Cat Back Brand Choices and Observations

[SydCrazi]

Hi Guys and Gals,

 

I'm curious what peoples experiences are (For Turbo Models) with different brands??

 

The two that keep popping up for me are 'Manta' and 'X-Force'. Significant price difference.

[biddie_fiddler]

What about ultrex? 

They're a popular brand for turbo exhausts too  

I'd say x-force offers the best quality and sound of all the options on the market. I have an ultrex 4" dump and 5" cat and its been fine. Only issue is there is no measure for reinstalling the lower bolt of the heat shield like it does on the stock dump.

x-force have this in place though so its 100% bolt-on like the factory one.

I think x-force are the most popular brand of them all, many shops include their exhausts in their relative performance packages.

I have heard both ultrex and x-force on turbo cars. I personally prefer the x-force, but will be going with ultrex because 1. they are based in perth and 2. they are cheaper. 

TL;DR: x-force, ultrex, and manta are all decent enough brands and you can't really go wrong with any of them.

[It is I]

I can speak for mine

 

I have standard dump, high flow cat, 3inch xforce

 

It's a smooth tone, on the loud side when it idles, sometimes pops on high rpm gear changes (more when it was stock) and under WOT it's a loud, smooth tone. Sounds like an inline 6 motor

 

 

my mate has an xforce 4inch, louder. He has a split from the last muffler. One side is say 0.5m the other split is about 0.7m. This difference in length causes the exhaust gasses to escape at different times, creating a rumbling sound - think V8 instead of a smooth and balanced i6

[bossmang]

lots of options, nizpro, venom, ultrex, empire etc.

 

heaps of other crap out there that a just rebrands of other brands, looking at you ultrex. and un named brands from any exhaust shop. 

 

end of the day get what your wallet wants and goals with the car, I had 4inch full xforce mild steel, after a few years it was all rusted, sh*t quality and sat too low. did sound good though.

[Puffwagon]

Be a cheap arse like me and make your own 4 inch for $500. The hooker muffler I used has cracked twice though, so there might be a better option.

[k31th]

16 minutes ago, Puffwagon said:

hooker... I used... has cracked twice...

there's your problem...

[Puffwagon]

Could be worse things than owning a hooker with a crack 

[k31th]

trufax

[Puffwagon]

#zorsthax

[SydCrazi]

Hahaha, everyone's the comedian..

Nice work boys  

 

Well I'm definitely not making my own, unless do you suppose some PVC pipe might work? 🤔

 

This one looks alright, different direction to X-Force by retaining a twin pipe setup but seems decent https://www.mrcperformance.com.au/Venom-ford-fg-xr6t-sedan-twin-2.5-stainless-steel-cat

Edited 03/12/21 04:29 AM by SydCrazi