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Borla Exhaust Upgrade
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My Borla S-Type came in yesterday and got installed today. For anyone on the fence regarding the sound based on the various Youtube videos, rest assured that it sounds great (and nothing like a ricer). I was a tad nervous as I'm coming from a 392 SRT, which has an exhaust note that is hard to beat. While the S-Type can't hold a candle to the sound of a big naturally-aspirated V8, it has a very refined sound like someone posted earlier in this thread. It also looks great. My wife, who will be driving the ST a good bit, approves of the sound and even she mentioned how much better the noticeably larger tips look.
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Just had my S-type installed. It sounds pretty good. I come from a 6.2V8 raptor with a Magnaflow exhaust. TTV6 will never have that sound. Is what is it. Better than stock. No drone. Went to dealer to have fake exhaust sound turned off. I know it’s through the Ford IDS system. The tech could not find it and had to open a ticket to email,Ford motor. Said they are slow responding. Anyone know how they can do it?Find it in IDS. Google says zero.
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My exhaust setup is subtle yet aggressive when needed . It cost 1/3 of the Borla and i didn't even need to worry about cancelling the "speaker exhaust" because I can't hear it anymore . Not that my new setup is loud but it just creates a nice tone all the way through the power band where the "speaker exhaust" would be heard .
Strange noise coming from Borla Exhaust
hey guys, 2 weeks ago I installed the borla S-Type. Love it. I almost got the ATAK but didn’t want such a loud exhaust. Sounds amazing when you step on it but hardly noticeable when on cruise control on the highway.
I started hearing this rattling noise a few days ago and it’s progressively getting louder and more often. Mainly when I’m slowing down, kinda like a backfire But doesn’t sound like one. It goes away when I shift into park and get out to look where it’s coming from. I think it’s toward the rear of the car though. I can’t tell if it’s the exhaust hitting something or something came loose inside the exhaust. Anyone heard this before or have an idea what it could be? The sound clip was taken from the trunk. Thanks for the input!
hey guys, 2 weeks ago I installed the borla S-Type. Love it. I almost got the ATAK but didn’t want such a loud exhaust. Sounds amazing when you step on it but hardly noticeable when on cruise control on the highway.
I started hearing this rattling noise a few days ago and it’s progressively getting louder and more often. Mainly when I’m slowing down, kinda like a backfire But doesn’t sound like one. It goes away when I shift into park and get out to look where it’s coming from. I think it’s toward the rear of the car though. I can’t tell if it’s the exhaust hitting something or something came loose inside the exhaust. Anyone heard this before or have an idea what it could be? The sound clip was taken from the trunk. Thanks for the input!
So Monday I did a OEM muffler delete and straight piped the exhaust with some new tips on the end.
I would just like to mention that exhaust sound (note) is subjective to each individual. (like music, food, movies etc)
What I observed (and heard) is that the exhaust sound was louder, raspier and I acquired a bit of a drone at 2000-2300 rpm. Did not like the result at all...
So today I went back to the custom muffler shop and had some Vibrant 1140 2.25 Ultra Quiet Resonators welded on just before tips.
Huge difference... Rasp is gone, drone is gone, just a nice even deep tone through the whole rpm range. And it's plenty loud without being ubnoxious under full load. Again this is my personal taste.
This whole exercise cost me aprox $450cad(I live in British Columbia Canada).
It is not a Borla SS custom system but unfortunately here, with the $ exchange, customs, duty, shipping I'd be looking at $2000cad to go the Borla route..
Just sharing an option , that's all
I would just like to mention that exhaust sound (note) is subjective to each individual. (like music, food, movies etc)
What I observed (and heard) is that the exhaust sound was louder, raspier and I acquired a bit of a drone at 2000-2300 rpm. Did not like the result at all...
So today I went back to the custom muffler shop and had some Vibrant 1140 2.25 Ultra Quiet Resonators welded on just before tips.
Huge difference... Rasp is gone, drone is gone, just a nice even deep tone through the whole rpm range. And it's plenty loud without being ubnoxious under full load. Again this is my personal taste.
This whole exercise cost me aprox $450cad(I live in British Columbia Canada).
It is not a Borla SS custom system but unfortunately here, with the $ exchange, customs, duty, shipping I'd be looking at $2000cad to go the Borla route..
Just sharing an option , that's all
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Check the retaining screws/nuts on the heatshields just above the Borla rear mufflers. I had a sound that was exactly like that and it was the heatshield vibration. When i installed mine, the borla hanging brackets required pretty extensive massaging to get the mufflers down and away from those nuts. I ended up actually taking a dremel to a couple of them to nip the tops (sticking past the nut) off a couple. You may also need to adjust the forward-most hanging bracket to make sure it sits completely within the rubber bushing--that took a bit of work to get just right.
