Catback Exhaust - Ford - 00-07 Ford Focus - Page 1 - TruBendz Technology

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Did you order from anyone yet? I just received my order from TruBendz. Order is incomplete and looks like the flange for the front pipe is canted. I have not heard back from them after multiple messages. I still will give them another day or too to respond.

 

I haven't ordered mine yet, I was working on some other parts of my Focus, and looking into used FSWerks exhausts. The Trubendz exhaust also looks like a little more work than the FSWerks ones since id have to add a resonator from what I can tell.

 

Hello I bought a svt 03 it came with fa weeks exhaust and it sounds good like a subaru WRX rumble and not loud at all it's perfect

 

So the TrueBendz exhaust has no resonator. Does anyone with the borla truebendz muffler/exhaust have any experience with it? I would expect it to have more drone especially at highway speeds than stock or systems like the fswerks kit. Also I would be worried about the tone of the exhaust based on a lot of resonator delete exhausts. If anyone has experience with these exhausts that would be great.

 

I'm actually looking over-seas, UK to be exact, for a replacement exhaust option since they are non-exist here.

I've already ordered a few replacement/performance parts for my SVTF searching under ST170 too...

It's the overseas shipping I'm trying to figure out & justify their costs... on a big box exhaust kit.

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I just finished installing the truebendz ss 2 1/2 borla catback. I also added a flow master 71416 ss round muffler/resonator to it. I used ss band clamps also. The sound is good. Slight drone mid 2000rpms, not bad though. I also had to temporarily replace the factory catalytic converter with an aftermarket one (davco I think) until I can fix the studs/flanges on the original.

 

Thanks all for the input, I ended up getting the trubendz 2.5 stainless catback with borla. I'll install it and see how it sounds, but I'll likely end up adding a resonator like QUIKSVT1 to help with tone and drone.

 

Well after a long time waiting for a response from Trubendz for an exhaust, I decided to cancel that order and just go with the FSWerks stealth exhaust, which I have now received. I ran into an issue trying to install it, since the previous owner had a different exhaust (header, cat, and flex pipe) installed and its all 2". Any suggestions on an adapter or something to go from the 2" flex pipe to the 2.5" FSWerks exhaust? I just want to get my focus back on the road at this point.
Obviously ideally I would just get the whole stock header-cat-flex pipe assembly, but from looking around that would be probably another $500.

 

Well after a long time waiting for a response from Trubendz for an exhaust, I decided to cancel that order and just go with the FSWerks stealth exhaust, which I have now received. I ran into an issue trying to install it, since the previous owner had a different exhaust (header, cat, and flex pipe) installed and its all 2". Any suggestions on an adapter or something to go from the 2" flex pipe to the 2.5" FSWerks exhaust? I just want to get my focus back on the road at this point.
Obviously ideally I would just get the whole stock header-cat-flex pipe assembly, but from looking around that would be probably another $500.

What is currently on the car (header, cat, flex)? You're going to be hurting yourself keeping a 2" flex and things with the 2.5" exhaust. If it's stock Zetec stuff, you should be able to slot the FSWerks front flange to fit the smaller ZX3 flex.

What happened with Trubendz? I've used 3 of their flexpipes now, all good stuff (2.5").

 

This is whats on the car right now, no idea what brands they are but it looks like stuff for zetec rather than svt. The previous owner didnt mention anything about the exhaust being modified but the whole system is 2".
Not sure exactly what happened with Trubendz, but I didn't recieve any tracking number or update on my order for almost a month, which is why I canceled it.

 

Oof. That is the stock zetec exhast. That poor svt can't breathe at all. Best to find an svt header.

 

I think that's an aftermarket header (like a JBA shorty or something) but stock Zetec cat. Yeah, poor SVT!

Get the catback figured out and then I would start finding like pbfoot said, an SVT header and then whatever you want to do for a cat.

 

Yeah guess a previous owner cheaped out fixing the exhaust.
The SVT header is pretty easy to find on ebay, but I'm not sure about the cat; is there any standard cat people use for the SVT? I'm not sure exactly what its supposed to look like, and the ones I've seen online are around $500. Maybe a used one off another SVT if anyone has one?

 

Yeah guess a previous owner cheaped out fixing the exhaust.
The SVT header is pretty easy to find on ebay, but I'm not sure about the cat; is there any standard cat people use for the SVT? I'm not sure exactly what its supposed to look like, and the ones I've seen online are around $500. Maybe a used one off another SVT if anyone has one?

Most of the time, fabbing up a universal high flow converter is your best bet. If you don't have to pass emissions testing, the off road pipe from the uk paired with a spark plug antifouler for the rear 02 sensor , has the best flowing and performance.

 

X2 on fabbing your own. If you can weld it's not difficult. I run a 2.5" Zetec flex from Trubendz (the longer one) and high flow cat. The longer Zetec flex makes it a lot easier since it's a very short pipe for the cat there. Random Tech used to make a "shorty" cat for this purpose and swapping the SVT header onto a regular Zetec, but they are hens teeth now.

Marrasport sells the flanges.

There is a much nicer ORP from Poland vs the UK one, similar cost. With that said... it STINKS. The extra 2hp or whatever isn't worth it to me, but it may be for you. I am much happier with the high flow cat on the car.

 

Hey so I'm finally getting around to working on my exhaust, and the SVT headers I saw on ebay have disappeared. Does anyone have a SVT header or know where I can buy one?