[DeTomaso] Borla mufflers

[asajay at asajay.com]

I've emailed them twice in the past month.  Once via ebay, once via  
their web site.  No response either time.  I'll probably go a  
different route now.  I'll look over Garth's last email very carefully  
and see what I like.

Asa Jay

Quoting Dave McManus <dave at damardirect.com>:

> I also emailed them more than a week ago & did not receive an answer. So
> much for their "customer no service". Why provide an email address if you
> don't respond? Tells you what you can look forward to.
>
> IndyDave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Hall [mailto:cuvee at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:22 PM
> To: Asa Jay Laughton; Dave Londry
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Borla mufflers
>
> I sent OBX Muffler a email over a week ago! No answer? I also went on line
> and read some comments from people that had them on there cars...the
> comments were not so go? Most said, they were good at first, then after
> awhile they said, the packing blew out and they go LOUD? But they look good.
>  
> Your mileage may very? Each to they there own.
> Good Luck 
>
> --- On Wed, 4/13/11, Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Borla mufflers
> To: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 5:49 PM
>
>
>
> Hey Asa Jay,
> When you get it all sorted out, I'd really like a set of 2 1/2" inlet
> mufflers
> with dual outlets at least 1 3/4" in diameter so they're not just
> restrictors.
> Of course I'd like them to be as quiet/load as my ANSAs, so I don't want
> toooo much.
> thanks for the free lift.
> dave
>
> PS
> I went all through that vendor's site and through the OBX site and
> couldn't find the throat diameter of the oulets.
> I did leave a question, but I don't have any idea about the loudness and
> the Borla reviews are mixed at best.
>
>
> On 4/13/2011 4:40 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net wrote:
>> I had Borla XR-1s and 3" pipes for quite a while.  They were louder than
> stock, but not as loud as Mind Trains (my opinion).  I liked them a lot.
>>
>> The XR-1s fit the Pantera really well.  They do not have the original
> style of 2 tips per muffler, but they look great with a slash cut extension.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>> Sent: Apr 13, 2011 4:55 PM
>>> To: boyd411 at gmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Borla mufflers
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 4/13/11 14 34 10, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Has anyone had any experience with any of the Borla line of mufflers /
>>>> resonators on a Pantera? I have heard them on some sports cars but never
>>>> anything with a big V-8. They sound good on a Jaguar that I heard but I
>>>> don't know how they would sound on a V-8.
>>>>
>>> Borla made an off-the-rack system for Panteras for a short time.   They
>>> were absolutely awful--they were astoundingly loud!   Just a complete
> failure
>>> in terms of muffling anything, which is probably why they only sold a
> couple
>>> before they pulled the plug.
>>>
>>> Mike
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