I getting a little tired of the catback I have on the truck now and am thinking about getting something new to better fit the truck. Dont get me worng I love the sound of the borla catback I have one there now, it sounds very nice under WOT, but is just a little to quiet for normal day to day driving, and the cutout is nice too but Im not really liking how the system is working while it is closed as it just doesn't sound quite right and its not wanting to shut all the way anymore. I have to shut it once, then shut it a second time to get it to close all the way. For what ever reason it sounds like the motor is skipping right before closing all the way or its getting snagged on something.

Another thing that is kinda bothering me is that the muffler is to far back, the edge is resting on one of my shocks (on the protective sleeve) and if I were to do what I want to do with the exhaust as far as headers and a new ORY Im not going to have the room under there to work it out.

So, here is what I am thinking about doing. I want remove the ENTIRE catback system in place right now including the cutout and replace that whole setup with a Borla XR-1 Mutli-Core Racing Muffler.

The muffler I have in there now is their Turbo XL - 3" SI / 2.25" DO messuring 19"x4"x9.5"

Their XR-1 Multi-Core Muffler would be 3" SI / 3" SO messuring 16"x4.25"x7.875"

I also no longer want to run the pipes out the back, they look nice and all but I want a cleaner look and want to put a 3" to 2.5" dump pipe on instead.

Also before anyone questions the muffler IN/OUT diameter being a 3" instead of the dual 2.25" like the current one, When I run with my 3" cutout open, I am netting faster 0-60 times than with it closed running through the catback so the lack of back pressure right now is not there. That being said this is with the restrictive stock Y and manifold, which will be replaced by LT headers and a 3"ORY.

Im also not worried about the price either as I can get it for a little over half the listed price on most sites. The sound quality is really good too, very aggresive sounding and have been said to be slightly quieter and cleaner sounding than an open cutout and little to no drone which is what I am after.

So, do you guys see any flaws with this setup???

 

Here is what I want the end result to sound like when I'm done...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVYP2_y2akA

 

I think I wanna know if youre going to sell the cutout and it if so im interested.......LOL

 

possibly... dont know just yet

 

That sounds hella good, kinda like the old school mopar muscle. I say go for it !

 

That guys truck has basically everything motor wise that I will be having done (cam/lts/3"ORY).

 

If we could get our transmissions to shift like the 727 torquflite of the 60's and install some 4.56 gears out back that would be some serious fun.

 

Is anyone on here running the Borla XR-1 series?

 

Well I dumped the exhaust tonight with the current borla catback and am still not liking the sound. Loving the look though, really clean with no pipes sticking out the back. I will be ordering the XR-1 tomorrow. and should have it shipped here next week. I'll keep the cutout on for now until I redo the headers and Y pipe, and then after that who knows, it may find its way to the for sale section, or to weedahoe's PM box.

Only question I am going to have will be about the hangers as I am either going to have to reuse the old ones or find a new way to mount it. The old one looks like they used a paste or glue to weld it to the casing of the muffler so I may have to do the same thing. Either way the cat back is gonna be gone. I just hope that it doesn't hurt anything performance wise (shouldn't but who knows.).

 

i got hangers welded on my thrush tube and it didn't change the sound at all, so you should be fine.