The biggest thing I've learned from this channel is that attitude is almost as important as skill. I grew up in an abusive home and as soon as I was on my own, I tried to surround myself with people like this. I remember working on cars with my father and praying I did everything perfectly the first time or face the consequences. At that time I didn't know people and families like this existed. Anyway, I'm grateful for your channel and your success and another great video.
I swear you can work on anything and make it look EZ The people of Avoca are blessed to have a mechanic with your ability and work ethic. Tip of the hat to you sir
Man, Mrs. O came running out real quick when you fired up that vet! Y'all have a great family and I thoroughly enjoy the interactions between y'all in the videos. The videos are always informative and entertaining. Have a great memorial day weekend!
Best way to describe left side to people is to refer to steering, left side steering in North America, right side Europe etc. Love the show for about 6 years now. Used to watch car shows on TV all the time but the shows stopped showing the work and are now all talk and advertising so all I watch now is diagnostics and tuning videos on RUclips. Even the news is real here if you know not to watch corporate owned news. Always just been a hobbiest/racer doing repairs for friends and always been good with electronics for a self taught guy so since I retired from the government I am now doing diagnostics and programming for neighbours and local garbages and you played a major role in that development.
Mrs. O is a totally cool/funny chick. Love to see a good looking, family oriented woman have a sense of humor and not all stuck up and offended at your jokes. Shes a definite keeper. You already knew that tho.
I'm a Chevy guy and I know you're not Mr. O, but I have now adopted your phrase "Woah Chevy thunder!" Even when I just changed the spark plugs and did an oil change on my 2010 Malibu with the big 2.4 I started it after I was done and had to say the phrase.
Did a similar job on the Mustang the other week, swapped out the boring old factory center resonator for a h-pipe. All the reciprosaw fun but with the extra spice that the pipe cuts had to be made right next to the gas tank. I had to do it on jack stands so my cat was able to occasionally come by and give me a solid headbutt of encouragement.
Im 68 and always been a car guy, do everything I can myself, I drove a truck for many years and always gravitated towards the mechanics hoping to pick something up. I can watch watch a guy work on anything and pretty fast till if hes got it, and you have the whole package, love watching watching your diagnostics, wish you lived closer to me... Best Regards Greg
Eric I love your interactions with the kitty it's almost like you're a different person when you are dealing with the kitty, and he is or she is cute as a button.
I thought her name was Rona for the longest time, then I heard it clearly, Luna. She wasnt fooling around about going inside with Mrs. O who has the goodies for her. She was polite with Mr. O and tolerated his delay in opening the door, but she wanted in now.
Nothing to do with the content of this particular video, I just want to say "Thank You" again for doing what you do. We know that there is allot of time and work involved in making these awesome videos and we appreciate it!
On this weekend. It’s not a holiday. It’s a time to honor and respect our fallen. Bless them for our freedom 🙏🏻🇺🇸💪. Please visit those marble markers if you have the way. Go ahead shed a cry 😢
I drove to BORLA in Oxnard California in 1986 with my then new Mustang SVO turbo-four. They fitted the 1st ever kit made for one on my car. OMG that sounds great!
C-5 overheating can be a plugged up radiator, it’s like a vacuum cleaner,sucking up all leaves on the road and since the radiator is at an angle, they don’t fall off when you stop. Look under the front bumper with a mirror you may be surprised.
Yeah that's what it was. It was jammed right full of seeds and birds and leaves. Pretty much everything. Took almost a half of 5 gallon pal of dirt and debris out from in there. Most people don't see it on these cars because nobody drives them. Apparently they think they're special haha. I don't see the big deal. They're like $15,000 cars on Facebook marketplace. Why let it sit around, get out and beat the pants off the thing. I don't save nothing for the next guy haha.
"it looks like I just washed the dishes" 🤣🤣perfect. don't be overly sensitive about things and just embrace it. always think of the end outcome, just like doing a great automotive repair.
May be the first time I have seen an exhaust has arrived without at least one pipe end deformed. It work$, but Borla is pretty proud of that packaging $ystem.
I bought an OBX catback for my G6 several years ago. It came packaged the same way with the expanding foam. It's probably not that uncommon for items like this.
That Vette looks mighty good on ya sir!! And of course the wifey shows up after you’ve been revvin up that LS!! Haha This was a good one!! I’m figurin oh just another exhausting job installing a Borla X-Pipe kit on a C5, but ohhh no no no, it wasn’t!! Great job mechanican once again sir! God bless~
I got a good laugh out of "may pops". I was walking into work one day and noticed I could see steel belts on one of the guys tires that commutes 90 miles each way. I went by his work station to let him know. He was as calm as could be when he replied, they are 2 plies and that's only the first showing.
At least you don't have, as AvE would say, "Summer teeth." Summer here, summer there. Thanks for taking us along, Mr. O. Nice to see a daily driven C5 in such good shape.
Only about 2/3 of the way through, but I had to stop and comment. This is a production shop where time is money, period. But every job I see is handled just like he was working on his own car, checking details and making sure everything is perfect - not just bolted together. That says everything about how Mr. O approaches his work and his regard for his customers. I don't know his hourly rate, but whatever it is it's worth it since the job will be done to the highest standards. The opposite of roll it in, roll it out ASAP.
Thank you for your honesty and integrity your clear and articulate explanations are excellent your combination of old school and new methods are amazing. I really love your interaction with Mrs o God bless you both
Nice work! Obviously Mrs O likes them. It was funny that the camera was pointing at the door because I also thought, I wonder if Mrs. O will come out because of the nice sounding pipes. Girls did that with glass pacs in my day!
I grew up in the very late 60's-early 70's and had a ton of 60's -early 70's muscle cars. Back then everybody placed their mufflers right off of the headers. Having performance mufflers right up front sounded completely different than installing them after the rear axle. What a smooth rumble and a very mean WOT tone I used to get. My C2 and C3 Corvettes always got side pipes so they were pretty much right up front as well and sounded amazing. No offense to you as everybody has their own taste when it comes to exhaust sound but todays C5, C6 and up remind me of the Ricer cars of the 90's-2000's with their 4 cylinder engines and a big fat fart pipe muffler right at at the rear bumper. Exact same sound just higher pitch than the LS V8 This is the reason that my C5 Vert exhaust is, and shall remain stock. Good job on the install.
Nice sound of "CHEVY THUNDER!" "LIKE A ROCK!" Nice to see Mrs. O and of course your cat. Other than the "mellow exhaust sound," I'd like to see just how much extra Horse Power and Torque the Borla cat-back system makes from about 2000 RPM to 6500 RPM on a chassis dyno.
I just pulled the Borla off my now dead 2001 VW VR6 GTi after nearly 200k miles of use...the car was a rusted hulk, the muffler is fine and will be going on my next car. Good product!
Got the same exhaust on my 2020 ram 1500. Absolutely love it. Good tone, yet not overpowering where you can't drive it long distance without getting a headache.
![Borla Exhaust for the Corvette C5 1997-2004 [Exhaust System Sounds]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uYusYjvGJe4/mqdefault.jpg)
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The biggest thing I've learned from this channel is that attitude is almost as important as skill. I grew up in an abusive home and as soon as I was on my own, I tried to surround myself with people like this. I remember working on cars with my father and praying I did everything perfectly the first time or face the consequences. At that time I didn't know people and families like this existed. Anyway, I'm grateful for your channel and your success and another great video.
Hello brother. Been there. Kept coming across the bad ones till I learned the same. You don't have to stay around jerks. I was kinda slow. lol
Came here for the Borla exhaust unboxing, stayed for the show.
If I could be guarantee that buying a Corvette with a loud exhaust would manifest a quality lady like Mrs. O, I buy one tomorrow 😂
You said it
I guess the Telsa guys are S.O.L 😂
The two of them do make an absolutely epic couple, I completely agree.
They're both like a fine wine. Better with age!
Wonder if an old Mustang is good enough?
I swear you can work on anything and make it look EZ The people of Avoca are blessed to have a mechanic with your ability and work ethic. Tip of the hat to you sir
it really is easy .. especially with a lift.. and if you know whats wrong..
some of that wiring/weird stuff he finds i cant do that as a normal person
Man, Mrs. O came running out real quick when you fired up that vet! Y'all have a great family and I thoroughly enjoy the interactions between y'all in the videos. The videos are always informative and entertaining. Have a great memorial day weekend!
That was a riot.
Ya seen what I saw so you tell me.... Emmm I right!?
@@SouthMainAuto Darn straight!
probably thought something went horribly wrong. lol
That is hands-down one of the best V8 exhausts I have heard to date.
The WD-40 wrapped mug at the end is classic, all you need now is a Brakleen wrapped mug and you will be set.
Until he grabs a real can thinking that it's a drink!
😂😂😂
And a Fluid Film one.
And a Berrymans B12! That will wake you up!
@@Big_Loo they have those!
@29:50, Hot Chick shows up. That was the laugh I needed to start the day. Thanks for the share.
Best way to describe left side to people is to refer to steering, left side steering in North America, right side Europe etc. Love the show for about 6 years now. Used to watch car shows on TV all the time but the shows stopped showing the work and are now all talk and advertising so all I watch now is diagnostics and tuning videos on RUclips. Even the news is real here if you know not to watch corporate owned news. Always just been a hobbiest/racer doing repairs for friends and always been good with electronics for a self taught guy so since I retired from the government I am now doing diagnostics and programming for neighbours and local garbages and you played a major role in that development.
Dang! Corvette + Loud Exhaust = Mrs. O out there in a heartbeat!😅
I like seeing an old Corvette that's a driver.
Nothing like a good swig of WD after a little job to keep the pipes lubed.
And as always “THANKS FOR POSTING” !!
Love the trolling level with that WD - 40 tumbler 😂😂😂
“Chevy thunder!” Gets me every time. Love it.
Loud exhaust note always impresses the ladies!!! 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦
Lol love it when Mrs O comes out after you started it up, I’m thinking MrO needs a car with a loud exhaust.great work as always
always a good day when Luna makes an appearance.
Mrs. O is a totally cool/funny chick. Love to see a good looking, family oriented woman have a sense of humor and not all stuck up and offended at your jokes. Shes a definite keeper. You already knew that tho.
The end of this video when Mrs. O comes out to the garage was hilarious!
I'm a Chevy guy and I know you're not Mr. O, but I have now adopted your phrase "Woah Chevy thunder!" Even when I just changed the spark plugs and did an oil change on my 2010 Malibu with the big 2.4 I started it after I was done and had to say the phrase.
Great attitude and all it takes is Mrs.O to come out of the office and you can tell how happy they are together. Great team.
You and Mrs O are hilarious! Keep up the awesomeness!
I bet he doesn't drive it in the winter , in New York state .
I love it when Mrs. O appears in the video. She's a special lady, Eric is a very blessed man...
Mrs. O proves it! Borla is the official SMA "chick magnet" performance exhaust of all time!
Just what the world needs, another loud vehicle!
Lol..
Did a similar job on the Mustang the other week, swapped out the boring old factory center resonator for a h-pipe. All the reciprosaw fun but with the extra spice that the pipe cuts had to be made right next to the gas tank.
I had to do it on jack stands so my cat was able to occasionally come by and give me a solid headbutt of encouragement.
Saw next to a fuel tank isn't bad, but using a propane torch within an inch of a plastic fuel tank is fun.
The interaction between Mr. and Mrs. O makes me smile. Such a cute couple.
Im 68 and always been a car guy, do everything I can myself, I drove a truck for many years and always gravitated towards the mechanics hoping to pick something up. I can watch watch a guy work on anything and pretty fast till if hes got it, and you have the whole package, love watching watching your diagnostics, wish you lived closer to me... Best Regards Greg
We need more Mrs O in the videos
She's quick witted and funny.
i love the light blur of the license plate for comedic effect
Great video Eric :)
At the end you said I hope you guys like it ;)
Mrs "O" liking the "Borla" system!
She got a smile a mile wide 😊
Eric I love your interactions with the kitty it's almost like you're a different person when you are dealing with the kitty, and he is or she is cute as a button.
I thought her name was Rona for the longest time, then I heard it clearly, Luna. She wasnt fooling around about going inside with Mrs. O who has the goodies for her. She was polite with Mr. O and tolerated his delay in opening the door, but she wanted in now.
I’m just glad you gave us the orchestra at the end. I knew they would sound awesome!
Best Family in America. A National Treasure! Godbless
Nothing to do with the content of this particular video, I just want to say "Thank You" again for doing what you do. We know that there is allot of time and work involved in making these awesome videos and we appreciate it!
On this weekend. It’s not a holiday. It’s a time to honor and respect our fallen. Bless them for our freedom 🙏🏻🇺🇸💪. Please visit those marble markers if you have the way. Go ahead shed a cry 😢
I drove to BORLA in Oxnard California in 1986 with my then new Mustang SVO turbo-four. They fitted the 1st ever kit made for one on my car.
OMG that sounds great!
C-5 overheating can be a plugged up radiator, it’s like a vacuum cleaner,sucking up all leaves on the road and since the radiator is at an angle, they don’t fall off when you stop. Look under the front bumper with a mirror you may be surprised.
Yeah that's what it was. It was jammed right full of seeds and birds and leaves. Pretty much everything. Took almost a half of 5 gallon pal of dirt and debris out from in there. Most people don't see it on these cars because nobody drives them. Apparently they think they're special haha. I don't see the big deal. They're like $15,000 cars on Facebook marketplace. Why let it sit around, get out and beat the pants off the thing. I don't save nothing for the next guy haha.
Love you two! Thanks for the years of help, and thanks, Mrs. O for the love!
"it looks like I just washed the dishes" 🤣🤣perfect. don't be overly sensitive about things and just embrace it. always think of the end outcome, just like doing a great automotive repair.
At 16:43 that torsion bar link bushing looks DONE.
Edit: And you nailed it at 19:25 👍
caught it too, must be high mileage.
Perfect timing , as soon as you cut the pipes a vehicle went past with loud exhaust,nice touch lol
You have to follow up with "Chevy THUNDER!"
Borla Packaged that exhaust super well
Right!! That’s 150.00 of foam.
May be the first time I have seen an exhaust has arrived without at least one pipe end deformed. It work$, but Borla is pretty proud of that packaging $ystem.
The foam packaging protects the cargo and also it helps protect from a few ups and fed ex folks care that they give
I bought an OBX catback for my G6 several years ago. It came packaged the same way with the expanding foam. It's probably not that uncommon for items like this.
Welcome to South Main Customs, Xzibit will be here for Part 2!
That Vette looks mighty good on ya sir!! And of course the wifey shows up after you’ve been revvin up that LS!! Haha This was a good one!! I’m figurin oh just another exhausting job installing a Borla X-Pipe kit on a C5, but ohhh no no no, it wasn’t!! Great job mechanican once again sir!
God bless~
Very impressive packing on the Borla items.
I thought I was in an alternate reality. Eric O doing exhaust and no torch🤣
I got a good laugh out of "may pops". I was walking into work one day and noticed I could see steel belts on one of the guys tires that commutes 90 miles each way. I went by his work station to let him know. He was as calm as could be when he replied, they are 2 plies and that's only the first showing.
Eric is so smooth; he could pick up chicks riding a skateboard!!😃😃
When I had braces (4 1/2 years) I got a Water Pic. Amazing tool to pressure wash the gunk out of the wires!
At least you don't have, as AvE would say, "Summer teeth." Summer here, summer there. Thanks for taking us along, Mr. O. Nice to see a daily driven C5 in such good shape.
Wow, working on a car that's not all rotted to hell? What a treat!
Have a good holiday Eric...looks like we're going to have great weather all week!
That car likely does not see any use between Halloween and Easter - it's on a low road salt diet.
Also mostly aluminum and fiberglass
What a treat, a little bit of "gas axe" action would have been the icing on the cake.
Nice job, Eric!
You and the misses,
aww it's a Kodak moment!🙂
WOW, huge diff ! Always fun when Missus O shows up !
Great work. I can’t wait for the customer to come back and ask you if there is anything that can be done with the drone.
You had me at Borla. Those are some of the best sounding exhausts.
Only about 2/3 of the way through, but I had to stop and comment. This is a production shop where time is money, period. But every job I see is handled just like he was working on his own car, checking details and making sure everything is perfect - not just bolted together. That says everything about how Mr. O approaches his work and his regard for his customers. I don't know his hourly rate, but whatever it is it's worth it since the job will be done to the highest standards. The opposite of roll it in, roll it out ASAP.
Thanks Mr. O, and we love you too.
3:49 Thank you so MUCH !! Most people miss that most important step, read and fully understand what you're about to do BEFORE you try to do it
Thanks for sharing the family dynamic as well as the muffler install.
Always a quality job done no matter what episode I watch
As a “Ford guy”, I have to admit the Corvette is a sexy machine. Nice job with the install!
Same here, prefer my Fords, but have others. I can definitely appreciate other vehicles. Just not convertibles.. 😂
@@sk0.0t3r Same. I am not nearly pretty enough to drive a convertible haha
Thank you for your honesty and integrity your clear and articulate explanations are excellent your combination of old school and new methods are amazing. I really love your interaction with Mrs o God bless you both
Nice work! Obviously Mrs O likes them. It was funny that the camera was pointing at the door because I also thought, I wonder if Mrs. O will come out because of the nice sounding pipes. Girls did that with glass pacs in my day!
I grew up in the very late 60's-early 70's and had a ton of 60's -early 70's muscle cars. Back then everybody placed their mufflers right off of the headers. Having performance mufflers right up front sounded completely different than installing them after the rear axle. What a smooth rumble and a very mean WOT tone I used to get. My C2 and C3 Corvettes always got side pipes so they were pretty much right up front as well and sounded amazing.
No offense to you as everybody has their own taste when it comes to exhaust sound but todays C5, C6 and up remind me of the Ricer cars of the 90's-2000's with their 4 cylinder engines and a big fat fart pipe muffler right at at the rear bumper. Exact same sound just higher pitch than the LS V8
This is the reason that my C5 Vert exhaust is, and shall remain stock. Good job on the install.
That Borla Corvette exhaust is quite the hot chick magnet!
Eric you look good sitting in there, I think its just the thing down on the farm.
It already had a good factory exhaust with a Stainless H pipe cross-over. I would have bolted the new mufflers on only and called it a day.
i love the interaction between you and Mrs. O.!!! She is a Keeper for sure.
We love you too Eric :)
I keep telling my buddy we NEED a lift, especially if your over 60. Another quality job Eric. Time for some of your ribs
That went together, a lot smoother than I would’ve ever expected.
The Vette owner has great taste in performance exhaust system.
Neighbor has a LOUD Borla exhaust on a Shat-Vette....would trade listening to that thing start every morning for just about anything else.
Nice sound of "CHEVY THUNDER!"
"LIKE A ROCK!"
Nice to see Mrs. O and of course your cat.
Other than the "mellow exhaust sound," I'd like to see just how much extra Horse Power and Torque the Borla cat-back system makes from about 2000 RPM to 6500 RPM on a chassis dyno.
You’ve got waaaay more patience than I do! I’d have gotten the saws all out pretty quick!
I just pulled the Borla off my now dead 2001 VW VR6 GTi after nearly 200k miles of use...the car was a rusted hulk, the muffler is fine and will be going on my next car. Good product!
As the official bearing aficionado of this channel, its nice to be part of the early squad!
"Man Down" _my favorite phrase by Eric O..............
Good morning Eric and thumbs UP! Happy Memorial Day weekend to Everybody!
Nice looking old c5 corvette
One that is not rusted to.
I sent this video to my neighbor is has plans to upgrade the exhaust on his Corvette. Thanks for the video.
the ending was THE BEST!!
Eric absolutely married well, Vanessa did too. Happy for them!
Nice sounding exhaust.
Packaged really well
That looked like a good advertisement for that Diablo blade
I always love watching SMA 😊
Nice job looks good. That underneath is in really good shape
Love hearing Mrs O. Means someone is looking out for you!
That train driver must be a friend of the lawnmower man, kept blowing the horn each time you wanted to speak. 🚂📯📯📯
Hey, I have the same index finger configuration. Hilarious how Mrs O appeared instantly on startup!
So fun to watch Mr O and Mrs O interact.
I love work I could watch it all day!!
I sure like your approach to do it right. As always, nice work.
Got the same exhaust on my 2020 ram 1500. Absolutely love it. Good tone, yet not overpowering where you can't drive it long distance without getting a headache.
Great video as always! It's so fun to see you and the Mrs. banter. Clearly you are perfect together!
We all love Eric O and the family!
L for LOUD, R for REAL LOUD! Thanks for the laugh Eric. Have a great Memorial day all.
Yes Sir loud exhaust sure does the trick for attention.. great job.