa pacer both cat back systems thanks for the input
I personally like the sound of the Borla's. It's all a matter of prefrence. I like a deeper sound, thats just me. The Corsa's sound nice though~
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