Borla 60087 install
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15, ‘18, '21
Borla 60087 install
Bought a new Borla X-Pipe that was an open box item. It has no directions with it and is suppose to be missing only one bolt. Does anyone have a location online where I can find the directions? A search on here got me a lot of C6 threads, search engines turned up items for sale and the Borla site does not have the C5 directions listed for some reason.
Looking to get those before I start taking the stock H-Pipe off.
Looking to get those before I start taking the stock H-Pipe off.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Here is a nice TECH article - all the same Priciples will apply for your install: 
http://www.vetteweb.com/tech/0307vet...nfo/index.html
Thanks,Matt
http://www.vetteweb.com/tech/0307vet...nfo/index.html
Thanks,Matt
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15, ‘18, '21
Read it over, sounds okay. The photos help some, no torque specs but I found a Mid America exhaust install video that said the flange bolts should be 35 ft/lbs so I will use that for that end. I will hopefully be able to reuse some of the bolts since I am short some, or find some that will work well.
I had hoped that this x-pipe would have been like some I had installed a number of years back when I had a couple of mustangs and go all the way to the headers but it looks like it stops just before the cats. I actually have a couple of small sections of stainless pipe sitting around from the old systems that I might be able to use to extend the stainless sections but won't know until I get it jacked up and take a look. Looks like I will have to put it in the driveway to get it done since it is under the 4-post right now and the car on the top has no battery and I would rather not leave it out, I suppose I could pull it in open headers if I had to.
The H-pipe has to come off anyways to put my new tunnel panel on (abs of steel) so I figured I would go for a little more sound and maybe some more power swapping this out when I do it.
I had hoped that this x-pipe would have been like some I had installed a number of years back when I had a couple of mustangs and go all the way to the headers but it looks like it stops just before the cats. I actually have a couple of small sections of stainless pipe sitting around from the old systems that I might be able to use to extend the stainless sections but won't know until I get it jacked up and take a look. Looks like I will have to put it in the driveway to get it done since it is under the 4-post right now and the car on the top has no battery and I would rather not leave it out, I suppose I could pull it in open headers if I had to.
The H-pipe has to come off anyways to put my new tunnel panel on (abs of steel) so I figured I would go for a little more sound and maybe some more power swapping this out when I do it.
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Joined: May 2006
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Read it over, sounds okay. The photos help some, no torque specs but I found a Mid America exhaust install video that said the flange bolts should be 35 ft/lbs so I will use that for that end. I will hopefully be able to reuse some of the bolts since I am short some, or find some that will work well.
I had hoped that this x-pipe would have been like some I had installed a number of years back when I had a couple of mustangs and go all the way to the headers but it looks like it stops just before the cats. I actually have a couple of small sections of stainless pipe sitting around from the old systems that I might be able to use to extend the stainless sections but won't know until I get it jacked up and take a look. Looks like I will have to put it in the driveway to get it done since it is under the 4-post right now and the car on the top has no battery and I would rather not leave it out, I suppose I could pull it in open headers if I had to.
The H-pipe has to come off anyways to put my new tunnel panel on (abs of steel) so I figured I would go for a little more sound and maybe some more power swapping this out when I do it.
I had hoped that this x-pipe would have been like some I had installed a number of years back when I had a couple of mustangs and go all the way to the headers but it looks like it stops just before the cats. I actually have a couple of small sections of stainless pipe sitting around from the old systems that I might be able to use to extend the stainless sections but won't know until I get it jacked up and take a look. Looks like I will have to put it in the driveway to get it done since it is under the 4-post right now and the car on the top has no battery and I would rather not leave it out, I suppose I could pull it in open headers if I had to.
The H-pipe has to come off anyways to put my new tunnel panel on (abs of steel) so I figured I would go for a little more sound and maybe some more power swapping this out when I do it.
Thanks,matt
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15, ‘18, '21
Sure thing, going to take video and get some sounds of before and after. I found it hard to find exhaust clips of stock and then just an x-pipe swap without headers and the like. Hopefully that will help people as well, will upload the videos to youtube and get photos up on my website if I ever figure out how to get it updated again.
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From: Chilliwack B.C.
Sure thing, going to take video and get some sounds of before and after. I found it hard to find exhaust clips of stock and then just an x-pipe swap without headers and the like. Hopefully that will help people as well, will upload the videos to youtube and get photos up on my website if I ever figure out how to get it updated again.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15, ‘18, '21
Planned for my next days off and will get the videos up on youtube. I will be at the track all day Friday but early next week we should be a go to get some work done.
