The difference a borla xr-1 midpipe will make (videos)
I've talked about my exhaust a bunch of times but no one on here has really heard how loud it truly was. If you knew you'd know why I finally put on a borla xr-1 muffler in place of my test pipe :)
Old setup: Ported exhaust with removed diffuser RB header 2.5" test pipe 2.5" y-pipe and 2.5" piping Dual BOMZ GT Style ebay mufflers Now the ebay mufflers pretty much got blown out from what I can tell, doesn't seem like they were doing much muffling haha. A lot of people have also asked me for a sound or video clip of my exhaust but I haven't been able to get it. Well, here you go. This is what it sounded like before the borla xr-1 with the "old" setup. Right click/save as http://home.comcast.net/~rx7pics/before.MPG Shitty quality video I know, sound is OK but not that great. Camera (digital camera) was about 20 feet away from the car and according to my friend who was doing the taping from back there the video didn't do the exhaust its injustice for how loud it truly is :p: Gives you an idea at least And now my setup is the same as above except with a borla xr-1 in place of the test pipe. http://home.comcast.net/~drewrx7/after.MPG It quieted it down noticeably, as you can tell in the video, and I'm happy. It's most noticeably quieter inside the car, and I can finally hear again! Especially my music ;) Anyways, what do you guys think? |
That was me at the end of the first video starting to say "oh god damn"
Thats how loud it was |
Haha, yah thanks to RXSevenSymphonies for taking one for the team making the vid :D
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Wow that WAS loud, I thought you were kidding when you were talking about it. The mufflers helps alot :bigthumb:
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I love the way your car sounds.
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Thanks! I think the muffler actually helped even it out a bunch and I like how it sounds more now.
I also enjoy the little brap brap at idle, makes me feel like I have a bridgeport sometimes :p: |
WOW, that was SOO loud. They both sounded crazy and after hearing the 1st one the 2nd one literally sounds 'muffled'. Either way, both are impressive.
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Thanks :D
Oh yah I completely forgot to mention in case anyone cares. The sequence for both videos was idle (~800-850), then holding it at ~3k, then revving it between 6k and ~7500 |
sounds nice..kinda like mine but i have dual n1's.
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i think it sounds great with the Borla, i think i will have to use one in place of my race cat when i switch to the full 3" exhaust. :)
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Yah I like the sound of it a lot now. The borla xr-1 mufflers are nice, good contstruction and not very heavy either :p: They're also SS so they wont blow out, like I did to my old magnaflow 6" round (blew all the inards of that out after a couple months).
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Woah sweet! NA POWAH!
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Your car in the second vid sounds EXACTLY like mine lol. Nice tear-aways btw ;) (jokes)
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the video really doesnt show how loud it was before.......
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i think the borla made a huge difference.. i have the cat back and i love the sound they make
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Originally Posted by xDmoneYx
the video really doesnt show how loud it was before.......
And yes, NA powah! Come spring when the new season starts and the local drag strip reopens I'll be shooting for low 14's. |
thats great sounding i didnt know it would make that big of a difference i like it i might have to do something like that on the setup im thinking about doing
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much better with the borla pipe
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I like how they both sounded, but the second one does sound better.
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Originally Posted by dDuB
I've talked about my exhaust a bunch of times but no one on here has really heard how loud it truly was. If you knew you'd know why I finally put on a borla xr-1 muffler in place of my test pipe :)
Old setup: Ported exhaust with removed diffuser RB header 2.5" test pipe 2.5" y-pipe and 2.5" piping Dual BOMZ GT Style ebay mufflers Now the ebay mufflers pretty much got blown out from what I can tell, doesn't seem like they were doing much muffling haha. A lot of people have also asked me for a sound or video clip of my exhaust but I haven't been able to get it. Well, here you go. This is what it sounded like before the borla xr-1 with the "old" setup. Right click/save as http://home.comcast.net/~rx7pics/before.MPG Shitty quality video I know, sound is OK but not that great. Camera (digital camera) was about 20 feet away from the car and according to my friend who was doing the taping from back there the video didn't do the exhaust its injustice for how loud it truly is :p: Gives you an idea at least And now my setup is the same as above except with a borla xr-1 in place of the test pipe. http://home.comcast.net/~drewrx7/after.MPG It quieted it down noticeably, as you can tell in the video, and I'm happy. It's most noticeably quieter inside the car, and I can finally hear again! Especially my music ;) Anyways, what do you guys think? https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hlight=exhaust Glad it worked for you too :) |
what are the specs on the xr-1 that you got? wonder if it will fit in place of a racing beat presilencer...
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Originally Posted by bingoboy
what are the specs on the xr-1 that you got? wonder if it will fit in place of a racing beat presilencer...
Since I ended up selling the SS Autochrome DP, and using my RB 3 inch DP, I then fitted the Borla muffler as a MP. So basically my setup consist of: -RB 3 inch DP -Borla3 inch XR-1 MP -SS Autochrome catback (I ended up cutting the 2.75 flange, and weleded a RB 3 inch flange instead) |
did you only port the exhaust or is that with a street port?
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Thanks everyone, I love how it sounds with the borla now.
bingoboy: You can fit a borla in with whatever setup you want! It comes in varying lengths without flanges, so when you go to get the flanges welded on you can add pipe if you need to, or take off a couple inches like I did to fit the gap you have. RXciting: My porting consists of removed diffusers, slightly larger than streetported exhaust but not by much, mild streetport primary, and slightly larger than normal streetport secondary/auxilary ports with removed divider (one large port). |
neat, and you can order up flanges from racing beat that will fit their headers/downpipes for a minimal of headaches and take it down to your exhaust shop locallay and get it welded up. for you NA guys who might consider this RB says the presilencers is 20" long. xr1 closest looks to be 16". flanges from RB are 10 bucks each, metal gaskets from them are like 7 bucks. throw in 150 bucks for the muffler, and voila.
this is something i've been thinkin about doing for a long time, i knew FD guys who had done it but not many FC guys. oh dDub did you order your muffler from borla themselves, or you find a place with a nice cheap price? :D |
Where did you get the muffler from???
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Originally Posted by josh greene
Where did you get the muffler from???
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Hell yeah NA power i'm hopping for mid 14s but we'll see. Sounds awesome now, funny how before it sounded like straight pipe lol
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Originally Posted by totallimmortal
Hell yeah NA power i'm hopping for mid 14s but we'll see. Sounds awesome now, funny how before it sounded like straight pipe lol
Also remember I have removed exhaust diffusers and streetported exhaust and intake. |
i mufflered mine with a flowmaster as a midpipe already
my thing is still loud ... i need to run a serial setup ... |
Originally Posted by sub9lulu
i mufflered mine with a flowmaster as a midpipe already
my thing is still loud ... i need to run a serial setup ... |
That still is LOUD, but better.
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OMG I want that. Sounds fricken nice man. My exhaust for the FB im working on got ran over so I gotta start over. And after hearing that I may end up using 2 in my dual set up on the little 12a. Wonder what it would sound like.
Alex Saunders |
sorry to bring this back from the dead
your before video still works but the after video doesn't... but i'm looking at getting a XR-1 for my car it's a 3" straight all the way with a Corksport Cat back.. it's annoyingly mettalic and buzzy... I was thinking of putting the XR-1 wanted to see ur after video |
Almost sounded the same!! *shrugs* sorry that was the same clip i listened to, your second link doesnt work!!
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I just bought myself a 4'' borla xr1 to put in as a mid pipe in my new set up. we'll see how it goes
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Originally Posted by Ottoman
(Post 6941681)
sorry to bring this back from the dead
your before video still works but the after video doesn't... but i'm looking at getting a XR-1 for my car it's a 3" straight all the way with a Corksport Cat back.. it's annoyingly mettalic and buzzy... I was thinking of putting the XR-1 wanted to see ur after video I recommend the XR-1 to all of our customers. We have installed it on a lot of cars and it does an incredible job of bringing down the sound level, while still keeping a good flow rate. - Ryan @ CorkSport |
Although i cannot see your video's (comp's being gay) I will agree with you that a brola xr-1 does make a HUGE difference. i love mine, car isnt raspy at all, and much quieter
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dam, and i thought mine was loud with what ive got.
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