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Manta exhaust Drone

HDJ

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So decided to get rid of xforce 7 series and had mild steel hurricane headers and cats mated up to a 3inch manta quiet aluminised steel catback. Not sure what’s going on but xforce hardly droned this is system is meant to be quieter yet somehow it drones like no tomorrow from 1k-2k rpm past that it clears out. Was an absolute headache driving on the highway 5th gear helped luckily as it revved to 2400rpm.
 

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I should point manta sent VE mufflers apparently VF mufflers are 30mm longer I doubt that would be causing drone
 

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Not that his helps, but have you been in touch with Manta about it?

Dear I say it, if there is nothing they can offer then your only choice is j-pipes. About 715mm length will sort you out.

 
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Not that his helps, but have you been in touch with Manta about it?

Dear I say it, if there is nothing they can offer then your only choice is j-pipes. About 715mm length will sort you out.

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I have they are unsure as to why it’s happening and have advised to get in touch with the shop I placed my original order from and go from there. In the mean time if everything failes I’ve been thinking of having the VF2 Bimodal mufflers modified to fit manta Mid pipe.
 

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Not that his helps, but have you been in touch with Manta about it?

Dear I say it, if there is nothing they can offer then your only choice is j-pipes. About 715mm length will sort you out.

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Honestly after spending so much on a manta exhaust and being told the quiet version is drone free etc I’m really not keen on spending anything exhaust wise. It drones 1300-2300rpm after that it fades
 

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I had a quiet manta 2.5 in mild steel with 4 - 1 headers and 100 cpi cats, and I would get drone at 1400-1700 rpm.

it wasn’t terrible but never changed in 3 years

have since put a Walkinshaw on and zero drone
 
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I had a quiet manta 2.5 in mild steel with 4 - 1 headers and 100 cpi cats, and I would get drone at 1400-1700 rpm.

it wasn’t terrible but never changed in 3 years

have since put a Walkinshaw on and zero drone
The drone I’m experiencing is a lot worse it would be pretty difficult to have a conversation with a passenger.
 

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Is it a Manta system or a Defillipo branded Manta?
Manta branded specifically 3inch manta quiet with hurricane headers and cats at this point I’m thinking of maybe fabricating factory mufflers to fit manta.
 
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