Ken_in_d

I'm trying to figure out the difference between the Borla Touring Catback exhaust and the Ford Racing by Borla Touring Catback exhaust for my 2015 GT. The Borla has a midpipe resonator muffler while the Ford Racing has an x-pipe. Otherwise they're pretty much identical and both are apparently made by Borla. What I'm wondering is do they sound the same? The Borla site has a nice video that compares the Touring, S-Type and ATAK Catbacks. Touring sounds like the right amount of increased sound. Also, Edmunds installed a Ford Racing Catback on their 2015 Mustang GT long term car. Edmunds liked the Ford Racing sound a lot. What does a midpipe resonator do that an x-pipe doesn't? The live chat guy at the Borla site couldn't help. Thanks.

proeagles

Interesting, I thought they were the same units pretty much. I have the Ford Racing Street cat back with x pipe and it is plenty loud outside the car and just right inside for my taste. A resonator will pull back some of the sound therefore reducing some of the resonance as the name implies. There should be a little less drone. Having said that, mine doesn't drone and I'm quite happy with it.

2016GT

Warranty wise I'd go with the FR cat-back, I'll likely go with the 'sport' version. Lot of good comments on no drone too

Ken_in_d

I think the S or Sport version isn't legal in California, so is louder than the touring. I really don't want to wake up the neighbors. I would also prefer the Ford Racing version since I will probably have my Ford Dealer install it.

Ken_in_d

Had the Ford Racing by Borla Touring Catback Exhaust installed last week. Pretty much perfect improvement in sound. Local muffler shop did the install in about an hour for $90.00. One thing they recommended was a tack weld on each joint to prevent future movement. Seemed like a good idea. Just a bit of adjusting with a pry bar to center the outlets and front to back. Really worked out well.

2016GT

Ken in d,
Is the 'touring' version enough of a sound increase over stock?

Ken_in_d

It's a huge increase in sound over stock. Really growls at start up and idle and roars at heavy acceleration. I couldn't be happier. Hard to imagine what the louder ones sound like. Edmund's did a long term road test of a 2015 GT and did this exact same mod. Here is a link http://www.edmunds.com/ford/mustang/...music-5-0.html. They really liked it.

2016GT

Thanks for the link, that's a good cat-back review