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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Ok, I know I'm probably in the minority here, but I like the high pitched sounds it makes when combined with an X-pipe on a Corvette.

That being said, does anyone with a TRUCK on here run the stingers/heard someone with them? I was contemplating repacing the factory muffler with one of those screamers and wanted some input beforehand. Thanks in advance!
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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i think matt (TooTall) had a borla like that on his 6.0 setup. you might try searchin through his posts, there's plenty of vids
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:55 AM
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Here's Matt's profile page: https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ber.php?u=5449 He's got some good videos of the truck running hard... exhaust sounds pretty good. Real nice guy, he can probably give you some advice if you need it.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jakebdb56
i think matt (TooTall) had a borla like that on his 6.0 setup. you might try searchin through his posts, there's plenty of vids
Yep, he had a 3.5" Borla XR-1 on his old 6.0L. The muffler is now on my truck, and I like it .

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Yep, he had a 3.5" Borla XR-1 on his old 6.0L. The muffler is now on my truck, and I like it .

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nice! how you like it? does it have bad drone at all? Right now I've got the super 40, but I want something louder and also something that doesn't rob me of lowend.
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Thanks for the point in that direction. I checked out Tootall's vids, they sound rowdy!

However, I don't think that is the muffler I'm looking for. He(Tootall) has an XR-1. I'm looking for the S-Type(the Corvette Stinger muffler).

Here's a link to Borla's website for what I'm talking about...

http://www.borla.com/products/product_multi_detail.aspx?cat=2&type=88&desc=Unive rsal+Mufflers%2c+Tubing+%26+Hardware|S-Type

It's actually a 2.5" inlet/outlet, so it is smaller than any of the XR-1 cans.


Kinda off topic, but I was also looking at the Powerstick chambered mufflers too. Any opinions on those?
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Hydramatic

Kinda off topic, but I was also looking at the Powerstick chambered mufflers too. Any opinions on those?
I love the Powersticks; I have the long 3" on my truck and it sounds awesome. It is way too damn loud without cats though. It sounds just like the GMMG on the f-bodies.
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I have a 3in Borla Pro XS muffler I got off ebay new for $60, and it welded right up to the stock exhaust (with a section of pipe to make up for the length difference). It's really quiet unless you get in the throttle. Since the stock piping is 2 3/4", you would probably be better off going bigger rather than smaller diameter.
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Originally Posted by jakebdb56
nice! how you like it? does it have bad drone at all? Right now I've got the super 40, but I want something louder and also something that doesn't rob me of lowend.
I love it. It's plenty loud with minimal drone, though I'm completely stock except for the muffler. The only real problem I have is that I tend to drive my truck a bit hard to hear the exhaust, and gas mileage suffers .

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Originally Posted by Squirrelmaster
I love it. It's plenty loud with minimal drone, though I'm completely stock except for the muffler. The only real problem I have is that I tend to drive my truck a bit hard to hear the exhaust, and gas mileage suffers .

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i know whacha mean, I'm thinkin about sticking one on there with just the ORY. should sound alright, i just hope the drone isn't too bad ya know. right now I'm running just the ORY w/cats
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