XFORCE is the way to go for balance between performance and reasonable pricing, at the end of the day if u are looking for performance u need a full 3inch system, shop around, ul be surprised how much the price may vary, usually depending if they've done custom twin turbo down pipes before, most guys couldnt be bothered doing it so they just make up a ridiculous price that no one would seriously pay
Just to let everyone know, I know it's illegal but the best cat for cars with big mods that use an after market ecu is a pipped out cat. I've seen plenty of well know brand name cats melt when excess fuel is sucked through the exhaust.
I had a metal cat on my last car. Definitely high quality design and construction. Their website has technical data regarding flow etc I think it would be hard to go wrong with one of these. The bottleneck would be shifted to other areas of the exhaust system anyway...