Borla exhaust drone

[david1504]

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[DMA]

I have the Borla Atak and I had the same drone you are describing. However once I paired it with the Borla Xpipe it completely went away. Sound is even more amazing as well.

[scrammer]

Hi guys, I just recently swapped to the borla atak exhaust, I have read a lot on the forum and most people say it doesn't drone as advertised, but I have been getting some moderate to occasionally serious drone around 2k and 3k rpm. Is this normal?

Select a lower gear to increase the revs … eat the $10 a month in extra fuel and enjoy the car!

Seriously, if you are driving around at 2-3k RPM you need to get a different car!

[Zarilia]

Have finally put about 500 miles on the Borla Exhaust and the drone is almost completely gone. I'm planning on adding the x-pipe next week... What's another $1,100 when it comes to this car.

Awesome sound.. Really turns heads in our small town.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by david1504

Update: checked the connections today, everything is tight. For you guys who have the atak on, do you still have the stock x pipe? One guy at the shop told me to replace the resonators with straight pipes, would that be a good idea to cancel drone? I thought that would make the drone worse , or would that make all the sound go to the mufflers?

Umm, resonators are there to REDUCE drone. A straight pipe is only going to make it worse. That guy is an idiot.

However, the stock X-pipe/middle mufflers are designed to work with the factory muffler, so you're not getting the same level of noise reduction as before. It's called an exhaust system for a reason.

Also, to those who think the exhaust will get quieter after break-in...it's going to get louder as the packing settles and gets blown out. The only reason you think it's getting quieter is because you're getting used to the noise.

[JsL]

Also try driving in D5 around town. It stays out of the drone zone the majority of the time. If you're on the freeway and going 75 - 80, shift into 6th.

[E92Brembo]

My ATAK drones at 2800-3000 RPM. Who cares lol. Exhaust sounds incredible. Hands down the best sounding note under $3k. Everyone says if you put on xpipe or test pipes the drone goes away anyhow and sounds even better. Excited to find out.

[david1504]

Originally Posted by scrammer

Hi guys, I just recently swapped to the borla atak exhaust, I have read a lot on the forum and most people say it doesn't drone as advertised, but I have been getting some moderate to occasionally serious drone around 2k and 3k rpm. Is this normal?

Select a lower gear to increase the revs … eat the $10 a month in extra fuel and enjoy the car!

Seriously, if you are driving around at 2-3k RPM you need to get a different car!

Thanks, that's what I have been doing lately to get over the drone, however I do a lot of short to mid distance road trips and it would very annoying to have the drone when cruising

[8k3]

With right xpipe you'll get no drone

[jaco]

On a level of 1 to 10, if the stock exhaust is sound level 1 and straight pipes are 10, whats the Atak?

This thread has made me interested.

[REV1]

With stock x-pipe and Cats ..

When cruising under 3k RPM I would give it a 2-3. Its just a nice mellow roar still sounds great. You are definitely happy you upgraded. You can easily have a conversation and be plenty quite when you want to.

When on the gas over 5-8.4k I would give it a 5-7. A nasty wail\roar that is undeniably
unique and you are even more glad you upgraded. Its a beast when on it hard.

These numbers are based on the straight pipes 10 being loud as all hell.

[david1504]

Originally Posted by 8k3

With right xpipe you'll get no drone

I would like to get the x pipe but a lot of x pipes delete the cats and throw error codes in the ecu, those are my concerns

[david borla]

If you guys have any questions you can always contact me directly at davidb@borla.com

[REV1]

Originally Posted by david borla

If you guys have any questions you can always contact me directly at davidb@borla.com

David,

I sent you a P.M. here and an Email awhile back and still haven't heard anything? Can you PM me?

[david borla]

Originally Posted by REV1

David,

I sent you a P.M. here and an Email awhile back and still haven't heard anything? Can you PM me?

I don't have an email from you. Please PM me your email address. Sorry for the delay.

[REV1]

Originally Posted by david borla

I don't have an email from you. Please PM me your email address. Sorry for the delay.

David,

I was contacted by Chris at Borla earlier this week. He ended up sending me some Venturi's To try out before the catback. I will report back on this thread with results once I get them in.

Thanks for following up and btw Chris did a great job working with me on a solution. It's great you guys stand behind your products the way you do.

[REV1]

I Received the Venturi's from Borla and had my muffler guy install them (see pics) At normal cruising speeds between 3000-3300 rpm where I used to get a pretty significant amount of drone I'm getting no drone. The only hint of drone I have noticed was going up a steep hill in 5 or 6 gear around 60 mph it's a little louder than normal but nothing like the drone used to be.
I was worried it would effect sound or even performance. I asked the rep from Borla and he said there's no chance the Venturi would show up on a dyno so I gave it a shot. Im happy to report I haven't felt or heard any side effects. I highly recommend anyone with any exhaust that's droning to try this method and especially any one who bought Borla because if you contact them they will send them out for free.

No more drone

[REV1]

Second pic

[dab_of_oppo]

Where do these go in the exhaust system?
Been very interested in the ATAK for a long time, would be great to know this would fix the drone issue some are having

[REV1]

Originally Posted by dab_of_oppo

Where do these go in the exhaust system?
Been very interested in the ATAK for a long time, would be great to know this would fix the drone issue some are having

They went inside the connector pipe (that comes with Borla catback)
that goes between x-pipe and the Borla cat back.

[groovetek]

Originally Posted by REV1

They went inside the connector pipe (that comes with Borla catback)
that goes between x-pipe and the Borla cat back.

Inside the connector pipe? As in, you insert it inside? Do you then weld it?

[coop75]

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