Borla Stinger Drone Thread# 999 Billion and counting.
12-06-2008, 08:54 AM
#41
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,860
i think the drone comes from the mufflers mostly, you may be able to alter it but not get rid of it, i think even the stock mufflers had drone just not as bad or not as noticeable. but if you really cant stand it, then you should change the axlebacks. it's not a bad thing to realize that you dont like the exhaust you just put on, or would like it better, that's why i changed mine 5 times before finding the one that suited me. i think the question you got to ask yourself is do the good sounds out weigh the bad sounds, and can you live w/ the bad part, if not you must change it or you will live with that sound every time you drive it. i have friends w/ borla stingers and they sound very good, one of the best axlebacks that can be used w/ just about any exhaust setup, but sound is all subjuctive. so my advice is if you dont like it, change it.
12-06-2008, 10:54 AM
#42
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,935
I'm getting stingers around Christmas time, so I'm glad you started this thread. I've never really heard drone before in person, so I don't really know what to expect. Does rolling the windows down help any? I drive with them down 9 months out of the year.
Also, would you say it is like a bass/vibration coming from sub woofers? ... I like that noise.
I have just been wanting to hear the V8 all the time when I'm driving it, not just when I accelerate, but I'm not looking to get headaches.
and um, does your stereo overpower it? I usually have it turned up quite a bit anyway.
Sorry to thread jack
Also, would you say it is like a bass/vibration coming from sub woofers? ... I like that noise.
I have just been wanting to hear the V8 all the time when I'm driving it, not just when I accelerate, but I'm not looking to get headaches.
and um, does your stereo overpower it? I usually have it turned up quite a bit anyway.
Sorry to thread jack
12-06-2008, 12:23 PM
#43
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 1,110
I'm getting stingers around Christmas time, so I'm glad you started this thread. I've never really heard drone before in person, so I don't really know what to expect. Does rolling the windows down help any? I drive with them down 9 months out of the year.
Also, would you say it is like a bass/vibration coming from sub woofers? ... I like that noise.
I have just been wanting to hear the V8 all the time when I'm driving it, not just when I accelerate, but I'm not looking to get headaches.
and um, does your stereo overpower it? I usually have it turned up quite a bit anyway.
Sorry to thread jack
Also, would you say it is like a bass/vibration coming from sub woofers? ... I like that noise.
I have just been wanting to hear the V8 all the time when I'm driving it, not just when I accelerate, but I'm not looking to get headaches.
and um, does your stereo overpower it? I usually have it turned up quite a bit anyway.
Sorry to thread jack
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0722.flv
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0721.flv
12-06-2008, 12:52 PM
#44
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,935
MIKE!
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.
12-06-2008, 01:34 PM
#45
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 1,491
It will amplify the drone more and make it worse with the windows up. To get an idea of what drone sounds like plug your ears with your fingers and go "mmmmm" or "bzzzzzzz". Here is a clip I made with my macs in the drone zone. You need good speakers and bass in order to hear it. Keep in mind this is at its WORST and I never am in this range normally. 5th gear on the hwy at like ~60-65 mph. Trust me its not even a 1/4 as bad as everyone makes it out to be
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0722.flv
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0721.flv
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0722.flv
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=DSCN0721.flv
I'm glad I got my Corsa's. :-) They are quieter at cruising speed than my dad's 07 GT with stock exhaust. But they sounds TONS better at idle and during acceleration!
12-06-2008, 05:00 PM
#47
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 1,110
MIKE!
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.
(plus the Macs are alot less $$$)
12-06-2008, 07:07 PM
#49
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 1,110
Eh....thats a very delicate matter. They sound AWESOME with LTs/o/r/h/prochamber, but with stock manifolds and o/r h they trumpet like crazy.....not my cup of tea. I have not heard them with an o/r prochamber though. Im sure resonators would clean it up. The Borlas do sound good o/r though, that is why I bought them in the first place, but I never went o/r and they werent very good with the stock cats, so I kept the macs on.
12-06-2008, 08:06 PM
#50
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 1,679
MIKE!
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.
Thank you so much buddy. I have been looking for a drone example video forever!
I have surround sound and a sub woofer and I turned it way up... I understand now! I like that. I think it actually might be what I'm looking for... to be able to actually hear the car under normal cruising.
Thanks again... that made me feel a lot better about my choice.