Borla cat-back has no mid pipe?

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Mar 16, 2025 | 09:48 AM

Dean-O

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Borla cat-back has no mid pipe?

I’ve been shopping for exhausts, and I like the sound of this Borla one. However, it claims to be a cat-back and it has no mid pipe. If I look at Corsa exhaust, it includes everything the Borla has AND an x-pipe.
https://www.borla.com/products/chevr...-system-140427

Mar 16, 2025 | 09:58 AM

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Eh maybe for a similar price, Corsa one is available with or without the Xpipe..

Nice thing about all of this, you have the freedom to put your money into whatever one you want.

Mar 16, 2025 | 11:22 AM

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The X-Pipe is installed by cutting the OEM mid-pipe after the cats and attaching it to the back end of the OEM mid-pipe with some sort of coupling or clamp device depending on the manufacturer. Adding an X-pipe to some overpriced mufflers is also considered a cat-back exhaust modification.

Mar 16, 2025 | 02:58 PM

redzg

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The X-pipe is a $463 uograde, literally on the same web page you provided a link to.
I’ll admit my bias, but the Corsa sounds great, no drone, and the Tigershark tips look so good they ended up the standard on the C7.

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Mar 16, 2025 | 03:43 PM

Dean-O

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I don’t think you guys understood my question. Aren’t cat-backs supposed to include a mid pipe? Isn’t that the whole difference between a cat-back and an axel-back?

Mar 16, 2025 | 05:23 PM

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I don’t think you guys understood my question. Aren’t cat-backs supposed to include a mid pipe? Isn’t that the whole difference between a cat-back and an axel-back?

No. The catalytic converters on the C5 are located within what is called the mid or intermediate pipe section of the exhaust system. It is a single piece that incorporates both converters (four converters for models that have the pup cats), two 2.5" exhaust pipes sections, a cross-over pipe, and flanged joints at the front and rear sections of the pipes that allow connection to the exhaust manifolds and rear section of the exhaust.