Catted X-Pipe for OR X pipe

Wildhardt · January 28th, 2012, 07:37 PM

So. I've been reading around alot, and really it comes down to where I live, and whatnot. I figured somewhat of a poll, and others opinions might matter.

I have a 00 GT 4.10 gears, and Borla Stinger exhaust. What would be better for my set up. I live in Michigan, and you don't have a emissions test. But I live in a small town in the middle of the broken neck woods. I live in a city full of trucking people pretty much.

What are the benefits of a Catted X-Pipe vs a O/R X pipe. It's my daily driver.

cschoening09 · January 28th, 2012, 07:49 PM

Chatted x is quieter, off road x is substantially louder with more power gain and better flow than catted and illegal. But who cares if you don't have emissions checks where u live. Off road x would sound like sex with your stingerss I would go with off roads. As long as your not stupid about it and try to be quiet at night in your town when needed. No one should bother you? U will just be heard a mile away so don't try and sneak home late at night

Wildhardt · January 28th, 2012, 07:53 PM

The only thing Cs is that I've read alot that it makes it like horrid loud. Hell I live in such a small town that I rarely even drive the highway if maybe twice a month for a 1/2 hour to the closest movie theatre mall.

The only other problem is in my town theirs a saying because the cops can be such dicks. " Come to gladwin on vacation, and leave on prohbation."
So I don't know if their's a way that their quiet while coasting through town at all.

T-Lee. 30 · January 28th, 2012, 08:49 PM

my o/r x setup seem to have less pick up from down low vs when I added hi flow cats to it. And the cats just cleaned the sound and smell up also. for noise imo my o/r x had it but for decent feel and a somewhat mellow sound my catted setup seemed quite better. IMO of course.

Mustang_Girl_32 · January 28th, 2012, 09:22 PM

My o/r x sounds loud and raspy.. Not too loud to attract unwanted attentIon. But sounds real good!

mustang50lx · January 28th, 2012, 09:49 PM

On my car an off road X sounded way too loud and raspy for me. I put my catted H back on and the car was faster in the 1/4 mile. I won't go back to an off road pipe again on a mild car.

T-Lee. 30 · January 28th, 2012, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by mustang50lx

On my car an off road X sounded way too loud and raspy for me. I put my catted H back on and the car was faster in the 1/4 mile. I won't go back to an off road pipe again on a mild car.

agreed and same here.

Wildhardt · January 28th, 2012, 11:38 PM

Well personally on how many times I've read the word "Smell" how strong is it actually without the cats? Cause I'm not into smelling gasoline the whole nine yards. I have leather interior, and I dig the smell of the leather. You usually only smell it in your car or well if your a leather wearing person.

So your 1/4 miles times dropped cause of it? Ouch. That hurts the whole opinion on it a little bit for me. I might have to look into SLP's H- pipe or something. I'm looking for a head turning sound, and a real aggressive sound. But I don't want bloody obnoxious.
Theirs a point where your just going to far, and I cant really say. Cause Youtube video's have all diffrent sound qualitys based on the camera.

cschoening09 · January 28th, 2012, 11:43 PM

i think you would be happy with a high flow catted midpipe. h or x , either. the smell isnt bad with no cats. my interior is leather and its never smelled like exhaust. not unless you have a leak. its should all go out the back. i think the catted mid pipe with stingers will still be plenty head turning loud and keep you away from unwanted attention. esspecially in a small town with dickhead cops. people get annoyed fast where im from. but ive had o/r upr x with magnapack catback for over a year, never been bothered once about how loud it is...

cschoening09 · January 28th, 2012, 11:45 PM

its loud, and i did have an unmarked police officer pull up beside me and roll his window down at a stop light, flashed his badge at me then smiled and said "what kinda exhaust you runnin?" lol and i said magnaflow, then he said it sounds bad ass. lol. that made my week.

cschoening09 · January 28th, 2012, 11:46 PM

plus you can run crowd pleaser when you go to the track, make your exhaust smell like grapes, or cotton candy, cherry, whatever you want. that kinda expensive additive though lol. i ran it once, pretty sweet. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manhattan-Oi...item415cf5023b

Wildhardt · January 28th, 2012, 11:51 PM

Haha yeah. I'm trying to get as much bang for my buck as I can. I'm 21, and live in a small town. Payed 2k for the carr, and it's only got 60k on it. The guy had it sitting in a garage for 6 years, and was gonna try screwing some people on it thinking the computer was bad when it just needed a fuel pump. Profit. I work at Mcdonalds. So I need as much bang for my buck as I can, it's actually my first real car to be truthfull.

I've just seen that BBK has an awesome x pipe catless that everyone enjoys, and that alot of video's on youtube feature that. I see an under lying amount in catted ones. SLP makes a good catted X-pipe I hear but I'm not to sure. I hear it's decent for the $100 more.

I'm a AM shopper so. I'm going with what I can through their.

cschoening09 · January 29th, 2012, 12:04 AM

i will be 21 in june. i hate bbk shit, just seems overrated to me imho. got my upr o/r x for 130 new i think. somthing like that. no more than 150. its the best fitting x i have ever seen. whatever you do, DO NOT BUY PYPES!!! they are the leakiest scrap metel junk ive ever seen. lol

cschoening09 · January 29th, 2012, 12:08 AM

dont forget that with any o/r midpipe you will have to either tune the car for no cats or get mil eliminators. or deal with a check engine light. i would just get a tuner at the same time. i know your on a budget but it would be worth it to get power out of a mod and turn the check engine light off at the same time. lol

Wildhardt · January 29th, 2012, 12:27 AM

I got 4.10's. So I already have the tuner. I'm just going to need to get a new custom tune in the long run to have it run the best I can. Yeah. I heard Pypes wasent the greatest thing in the world either.

Why AM even features it is beyond me. But apparently people like it? Not to sure. UPR? Never heard of that unless I'm just completely missing the whole thing all together since it's getting so late for me.

codycat91 · January 29th, 2012, 12:35 AM

I have a catted BBK X pipe in excellent shape for sale...

skidad62 · January 29th, 2012, 12:50 AM

I used to have a modular bassani X pipe - you can remove the cats and insert the straight pipes - that way you can have both

esonu · January 29th, 2012, 02:46 AM

so with the cats the check engine light wont come on if i dont have a tuner just wondering.

Wildhardt · January 29th, 2012, 02:48 AM

@Esonu - Yeah if you don't have cats then the 02 sensors will trip your check engine light. Then all that extra power will just be gone, and bogged down cause of the light.

You need to tune it or have Eliminanators to turn the light off. In my situation I have the tuner. I'm just going for personal prefference atm.

esonu · January 29th, 2012, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by Wildhardt

@Esonu - Yeah if you don't have cats then the 02 sensors will trip your check engine light. Then all that extra power will just be gone, and bogged down cause of the light.

You need to tune it or have Eliminanators to turn the light off. In my situation I have the tuner. I'm just going for personal prefference atm.

is there a big difference between the sound of catted and non catted. ive been planning on getting one but i dont want an annoying sound yet at the same time i want that popping/crackling type sound lol

and also theres a catted slp x pipe near my area for sale for 160 off a 03 cobra. will it fit? and hows the sound quality of them?

January 28th, 2012, 07:37 PM	#1
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	Catted X-Pipe for OR X pipe So. I've been reading around alot, and really it comes down to where I live, and whatnot. I figured somewhat of a poll, and others opinions might matter. I have a 00 GT 4.10 gears, and Borla Stinger exhaust. What would be better for my set up. I live in Michigan, and you don't have a emissions test. But I live in a small town in the middle of the broken neck woods. I live in a city full of trucking people pretty much. What are the benefits of a Catted X-Pipe vs a O/R X pipe. It's my daily driver.

January 28th, 2012, 07:49 PM	#2
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	Chatted x is quieter, off road x is substantially louder with more power gain and better flow than catted and illegal. But who cares if you don't have emissions checks where u live. Off road x would sound like sex with your stingerss I would go with off roads. As long as your not stupid about it and try to be quiet at night in your town when needed. No one should bother you? U will just be heard a mile away so don't try and sneak home late at night __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 28th, 2012, 08:49 PM	#4
T-Lee. 30 I Post Entirely Way Too Much 03 gt, 96 tbird, 05bv gxp Faster than trolls! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: United States! Posts: 5,275 iTrader: 0 reviews	my o/r x setup seem to have less pick up from down low vs when I added hi flow cats to it. And the cats just cleaned the sound and smell up also. for noise imo my o/r x had it but for decent feel and a somewhat mellow sound my catted setup seemed quite better. IMO of course. __________________ 03 V1 S trim @5psi 339/359 3:73's Iraq and Afghanistan War Vet 4 deployments from 01-08.My Wife is also a War Vet

January 28th, 2012, 09:22 PM	#5
Mustang_Girl_32 Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 v6/2003 GT vert Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,761 iTrader: 11 reviews	My o/r x sounds loud and raspy.. Not too loud to attract unwanted attentIon. But sounds real good! __________________ 2003 sonic blue v6- 18" gianna's, straight pipes, 12" DC level 5 with DC 3.5 K 2003 sonic blue GT vert- Bout to be a Procharged P1sc BEAST

January 28th, 2012, 11:43 PM	#9
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	i think you would be happy with a high flow catted midpipe. h or x , either. the smell isnt bad with no cats. my interior is leather and its never smelled like exhaust. not unless you have a leak. its should all go out the back. i think the catted mid pipe with stingers will still be plenty head turning loud and keep you away from unwanted attention. esspecially in a small town with dickhead cops. people get annoyed fast where im from. but ive had o/r upr x with magnapack catback for over a year, never been bothered once about how loud it is... __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 28th, 2012, 07:53 PM	#3
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	The only thing Cs is that I've read alot that it makes it like horrid loud. Hell I live in such a small town that I rarely even drive the highway if maybe twice a month for a 1/2 hour to the closest movie theatre mall. The only other problem is in my town theirs a saying because the cops can be such dicks. " Come to gladwin on vacation, and leave on prohbation." So I don't know if their's a way that their quiet while coasting through town at all.

January 28th, 2012, 09:49 PM	#6
mustang50lx Regular Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 52 iTrader: 0 reviews	On my car an off road X sounded way too loud and raspy for me. I put my catted H back on and the car was faster in the 1/4 mile. I won't go back to an off road pipe again on a mild car.

January 28th, 2012, 11:38 PM	#8
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	Well personally on how many times I've read the word "Smell" how strong is it actually without the cats? Cause I'm not into smelling gasoline the whole nine yards. I have leather interior, and I dig the smell of the leather. You usually only smell it in your car or well if your a leather wearing person. So your 1/4 miles times dropped cause of it? Ouch. That hurts the whole opinion on it a little bit for me. I might have to look into SLP's H- pipe or something. I'm looking for a head turning sound, and a real aggressive sound. But I don't want bloody obnoxious. Theirs a point where your just going to far, and I cant really say. Cause Youtube video's have all diffrent sound qualitys based on the camera.

January 28th, 2012, 11:45 PM	#10
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	its loud, and i did have an unmarked police officer pull up beside me and roll his window down at a stop light, flashed his badge at me then smiled and said "what kinda exhaust you runnin?" lol and i said magnaflow, then he said it sounds bad ass. lol. that made my week. __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 28th, 2012, 11:46 PM	#11
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	plus you can run crowd pleaser when you go to the track, make your exhaust smell like grapes, or cotton candy, cherry, whatever you want. that kinda expensive additive though lol. i ran it once, pretty sweet. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manhattan-Oi...item415cf5023b __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 28th, 2012, 11:51 PM	#12
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	Haha yeah. I'm trying to get as much bang for my buck as I can. I'm 21, and live in a small town. Payed 2k for the carr, and it's only got 60k on it. The guy had it sitting in a garage for 6 years, and was gonna try screwing some people on it thinking the computer was bad when it just needed a fuel pump. Profit. I work at Mcdonalds. So I need as much bang for my buck as I can, it's actually my first real car to be truthfull. I've just seen that BBK has an awesome x pipe catless that everyone enjoys, and that alot of video's on youtube feature that. I see an under lying amount in catted ones. SLP makes a good catted X-pipe I hear but I'm not to sure. I hear it's decent for the $100 more. I'm a AM shopper so. I'm going with what I can through their.

January 29th, 2012, 12:04 AM	#13
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	i will be 21 in june. i hate bbk shit, just seems overrated to me imho. got my upr o/r x for 130 new i think. somthing like that. no more than 150. its the best fitting x i have ever seen. whatever you do, DO NOT BUY PYPES!!! they are the leakiest scrap metel junk ive ever seen. lol __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 29th, 2012, 12:08 AM	#14
cschoening09 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 9.30 @ 77mph-1/8th mile 2.2 60' Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 1,705 iTrader: 3 reviews	dont forget that with any o/r midpipe you will have to either tune the car for no cats or get mil eliminators. or deal with a check engine light. i would just get a tuner at the same time. i know your on a budget but it would be worth it to get power out of a mod and turn the check engine light off at the same time. lol __________________ 01 GT. 5spd , 03-04 cobra clutch, on its 2nd 4.6l motor2nd tr3650 too,JLT CAI,UPR o/r x, magnapack catback, predator tuned, H&R ss 10.5" bullitts w/ nt555r DR's

January 29th, 2012, 12:27 AM	#15
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	I got 4.10's. So I already have the tuner. I'm just going to need to get a new custom tune in the long run to have it run the best I can. Yeah. I heard Pypes wasent the greatest thing in the world either. Why AM even features it is beyond me. But apparently people like it? Not to sure. UPR? Never heard of that unless I'm just completely missing the whole thing all together since it's getting so late for me.

January 29th, 2012, 12:35 AM	#16
codycat91 MM Fanatic 2003 MUSTANG GT Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 3,497 iTrader: 10 reviews	I have a catted BBK X pipe in excellent shape for sale... __________________ 4v MMR 4.75 Stroker, Teksid block .020 over, 9.27:1CR, Posi Race Ported Eaton 4v MMR Stroker 1000 / Posi Race Ported Eaton Build How To: 2v to 4v COP Swap

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January 29th, 2012, 12:50 AM	#17
skidad62 Enthusiast 2003 Centennial Edition Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Brunswick, CANADA Posts: 533 iTrader: 2 reviews	I used to have a modular bassani X pipe - you can remove the cats and insert the straight pipes - that way you can have both __________________ 2003 Centennial Edition Vortech YSI driven MMR 1000

January 29th, 2012, 02:46 AM	#18
esonu MMM JELLO!!! 2003 mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sacramento Posts: 671 iTrader: 1 reviews	so with the cats the check engine light wont come on if i dont have a tuner just wondering. __________________ 2003 Mustang GT Manual 18in staggered fr500s,Mach 1 lip, mach 1 grill

January 29th, 2012, 02:48 AM	#19
Wildhardt .//Animosity 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gladwin Posts: 115 iTrader: 0 reviews	@Esonu - Yeah if you don't have cats then the 02 sensors will trip your check engine light. Then all that extra power will just be gone, and bogged down cause of the light. You need to tune it or have Eliminanators to turn the light off. In my situation I have the tuner. I'm just going for personal prefference atm.

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