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rolled1
12-04-2010, 12:52 PM
which give the better sound? never heard any in real life so just going on youtube at the moment which has a few clips of xpowers but none with zero's.Are zero's stainless steel as I've seen a few 260's with these fitted and they always seem to be black/discoloured as opposed to the x-powers which are always nice and shiny :o

spartacus
12-04-2010, 02:10 PM
X-powers are louder, but I don't know if that means better to you. They resonate a bit too, which can be boring.

I believe Zeroes are stainless. Some folk have also used others (Powerflow spring to mind), so you have more than just the two options.

Oh, you'll probably have trouble finding X-powers... :rolleyes:

SH4RKY
12-04-2010, 03:49 PM
Zeroes dont have rolled ends to them... so the pipes can look dirty if they arent cleaned. They are stainless though and the rest of the box stays pretty shiny even without TLC.

colintf
12-04-2010, 07:24 PM
XPowers were also a proper MG option!

:cool:

1POWERRACK
16-04-2010, 09:44 PM
I have just bought a set of zero's and well pleased with them, I prefer these to x powers, as they are a quality item.

ksilver
16-04-2010, 10:05 PM
For a daily runner - Zeros
For a weekend blaster - X-Powers

stevemiller
16-04-2010, 11:41 PM
When I had the Xpowers on I had no problems what so ever. I now have the cobras which can be viewed on youtube. I will be reverting to the X's just have to have them cut down as they are for the ztt. I will watch the new ones on e-bay and possibly place a bid then if lucky put the ZTT X's up for sale. Oh the X sound better than the cobra's if not as pleasing on the eye.


Steve.

colintf
17-04-2010, 08:25 PM
drove back from Longbridge with standard XPowers - they seemed so quiet!!

:cool:

Herman
17-04-2010, 08:27 PM
drove back from Longbridge with standard XPowers - they seemed so quiet!!

:cool:

What are the non-standard ones like then ?

colintf
17-04-2010, 08:28 PM
What are the non-standard ones like then ?

just nice from inside!!

and awesome to follow!!!

:cool:

Stu C
17-04-2010, 08:31 PM
What are the non-standard ones like then ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikn0zBgLXI

:D

Herman
17-04-2010, 08:36 PM
Thats with the inserts..............it's called cheating

I always thought there were 2 sets of X-Powers. Road legal and proper

colintf
17-04-2010, 08:39 PM
Thats with the inserts..............it's called cheating

I always thought there were 2 sets of X-Powers. Road legal and proper

tubes are great though!!

I didn't know that about the XPowers.

:cool:

Stu C
17-04-2010, 08:43 PM
Thats with the inserts..............it's called cheating

I always thought there were 2 sets of X-Powers. Road legal and proper

Nope, they are the "non standard" ones ;)

Only one xpower style exhaust sold through MG-Rover :)

Herman
17-04-2010, 08:48 PM
Nope, they are the "non standard" ones ;)

Only one xpower style exhaust sold through MG-Rover :)

Now wondering whether my X-powers are the standard 'non-standards' as well

Wibbler77
21-04-2010, 04:34 AM
After watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMc4PZtVWg on You tube, conparing the Xpower's to the Cobra's, I prefer the Cobras. I'd be using the car for everyday use so the Cobra's won't be too loud at 6 : 15am and personally, I like the quad pipes rather than the twin ovals...but that's always gonna be a personal choice.

Phil Evans
21-04-2010, 07:27 PM
The Zero quality is great - easy to shine them up like a mirror and I would not want to lose the quads. :D

But mine are too loud due to race cats (Milltek), so I am going to have the entire exhaust system wrapped. :ash

colintf
22-04-2010, 06:20 PM
how much are the cats from Miltek?

:cool:

ksilver
22-04-2010, 06:36 PM
:D

But mine are too loud due to race cats (Milltek), so I am going to have the entire exhaust system wrapped. :ash

I had a thought about wrapping, in particular the engine bay section and did some googling. I found a lot of comments indicating that exhaust wraps lead to rapid deterioration of the metalwork and that ultimately all you'll be left with is a tube of exhaust pipe shaped wraps.

Decided to leave it alone.

Herman
22-04-2010, 06:51 PM
Are the Miltek's a direct replacement?
I do like the sound of my X-Powers (now very expensive or not available:D), but would like some more.

Did you find any improvement in throttle response or otherwise as I was under the impression we already have high flow cats?

T16
04-05-2010, 12:14 PM
Do Milltek do backboxes too?

Maybe they will be even better than the Janspeed Xpowers.

colintf
04-05-2010, 03:43 PM
yes, but not for ours

:cool:

T16
04-05-2010, 09:32 PM
Janspeed will do them, but have no jig.

So if several people want to get together and do a group buy....?

Will even put the Xpower logos on too.