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I too am looking into a new exhaust for my 4th Gen SS. I was thinking about Borla for the longest time, but now i'm not so sure. The system i can get is priced @ $810 and it rated at about 15 HP; that means that 1 HP costs $54. This kinda seems like buying a civic to "soop-up" and make into a sports car: it costs like $10K to get 100 HP and you still get owned. I'm wondering if there is a better way to spend my money. Now long-tubs are NOT an option. I don;t want to have to deal with NJ inspection and b/s. Eventually i'm thinking about getting Mid-length (better then nothing). Also, i'll prob adjust the exhaust once and leave it alone, so an adjustable one might not be right for me.
I obiously want a HP gain, but more importantly i want it a lil louder. I have heard the SLP Loud Mouth and it sounds like 2 monkey's ******** a tin can while screaming. And every manufacture has their own "flow patent" to make more power and less back pressure. it is like buying a vaccume, all vacumes suck, it is just which one sucks more.
Borla has a non-adjustable one, magnaflow is supposed to be sweet, flowmaster, ect.
what do you guys think? Is the Borla adjustable exhaust worth that kinda money for that power rating? i know a cat-back system won't add like tons of power, but at $54 per 1 HP?? That seems a lil steep. I could install a cut-out for less then 1/3 of that. Is there something else about this exhaust I'm missing?
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