i have a borla exhaust, i love it it sounds great and helps, but its a cat back, now what i wanna know is are straight pipes worth it. the will cst 1100 for headers back. i have a 86 ta with a 305, how will it sound and will it help power wise? thnx

 

I doubt you would even feel the difference (if the even is one), put the money toward something worth it

 

$1100 for what?

 

Straight pipes don't sound good IMO, makes your car sound like a speedboat/******* mobile. Plus they don't give you any scavenging effect, so they won't really give you any power.

 

I'd stay away from them too, get a good exhaust instead.

 

Transam,
I've got a single straight pipe from the headers (through a gutted cat), and I think it sounds great. I can e-mail you the sound file if you like. (Doesn't sound ******* to me!)

 

mail me the sound clip

nxs055@yahoo.com

thanks

 

NSX055,

You have mail.

 

Email to Kuaw36@msn.com

 

riceburner,

you also have mail.

Let me know what you think. I can take criticism....badly!!

 

sound is from this.

 

You can always just put on a cut out. Costs about $50 and will make it for you are running straight pipes but you can always cap it and go back to using your full exhaust. It's the best of both worlds

 

Ok, Thanks for sending me the clip.....

Now for some criticism....

The sound byte is too quiet. You gun the engine too many times. Let it idle then punch it.

The exhaust sounds ok, from what I could tell it doesn't sound very throaty. That's just my opinion on it.

Bret

 

Bret,

Must have lost something over the atlantic.

 

He He

 

I run dual straight pipes on my car, they dump right after the axle. I like how it sounds, it cackles just a little bit at light throttle, but it is hardly ever at that throttle setting. Some people think that it is too loud, but they all agree that it sounds good.


nick

 

hey nick the loud i can deal with i mean **** if i am putting on an exhuast that means i love the sound my question is i got a single outlet borla and it sounds pretty good i want to know if the straights will sound better or if i should go for a full borla exhuast system?
oh and nick do u have any sound clips of your car?

 

Do they have 'necks in the UK? Or do they have a different word for it? I'm sure the same sound dosen't have the same image over there, or does it?

 

Nah, just damn ricers!