why does everyone knock on xpipes?

[Unreal281]

check out my sig for my exhaust...i'm getting an offroad bbk shorty x for my bbk longtubes and magnapacks...i hope it will be VERY loud.....everyone and their mother knocks on x pipes and says go with h WTF?:SNSign:

 

[mity2]

Because they are Loud and tinny like that of cheap hondah.

Soound is purely subjective thing. I personaly don't like it. And some love it.

I've had BBK O/R X, witch sounded bad(IMO), and o/r Prochamber, prolly nicest sounding mid pipe I had, and I now have O/R H now, and I guess its great.

And I'm old school and I hate stupid loud exhaust.
But if you are getting BBK O/R X for LT header, be sure to post pic. I'm kind wondering what it would sound like

 

[03ghoststang]

it's not that they knock on them it's all personal preference, some like the old musclular sound of the H others like teh more exotic sound of the X. Although the X will give you more raspiness if not paired up right with a good catback

 

[tomustang]

i like the X on a DOHC

 

[tony laq]

i just ordered an slp catted x...should be on the car in about a week. would i have liked a ss h-pipe?..yep...but not for 500-550 bucks.

i think im gonna be fine with the x.

 

[Jackie Chan]

well, people hear xpipes all the time and assume they are h pipes. when an xpipe sounds like **** is when its paired with a chambered muffler. i personally think hpipes sound gay and cant wait to get rid of mine. with my magnaflows and h pipe, my car sounds like its farting

 

[tony laq]

ive got super 40's welded in so im not really married to the sound..i can just get slp II or something.

plus slp is a true x so i hear i may be ok with chambered.

 

[TrueBlue03]

With some mufflers, they sound like a loose floppy ass hole farting into a jar.

 

[tony laq]

i heard thats more with a stamped x...true?

 

[Jackie Chan]

With some mufflers, they sound like a loose floppy ass hole farting into a jar.

yeah and cars with h and packs sound like ****ty old pickups with toothless hillbillies driving them

 

[helty]

i like the X on a DOHC

http://www.modularpowerhouse.com/forums/videos/gonein10secs.wmv
....you and your F'n Flowpaths.....

thats a VRS x-pipe with Mac cat-back by the way. yes ive posted it before, and yes i'll whore it out again. many, many times

theres nothing wrong with an X-pipe, it just makes a bit more power than an H and has a higher tone. the BBK X, im sorry to say, ive heard nothing but bad things about. thats why i recommended getting a VRS x-pipe thats made to fit BBK headers. I hope it works out for you with the BBK X, but all ive heard its bitching about that thing.

 

[TrueBlue03]

yeah and cars with h and packs sound like ****ty old pickups with toothless hillbillies driving them

i have all my teeth the only thing i grew to dislike is that extremely loud crackling/popping at 2700rpm (it will get me pulled over sooner or later )

 

[streetstang03]

it depends on the xpipe. pipes like BBK sound like chit. you have to pair the xpipe and mufflers up the right way to get a bad ass sound.

personally, i have the mustangtuning o/r xpipe and 40 series flows. I've never had anyone say it sounds bad. i get fellow stangers asking what combo it is all the time. one day alone, i got 5 compliments while driving around town. one of those guys was an LS1 owner w/ SLP on his Z28.

 

[hognutz]

I have no idea. Becasue they are better and everyone likes to run yesterday's technology?

I am assuming it has to due with chambered mufflers and resonances. they all have them and I am sure incorrect placement of the x-pipe can move that into an anyoying rpm range or something.

I would bet a ton of money though if you had a 400hp+ car and build a custom exhaust correct placement of an xpipe will always give a significant HP advantage due to better scavanging.

I love the sound of my borla with an x-pipe though. I just sound aggressive and mean. I have heard some clips of cheap x-pipes and flows that had some anoying resoncance to it though. Some people will say it is raspy sounding but it is really a resonance in the champers producing this sound.

 

[BooWFO]

I don't hate on Xpipes. Good Buddy has one on his cobra and I think it sounds REAL good. Just not the sound I like. It is the bbk Xpipe with LT and a magnapacks I think. Sounds great for his car.

 

[Mossberg]

I like the following X pipes:

VRS, Mustangtuning, Pypes, SLP, Magnaflow, Dr Gas, UPR. These are the only X pipes that sound good with chambered muffs to me.

Now BBK and Basani have a tendency to be raspy as hell with the same muffs.

I might have got an X if I didn't love the prochamber so much. I also love the sound an O/R H makes.

 

[XtReMeLy Br0Ke]

well, people hear xpipes all the time and assume they are h pipes. when an xpipe sounds like **** is when its paired with a chambered muffler. i personally think hpipes sound gay and cant wait to get rid of mine. with my magnaflows and h pipe, my car sounds like its farting

magnaflows also sound like ****...

no wonder you dont like h pipes...you've got a 5 litre

if u had a mod motor with an o/r h-pipe and 2 chamber flowmasters u wouldnt say it sounds like ****...

 

[DBMSTNG]

it's all about having the right setup. i have JBA shorty headers, SLP catted X, and Magnaflow catback. it sounds great. my friend has an 02 with o/r h and some kind of flowmasters and it's sounds good too. they are just different. his rumbles down low a bit more and mine screams up top alot more.

and just to add fuel to the fire, X pipes make more power than H pipes.

 

[68 & 00 GT]

I love my Dr. Gas X. I'll neve go back to an H. Usually X pipes are better with straight through mufflers. IMO the only exception would be to use Flows / Mac mufflers with an X.

I think mine sounds pretty FN good, and not that loud even off road w/ Magnaflows (not packs)

vids

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player...nt&term=708&p=0
http://www.modularpowerhouse.com/fo...s/700rwhpGT.wmv

 

[Jackie Chan]

magnaflows also sound like ****...

no wonder you dont like h pipes...you've got a 5 litre

if u had a mod motor with an o/r h-pipe and 2 chamber flowmasters u wouldnt say it sounds like ****...

i had a mod motor and had an hpipe on it. then i went prochamber and then i went x....h pipes are played out, prochambers or x pipes sound so much better IMO and that all it is