Best exhaust? - Page 3

wookwook · 04-24-2019, 01:59 PM

Awesome picture and thank you. So- How is it???

what did you use and forgive me if I didn't look for previous threads just point in the right direction if there's a link. So - it CAN be done space wise.

Do you think by guestimation that the borla box might fit in there?

Anyone Recommendations for round actual mufflers with actual baffles?

I don't "think" I am as concerned about a little drone as opposed to shaving the rasp sound. It just goes through me when there are passengers, i.e. radio is on while solo. I had a factory bmw z4 that droned a lot. Got used to it I guess. Convertible was a reasonable trade off there.

FWIW, I have a tune on this and on my 2.7 ecoboost f150 and surprisingly, the tune on the ecoboost really improved the exhaust note so much It actually sounds "good". The tune on the LTG did help a little, but not as much as I would like.

StPeteHyper2.0 · 04-24-2019, 10:48 PM

Posted what my exhaust was #23 of this thread..
Currently Mishimoto SS exhaust, flopro twister resonator, RPM catted downpipe. All 3" piping.

I'm tuned also with zfr turbo. Cant really say tuning along gives you a different note. Typically a mod would give a different note as the turbo may have slightly altered mine a bit. Cams or change in the exhaust manifold would yield different note more noticeably. I have a full audio system in my car, so it crushes any other noises anyway also. As for the borla, I really dont know the sizes to verify and there are other rounded baffled mufflers out there. Flow master has a hushpower and flopro has a couple options I know of also. Either way, I feel like the Frankenstein of exhaust I have does everything and hard to describe the multiple tones it puts out. Again.. hi flow cat, hi flow resonator, hi flow mufflers with the baffle/drone tubes. Its loud and silent depending on how wide open I get on it and let off.. m6 trans btw

wookwook · 04-25-2019, 04:47 AM

I am going to give this a try. Borla mid muffler/resonator.

SSShark · 04-27-2019, 12:04 PM

Removed the Flowmaster American Thunder axle back today and installed the Borla S-Type axle back. Also removed the restrictive factory y-pipe and had a new one made. Just like having a 3" catback now.
Loving the sound of the Borla, absolutely zero drone.

LTwin86 · 05-13-2019, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 8minus4

Removed the Flowmaster American Thunder axle back today and installed the Borla S-Type axle back. Also removed the restrictive factory y-pipe and had a new one made. Just like having a 3" catback now.
Loving the sound of the Borla, absolutely zero drone.

Flowmaster was too loud?

SSShark · 05-13-2019, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by LTwin86

Flowmaster was too loud?

Excellent exhaust note on the outside, but it was a little too loud in the cabin.
It didn't bother me at first, but after a while it started to be too much. The Borla has zero drone, no vibration and good cabin sound. Well worth the investment.

Archangle · 05-14-2019, 07:41 PM

I run a ZZP hi-flo catted down pipe and the Injen SES7300 catback system it's true 3'' turbo back exhaust. I love it.

LTwin86 · 05-15-2019, 11:49 AM

Today installed totally new custom exhaust system on 76mm tube with Borla XR resonator and NXT Step performance mufflers. The sound is awesome, no drone at all! Bass is so sweet on the idle to high rpm. Will put photos later.

Start The Machine · 05-15-2019, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangle

I run a ZZP hi-flo catted down pipe and the Injen SES7300 catback system it's true 3'' turbo back exhaust. I love it.

Bro, you are the only person on the face of the earth that is running the Injen SES exhaust. I've always wondered what it sounded like. Can you please for the love of god and all that is good, please post a video sound clip of that bad boy?

LTwin86 · 05-21-2019, 02:19 PM

My config. Nxt step + Borla resonator XR, 76mm tube. Bass is so sweet, but you will not hear it on 100% on the video. Exhaust is just a little bit louder than stock with downpipe, like it so much.
https://youtu.be/qUo4uUDRrkk

wookwook · 05-21-2019, 04:08 PM

With the fat borla resonator and stock muffler my car is so quiet. That's how I like mine personally. With the muted notes inside and out you really wouldn't know its a 4 banger. Its just general (quiet) noise with no thin sound at all. It gives a very slight beat of harmonically aligned notes occasionally on hard pulls. Wished it where a little more "defined" if that's at all a way to say it. Maybe a look at the borla sport down the road. Its the turbo that gets in the way of those pulses that designers use to make the music. Being a musician my perceptions about it are probably skewed that way so if I sound against the grain I'm not, I'm just particular in a different way. Now what in the heck can be done about that XM radio? Nice articles and picks keep them coming.

Evil-Bee-NH · 05-21-2019, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Start The Machine

Bro, you are the only person on the face of the earth that is running the Injen SES exhaust. I've always wondered what it sounded like. Can you please for the love of god and all that is good, please post a video sound clip of that bad boy?

+1

cooper1965 · 05-29-2019, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by wookwook

With the fat borla resonator and stock muffler my car is so quiet. That's how I like mine personally. With the muted notes inside and out you really wouldn't know its a 4 banger. Its just general (quiet) noise with no thin sound at all. It gives a very slight beat of harmonically aligned notes occasionally on hard pulls. Wished it where a little more "defined" if that's at all a way to say it. Maybe a look at the borla sport down the road. Its the turbo that gets in the way of those pulses that designers use to make the music. Being a musician my perceptions about it are probably skewed that way so if I sound against the grain I'm not, I'm just particular in a different way. Now what in the heck can be done about that XM radio? Nice articles and picks keep them coming.

You put the Borla resonator on the stock exhaust? Was it a direct fit like it is with their mid-pipe kit, or did you have to have an exhaust shop do the fitment?

wookwook · 05-29-2019, 03:51 PM

Took it to a custom muffler shop in portsmouth nh. A rough crew but they do the work. That part was meant to be welded in. no flanges. It has about 6 inches at one end and about 2 ft of S curve to mate with the rest of the back pipe near the Y i suspect. I didn't even get a chance to see it, he was done in less than an hour by the time i got back from McD's. The car was rolling out the door. I knew from across the parking lot it was either dead or just freaking quite, lol. Comparing to the OEM, I wasn't even sure it was running first time I jumped in. lol. BUT- I love it. I know I will catch flack, but it gives me more of a highly tuned feel and not a raspy loud effect. No way can you improve the exhaust with louder, in my definition of improve. Any solution that doesn't address the resonator is going to pass turbo fuzzing and that will always compete with what little pulses are left over IHMO. I put my dyno up there specifically after only the resonator as my only mod so far.

Sorry its a long winded answer but there you go. Welded fitment only. Charged $100 labor the resonator is $200. $300 total in exhaust. what exhaust. Seat of the pants says it's a little slower spool, but the measurements confirm no real losses. Turbo sounds still strong as ever.

Hope that is informative.

04-25-2019, 04:47 AM	#31
wookwook Drives: 18 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: NH Posts: 698	I am going to give this a try. Borla mid muffler/resonator. Attached Images

04-27-2019, 12:04 PM	#32
SSShark Drives: '23 1SS Sharkskin A10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,045	Removed the Flowmaster American Thunder axle back today and installed the Borla S-Type axle back. Also removed the restrictive factory y-pipe and had a new one made. Just like having a 3" catback now. Loving the sound of the Borla, absolutely zero drone. __________________ Previously Owned: 2018 Silver Ice Metallic Camaro R/S 1992 Dark Teal Camaro R/S 305 V8

05-21-2019, 02:19 PM	#38
LTwin86 Drives: 2017 2LT RS Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Moscow Posts: 151	My config. Nxt step + Borla resonator XR, 76mm tube. Bass is so sweet, but you will not hear it on 100% on the video. Exhaust is just a little bit louder than stock with downpipe, like it so much. https://youtu.be/qUo4uUDRrkk Attached Images

04-24-2019, 01:59 PM	#29
wookwook Drives: 18 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: NH Posts: 698	Awesome picture and thank you. So- How is it??? what did you use and forgive me if I didn't look for previous threads just point in the right direction if there's a link. So - it CAN be done space wise. Do you think by guestimation that the borla box might fit in there? Anyone Recommendations for round actual mufflers with actual baffles? I don't "think" I am as concerned about a little drone as opposed to shaving the rasp sound. It just goes through me when there are passengers, i.e. radio is on while solo. I had a factory bmw z4 that droned a lot. Got used to it I guess. Convertible was a reasonable trade off there. FWIW, I have a tune on this and on my 2.7 ecoboost f150 and surprisingly, the tune on the ecoboost really improved the exhaust note so much It actually sounds "good". The tune on the LTG did help a little, but not as much as I would like.

04-24-2019, 10:48 PM	#30
StPeteHyper2.0 Drives: '16 Hyper Blue 2.0 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: St Pete Posts: 238 View My Garage	Posted what my exhaust was #23 of this thread.. Currently Mishimoto SS exhaust, flopro twister resonator, RPM catted downpipe. All 3" piping. I'm tuned also with zfr turbo. Cant really say tuning along gives you a different note. Typically a mod would give a different note as the turbo may have slightly altered mine a bit. Cams or change in the exhaust manifold would yield different note more noticeably. I have a full audio system in my car, so it crushes any other noises anyway also. As for the borla, I really dont know the sizes to verify and there are other rounded baffled mufflers out there. Flow master has a hushpower and flopro has a couple options I know of also. Either way, I feel like the Frankenstein of exhaust I have does everything and hard to describe the multiple tones it puts out. Again.. hi flow cat, hi flow resonator, hi flow mufflers with the baffle/drone tubes. Its loud and silent depending on how wide open I get on it and let off.. m6 trans btw

05-14-2019, 07:41 PM	#35
Archangle Drives: 2017 ice sliver 1LT Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Punta Gorda,FL Posts: 33	I run a ZZP hi-flo catted down pipe and the Injen SES7300 catback system it's true 3'' turbo back exhaust. I love it.

05-15-2019, 11:49 AM	#36
LTwin86 Drives: 2017 2LT RS Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Moscow Posts: 151	Today installed totally new custom exhaust system on 76mm tube with Borla XR resonator and NXT Step performance mufflers. The sound is awesome, no drone at all! Bass is so sweet on the idle to high rpm. Will put photos later.

05-21-2019, 04:08 PM	#39
wookwook Drives: 18 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: NH Posts: 698	With the fat borla resonator and stock muffler my car is so quiet. That's how I like mine personally. With the muted notes inside and out you really wouldn't know its a 4 banger. Its just general (quiet) noise with no thin sound at all. It gives a very slight beat of harmonically aligned notes occasionally on hard pulls. Wished it where a little more "defined" if that's at all a way to say it. Maybe a look at the borla sport down the road. Its the turbo that gets in the way of those pulses that designers use to make the music. Being a musician my perceptions about it are probably skewed that way so if I sound against the grain I'm not, I'm just particular in a different way. Now what in the heck can be done about that XM radio? Nice articles and picks keep them coming.

05-29-2019, 03:51 PM	#42
wookwook Drives: 18 Camaro LS M6 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: NH Posts: 698	Took it to a custom muffler shop in portsmouth nh. A rough crew but they do the work. That part was meant to be welded in. no flanges. It has about 6 inches at one end and about 2 ft of S curve to mate with the rest of the back pipe near the Y i suspect. I didn't even get a chance to see it, he was done in less than an hour by the time i got back from McD's. The car was rolling out the door. I knew from across the parking lot it was either dead or just freaking quite, lol. Comparing to the OEM, I wasn't even sure it was running first time I jumped in. lol. BUT- I love it. I know I will catch flack, but it gives me more of a highly tuned feel and not a raspy loud effect. No way can you improve the exhaust with louder, in my definition of improve. Any solution that doesn't address the resonator is going to pass turbo fuzzing and that will always compete with what little pulses are left over IHMO. I put my dyno up there specifically after only the resonator as my only mod so far. Sorry its a long winded answer but there you go. Welded fitment only. Charged $100 labor the resonator is $200. $300 total in exhaust. what exhaust. Seat of the pants says it's a little slower spool, but the measurements confirm no real losses. Turbo sounds still strong as ever. Hope that is informative.

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