The Borla is the quiet one?

[toofast4you89 at gmail.com (Ben Walter)]

yup, i live to disturb the peace:)

On 12/15/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My son has a SS Borla from TT with the resonator removed, still have the
> CAT
> and it is remarkably quiet.  When we looked through the muffler it was
> straight through.  I thought it would have been louder than that.
>
> We are removing it and replacing it with the resonator to act as the
> muffler, HeHe.
>
>
> On 12/15/06, Peter <peter@thescirocco.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's mostly because you have the hidden tip, Tonee.
> > I'm curious to see how much quieter the 4-Motion tailpipe will be for
> you.
> > Going back to the drop in K&N will help a little too.
> >
> > Compared to a Superturbo, or Flowmaster, the Borla is quieter.
> > I've had people complain that it's too quiet, usually from 8V people.
> >
> > It all depends on what engine you have, and the 16V makes a lot more
> noise
> > than an 8V.
> >
> > The extra long TT/Borla muffler for the 16V definitely helps...
> >
> > If you have the stock downpipe with an intact CAT, it won't be that
> loud.
> >
> > If you have a race downpipe that eliminates the cat, it will be a lot
> > louder, because the CAT helps to quiet the exhaust.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:19 AM
> > To: Mark Langford; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: The Borla is the quiet one?
> >
> > Mark, I've put a TT ss w/ Borla on Ellen's corrado vr6 and my gti vr6
> and
> > it's far from quiet, now on 1.8-2.0l I'm not sure but I can't imagine a
> > Borla being quiet on any engine.
> >
> > Tonee
> >
> > Mark Langford <markl@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > RoccoHeads,
> >
> > There was a thread a while back on mufflers, and I just wanted to verify
> > that indeed the Borla from Techtonics is the quietest one money can buy
> > for
> > the '87 16V Scirocco? Being old and wise, I now realize that the quieter
> > the car under full throttle, the less attention it draws (other than the
> > minor detail of being "arrest me" Tornado Red), and my present stop-gap
> > Walker "Super Turbo" is rattling like a tin can. If somebody has one for
> > sale, that'd work too.
> >
> > Looking forward to Cincy...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark Langford
> > '87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> > 2001 GTI
> > 1999 Audi A4 Quattro
> > 1974 2110cc "Porsche Killer" Karmann Ghia
> > see homebuilt airplane N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
> > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
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> >
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> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
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