Drone Question
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Harrisburg Pa.
As I have been reporting for years that Borla has drone at cruise speed... Even the Borla Representative agrees with this.. it has been there all along..And like all those Borla owners who are just in denial, after all they all made the decision to buy them and now have taught themselves to live with them... If you do not do any highway driving Borlas are fine..I feel that this announcement from Borla only goes to show that they have redesigned their system to match what Corsa has been doing for 13 years. At the time we were looking for an aggressive exhaust for the Indy pace car, one without any drone at cruise. Corsa taught us alot of things about exhaust shaping..
Everything is a trade off.. you can not have great Idle, great WOT and great cruise with no drone.. to eliminate the drone you have to limit the idle tone, ... conversely increase the idle tone, and you increase the cruise drone.. Corsa knew this 13 years ago.. So did Borla, this isn't secret stuff.. Borla bet on people wanting a great aggressive muscle car idle and were willing to allow drone at cruise to achieve this.. Corsa Bet on people wanting any drone.. and have advertised this with their lifetime guarantee. This is not a revelation.. I have been reporting this for over ten years here on this forum..
Driving around town with Borlas is fine because you are constantly changing speeds/rpm...So you don't notice it, But if you have a steady diet of 70 mph on a highway for an hour or so, you will pay for it.. I know many who get sever headaches from this drone after an hour, I also know of many people who bought them and now their wife refuses to get in the car.. which for some could be a plus... There is nothing more uncomfortable to hear than this drone while trying to carry on a conversation while driving down the highway for a few hours.
Bill aka ET
Everything is a trade off.. you can not have great Idle, great WOT and great cruise with no drone.. to eliminate the drone you have to limit the idle tone, ... conversely increase the idle tone, and you increase the cruise drone.. Corsa knew this 13 years ago.. So did Borla, this isn't secret stuff.. Borla bet on people wanting a great aggressive muscle car idle and were willing to allow drone at cruise to achieve this.. Corsa Bet on people wanting any drone.. and have advertised this with their lifetime guarantee. This is not a revelation.. I have been reporting this for over ten years here on this forum..
Driving around town with Borlas is fine because you are constantly changing speeds/rpm...So you don't notice it, But if you have a steady diet of 70 mph on a highway for an hour or so, you will pay for it.. I know many who get sever headaches from this drone after an hour, I also know of many people who bought them and now their wife refuses to get in the car.. which for some could be a plus... There is nothing more uncomfortable to hear than this drone while trying to carry on a conversation while driving down the highway for a few hours.
Bill aka ET
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Harrisburg Pa.
i will say that i haven't had an experience with the corsa extreme system yet. i would like to check that out up close and personal. if i understand correctly they have a much deeper-aggressive tone than the pace cars [?].
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From: Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Suppose the exhaust sounds pleasant while cruising at 60 mph, but at about 62, the exhaust sound in the cabin begins to get louder. At 65 it becomes so loud, one has to shout in order to be heard by the passenger. At 70, the sound reduces, and by 75 the sound returns to the level it was at 60.
That's drone. That's like your audio system sound like crap only between 65 and 70 mph, but normal either above or below that speed.
That's drone. That's like your audio system sound like crap only between 65 and 70 mph, but normal either above or below that speed.
Who knows...I sure as heck dont.
