cat back exhaust system

[pttobey]

has anyone tried eather of these: Magnaflow 2.25 exhaust or Borla single 2.25 exhaust. thanks

[DeKing]

I recommend the Bassini exhaust over the Borla. Better sounding and more horsepower increase on the Dyno! Great system and easy to install.

[justin]

Which is the quietest? I am toying with the idea of a cat-back but don't want my Cruiser to sound like a bumble-bee on crack! There's nothing much more irritating than some rice-burner with a coffee can fart pipe winding out past me!!

The Borla's I've heard on LT1 applications seemed fairly quiet but have not heard any PT exhaust systems yet.

[Big Kahuna]

"rice-burner with a coffee can fart pipe winding out past me" - a great decription and funny as hell!

[cruznsr]

DeKing what about JBA header and Bassini Cat Back any Dyno numbers out on that setup

[justin]

Hehe... Precisely why I don't wanna sound like one! Y'know what I mean?

Broached the subject of new exhaust with wife.mil tonight and she got rather hostile... :-(

[nascarfan1956]

We have a Borla 2 1/4" system on our cruiser, and we're quite happy with it. The power increase isn't all that huge, but it's noticeable. Especially in the mid to upper rev range. It's definitely a little louder inside the car, but having been involve in racing for years, I don't find it intrusive, nor does my wife. The exhaust note is pleasant. More of a deeper burble than a raspy growl. Granted it's not that nice throaty V-8 rumble we'd all like, but hey, it IS a twin cam 4 banger after all. Installation was a breeze. It fit perfectly to the stock mounting points, and went together very easily. The hardest part of the job was getting the stock unit off. That took nearly 2 hours!! The new piece was on, tightened, warmed and retightened in half an hour. BTW if anyone's interested in a nearly new stock system, (under 2000 miles on it) make me an offer!!!

[wildfire]

The Bassani Single system is the way to go. It has the best performance gain, and it has a removable baffle in the tail pipe so you can make loud or quiet. With the baffle in, the noise is hardly noticeable inside the car. Check them out at http://www.raceandstreet.com

W.A. Rea

[Grouch]

Bill i disagree with you. I bought A Baasani single from you it quite a bit louder than stock but it sounds good. You will notice more noise inside but not that bad. I do agree with Bill Bassani is they way to go.


Greg Gavencky
N.J. State Director
PT Owners Club