Would Staight pipes be better???
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Would Staight pipes be better???
Whats up guys...currently I'm running american racing headers,x-pipe,and borla touring exhaust on my 99 vert..The car has a magna charger,mild cam and heads...My ? is,if I ran borla off road straight pipes would I see hp gains and also would it sound good or like crapola..I'm not happy with the sound now it sounds good at wot...Thanks Jason
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One thing is for sure it would be very, very loud. Your local LEOs would probably just love hearing you come down the road. 
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My set up AR longtubes,X-pipe,hi-flows originally kept the stock Ti's and replaced with Borla straights and felt no difference at all. Heard a difference,not bad at idle,not to crazy 5th 6th gear on highway but at wot or going thru gears at a 3000 to 4000rpm shift its all 
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Thanks guys..I think I'm just gna give it a shot with the straight pipes...I dont feel like spending the money on a another exhaust..I just pickd this car up and it came with the borla touring...I have a post on parts for sale seeing if anyone wanted to trade for a more aggressive exhaust..no bits
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YOUR CAR WILL SOUND LOUDER AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A BACKFIRE TYPE O SOUND WHEN LETTING OF THE GAS.BUT YOUR DOWNFALL WILL BE THAT YOU WONT GAIN POWER YOU WILL PROBABLY LOSE A COUPLE PONYS .WHY?BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE RU NNING ON A BLOWER THE MOTOR NEEDS BACKPRESSURE TO MAKE TOTAL BOOST.BUT HOPEFULLY WHATEVER CHOICE YOU MAKE IS GOOD
WHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...
OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
WHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
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!! Personally I do like sound,,,but I prefer to fly just a little below the radar
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I know - if it's too loud then you're too old.....personally I think it sounds 
Let's see - can't have a conversation with a passenger, can't listen to music, I doubt if you could hear an approaching emergency vehicle, can't start the car at night or early in the morning without really pi$$ing off the neighbors, a drive of any distance will have your eardrums throbbing from constant noise....perfect right?
Reminds me of when I was 16 years old and I took the exhaust system off my 65 Dodge 383 4bbl just to hear what that sounded like. Whatever....oh and one more cliche - "Loud pipes save lives" right?
Let's see - can't have a conversation with a passenger, can't listen to music, I doubt if you could hear an approaching emergency vehicle, can't start the car at night or early in the morning without really pi$$ing off the neighbors, a drive of any distance will have your eardrums throbbing from constant noise....perfect right?
Reminds me of when I was 16 years old and I took the exhaust system off my 65 Dodge 383 4bbl just to hear what that sounded like. Whatever....oh and one more cliche - "Loud pipes save lives" right?
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YOUR CAR WILL SOUND LOUDER AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A BACKFIRE TYPE O SOUND WHEN LETTING OF THE GAS.BUT YOUR DOWNFALL WILL BE THAT YOU WONT GAIN POWER YOU WILL PROBABLY LOSE A COUPLE PONYS .WHY?BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE RU NNING ON A BLOWER THE MOTOR NEEDS BACKPRESSURE TO MAKE TOTAL BOOST.BUT HOPEFULLY WHATEVER CHOICE YOU MAKE IS GOODWHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
WHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
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I agree... Just keep what ya got and get some electric cut outs from DMH performance dot com... 4 year unlimited warranty and you can go from mild to crazy wild with the depress of a switch! I LOVE mine and Super Dave is an awesome fella! He has low profile cut outs designed just for the C5. It's great to start the ride up then push that button and it sounds like a Nascar power plant is lurking under the hood. Wait.. I thought this was an ear candy thread... Sorry
ESPECIALLY if you can get them somewhere close to the headers!!:chee rs:
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I know - if it's too loud then you're too old.....personally I think it sounds
Let's see - can't have a conversation with a passenger, can't listen to music, I doubt if you could hear an approaching emergency vehicle, can't start the car at night or early in the morning without really pi$$ing off the neighbors, a drive of any distance will have your eardrums throbbing from constant noise....perfect right?
Reminds me of when I was 16 years old and I took the exhaust system off my 65 Dodge 383 4bbl just to hear what that sounded like. Whatever....oh and one more cliche - "Loud pipes save lives" right?
Let's see - can't have a conversation with a passenger, can't listen to music, I doubt if you could hear an approaching emergency vehicle, can't start the car at night or early in the morning without really pi$$ing off the neighbors, a drive of any distance will have your eardrums throbbing from constant noise....perfect right?
Reminds me of when I was 16 years old and I took the exhaust system off my 65 Dodge 383 4bbl just to hear what that sounded like. Whatever....oh and one more cliche - "Loud pipes save lives" right?
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YOUR CAR WILL SOUND LOUDER AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A BACKFIRE TYPE O SOUND WHEN LETTING OF THE GAS.BUT YOUR DOWNFALL WILL BE THAT YOU WONT GAIN POWER YOU WILL PROBABLY LOSE A COUPLE PONYS .WHY?BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE RU NNING ON A BLOWER THE MOTOR NEEDS BACKPRESSURE TO MAKE TOTAL BOOST.BUT HOPEFULLY WHATEVER CHOICE YOU MAKE IS GOODWHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
WHEN A CAR IS ALL MOTOR NO BLOWER YES ITS BETTER STRAIGHT PIPE...OOH AND YOU HAVE HEADERS FOR SURE YOU NEED BACKPRESSURE!!!
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Thats what I thought... Maybe email one of the guys from ECS they will definitely know the answer