Catted X or O/R X?

[JiMi_DRiX]

Before the majority of you go, "O/R X!!!!!", I need to explain that I daily drive my car, and it gets emissioned. I'm not sure I want to run cat-less and deal with all that... BUT I do want my car to sound good. It doesnt have to be the loudest, just sound awesome.
I just had a 2.5" catback with Flowmaster 40's put on my car. After just today, it seems like its missing something (probably another hundred horses lol) I'd like to get a midpipe eventually, but I want to get whats best for it. Apparently my car has SIX freakin' cats on it... who makes a high quality catted X pipe? and what are the advantages/disadvantages between going with cats vs. O/R?

 

[mygreengt]

highest quality and best sounding would arguably be Bassani

 

[OnyxCobra]

It sounds like you need/want a catted pipe based on what you're saying. I will say 40 series flows do sound quite tame with the stock H pipe but with an offroad setup it's a night and day difference. I'm guessing an aftermarket catted midpipe would be louder than the stock one but as to how much I'm not sure.

 

[Javi]

Get an offroad midpipe and keep your stock midpipe if you have emissions.

 

[Win]

I am about to pick up a BBK catted x shorty for long tubes. I would say just like Javi did get a O/R pipe then use your catted one for emission. I went from a 4 cat stock midpipe to 2 high flow cat midpipe. It was a very notable sound difference. I am not sure if your going to like a O/R with the 40's. A local friend has one and he is right when it makes babies cry it is definitely loud.

 

[Brian95SVT]

I'm going to be buying BBK Longtube headers with a BBK midpipe but I'm also trying to decide if I want O/R or not. I don't DD mine anymore but we need cats for emissions too. If I can find a local shop that will pass me every time I will run O/R.

 

[dutch]

Catted X, specially if you daily it. Lot less drone!

 

[Brian95SVT]

I might just run cats and not worry about it. Will still be pretty loud.

 

[ivan12]

I went catted because the noise started getting to me and I was sick of all the fumes from my old o/x and my flowmaster 40's

 

[Win]

I'm going to be buying BBK Longtube headers with a BBK midpipe but I'm also trying to decide if I want O/R or not. I don't DD mine anymore but we need cats for emissions too. If I can find a local shop that will pass me every time I will run O/R.

HAHA once you hear Jason's you will love it and hate it also. I love the way it sounds but i don't think i could drive it as a daily.

Talk about a motor that screams!!!

 

[Brian95SVT]

I'm going to be buying BBK Longtube headers with a BBK midpipe but I'm also trying to decide if I want O/R or not. I don't DD mine anymore but we need cats for emissions too. If I can find a local shop that will pass me every time I will run O/R.

HAHA once you hear Jason's you will love it and hate it also. I love the way it sounds but i don't think i could drive it as a daily.

Talk about a motor that screams!!!

I had BBK headers, BBK catted x and flowmaster catback on my 96, it wasn't quiet.

 

[JiMi_DRiX]

Catted X, specially if you daily it. Lot less drone!

Yeah, thats another thing, drone! I think 2 high flow cats on an X pipe would still be a world of change from a stock 6 cat setup. I'll have to check eBay and the forum and see if I can find a cheap catted X pipe.

 

[JiMi_DRiX]

How hard is it to swap the midpipe? and how bad of a drone will a catless X have with Flow 40's? The 73 Chevy I use to have had Flow 40's and no cats, it wasnt bad.

 

[Brian95SVT]

Midpipe and catback are easy.

 

[Win]

I'm going to be buying BBK Longtube headers with a BBK midpipe but I'm also trying to decide if I want O/R or not. I don't DD mine anymore but we need cats for emissions too. If I can find a local shop that will pass me every time I will run O/R.

HAHA once you hear Jason's you will love it and hate it also. I love the way it sounds but i don't think i could drive it as a daily.

Talk about a motor that screams!!!

I had BBK headers, BBK catted x and flowmaster catback on my 96, it wasn't quiet.

HAHA Jason has a O/R Mid. You have to hear it i need to see if i can get a couple vids of his new setup. It is a nasty motor and a sweet sounding exhaust. Although i heard him all the way on little creek and im quite a few streets back.

 

[Javi]

not hard at all.

 

[Justang]

You sound exactly like I did at the beginning of last summer. Mainly I didn't want to deal with swapping for emissions, so I was set on a catted midpipe. I kept searching Craigslist and found a guy about an hour away selling a hardly used catted Mac piece...I believe I spent $170 on it so I was pretty happy about that. Even happier now that I have it installed. Of course you get a different sounds between catted and catless, so you gotta make a choice. I wasn't too particular on brand and instead went for what I thought was the best deal. I don't regret it...no drone, solid tone, less worries. Hope that helps you out a little.

 

[Win]

You sound exactly like I did at the beginning of last summer. Mainly I didn't want to deal with swapping for emissions, so I was set on a catted midpipe. I kept searching Craigslist and found a guy about an hour away selling a hardly used catted Mac piece...I believe I spent $170 on it so I was pretty happy about that. Even happier now that I have it installed. Of course you get a different sounds between catted and catless, so you gotta make a choice. I don't regret it...no drone, solid tone, less worries. Hope that helps you out a little.

+1

 

[Brian95SVT]

That's one thing I love about my Steeda catback compared to most catbacks that it doesn't drone even with the current catted midpipe I have (not sure what brand it is) but it's going to be replaced by a BBK catted when I put the LTs on. Either way I know mine won't drone at all and hopefully the BBK parts will help make it a tad louder.

 

[Justang]

I'm figuring it's much easier to swap midpipes if you have LTs, no?