OneLiterPeter

I've been lurking here for the past month or two (even made a few posts)... lot's of really great info from a bunch of great folks.

I purchased my 2006 tC with a Borla cat back installed by the dealer. A number of members have stated that the Borla and the TRD are the same system however...

When I look at pic's of the TRD and compare them with my Borla they are not the same.

In the TRD pic's the exhaust enters and exits through the same side (passenger) of an oval muffler where my Borla has the pipe from the motor entering a round muffler on the drivers side and then exiting on the passenger side.

Does anyone here have a Borla like mine?
... or a TRD like I described?

Pete

WeDriveScions

They are axlebacks (just to correct)... but I wasn't aware of the borla and TRD being the same setup.

OneLiterPeter

Maybe it was that when I went to the Borla site (and a number of others)... the exhaust in their pic looks like the TRD and not what I have.


Pic to big to post...
http://www.borla.com/media/prod_images/xlarge/11743.jpg

The_Instigator

I think what is being said is the the TRD exhaust is though to be made by Borla while they also offer an axleback under the Borla name as well.

It is not uncommon for TRD USA to outsource their parts from other companies and rebadge them as TRD.

zer0

Well I have found out that there are 2 different versions of the BORLA for our tC's...

1.) TRDish Style


2.) The kind your describing.

Thanks gxcandy for the picture.

gcxandy

lol zero , before i got to your post i was looking for the link to my borla.

thanks alot and you are very welcome.!

sensay

ok now that this thread is over how bout some sound clips!!

zer0

I know gxcandy said sound sound clips by request... I would like to hear that version of the borla.

OneLiterPeter

Thanks!

Yep... Number 2 is what I have. ;)

...and the reason why I asked is because...

I just installed an Injen CAI and AW header. My car was really loud and raspy after the install. Since then I had two small resonators installed but it's still too loud for my taste. I have a precision muffler axleback on order and Gabriel said that his system with a header is about as loud as the TRD with no header. Ultimately I will find out but until then I was wondering if anybody knows if (on a stock tC) is the Borla louder than the TRD or the same.

Ninja4Hire

1.) TRDish Style


Now this is the Borla exhaust that I have and I believe I read 8 HP/ 12 ft lbs Torque.

I don't think the TRD does that, but I'm wondering what the other Borla exhaust numbers are.

gcxandy

do you have a sound clip of that version of borla ninja?

WeDriveScions

8HP/12ftlbs? Sound a bit high for solely exhaust... but the stock is REALLY restrictive, so I could see it maybe.

Ninja4Hire

I don't have a sound clip as of yet, but I will try and make one this weekend. It pretty much sounds just like the Flowmaster exhaust.

As for the 8hp/12ftlbs. It does sound a little high to me as well, but that is what a few websites are advertising it at.

gcxandy

Does your version of borla sound like this?

http://www.youtube.com/?v=sr-7ZinSCg4

Simplyscion

wow...sounds great

Ninja4Hire

yeah that is what it sounds like. I assume that is the other model, but it did sound the same.

gcxandy

i still don't understand why borla made two versions of their exhaust then. Unless one does outperform the other.

fivepointnine

I live down the street from borla industries.....and......................
the reason the one borla exhaust looks like the TRD is because..
wait for it



wait for it


its the exact same thing! just no TRD etching.


its the same deal with the Celica's TRD/Borla system.

Ninja4Hire

The TRD and the Borla are not the same.

This is the TRD



and this is the Borla


Now Borla might make the TRD but they are different exhausts.