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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 09:18 PM
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Looking at installing a 3" electric cutout in a new exhaust system...

Leaning toward DMH as they seem to be better than QTP. But seem to hear horror stories for both.

What's better these days?
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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 09:29 PM
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I like the Race Land cutouts. Motors are way faster and I like the remote wireless fab to open and close as opposed to toggle switch ect.
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I am currently running a Evil Energy 4in. off Amazon that I like a lot but I do have some rattling I need to fix.

The Race Land had zero rattle issues
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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 09:38 PM
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Does it come in a prefabbed housing? I just need the cutout. I have a manual cutout/valve to install to already.
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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 09:44 PM
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Does it come in a prefabbed housing? I just need the cutout. I have a manual cutout/valve to install to already.
The Race Land is in a pre fabbed housing.

The Evil Energy you can get it both ways
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Okay. I also see there's Race Ready Performance.

Hmm. Let me look at Evil.
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I've had my QTP for about 6+ years and it's still kicking, though it's been showing it's age and has been pretty slow. Which is probably a result of it coming off while I was driving and skipping across the interstate. Still works though!

The DMH I had before it was definitely faster, but it was impossible to get a hold of their customer service when I was trying to buy a new motor after mine got ripped out.
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QTP recommended you clean it monthly with liquid mechanic. I guess that helps with the carbon build up and sealing.

And DMH, I thought, had gone out of business. But looks like they are still around selling through their site/PayPal.
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eBay cutout here and works fine. I just ordered a new motor/flange etc as a backup with harness for a whopping $23. I could replace the motor 10times and still be out ahead of a QTP or DH cutout. I opted for a switch as I like hard wire vs key fob (don’t need to be fumbling for a key fob when I want to get frisky).

so far so good!
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Originally Posted by 98CayenneT/A
I like the Race Land cutouts. Motors are way faster and I like the remote wireless fab to open and close as opposed to toggle switch ect.

There is a wireless one????? Do you have any info?
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DMH for me. The guy lives 45 min from me so if something happens, i'm covered. I'm running 2 of his low profile 3" cutouts and they've been great.
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Originally Posted by 2ToeRacing
There is a wireless one????? Do you have any info?
what kind of info are you looking for ?

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Originally Posted by 2ToeRacing
There is a wireless one????? Do you have any info?
Here is the one I used to have. Im still currently running the control box and fab that came with it just with a different cutout.

I would guess you could find there fab and box sold seperate and it will work with any electric cutout.


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It really depends on where you plan to put it. The faster ones are geared different and don't close as hard. If they don't have much back pressure when closed you'll never notice. Remeber when people talk about longevity with something like a cutout, there's a retard born every day. A cutout's lifespan is very dependent on the user using it correctly. I have a Borla specific QTP and it has worked flawlessly for years now.
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It'll be near the back of the car on the TSP exhaust in the I-pipe. So pretty similar to the Borla placement.

I'm leaning toward QTP...
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