Ive heard this one is better than that one x is better than h h is better than x....whats your thoughts?
Decided to redo my exhaust h pipe or x pipe?
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Flavadave4
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I bought a BBK off road X pipe for my car to go behind the new BBK shorty headers and do not like the sound with my Flowmasters. When you get on it you can hear the x chamber vibrating like a million bees under the car. The fit and finish of the BBK exhaust products seems really nice, i guess i wish I would have just stuck with the classic off road H pipe. All this being said; my car makes a nasty menacing growl at 1500rpms just cruising in the high gears, my car sounds pretty bada$$ when I am babying it! lol
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i dont think it would sound like fecal-matter. and the other half of the reason im cutting it out is cuz i have a crazy blockage in the H..im thinkin a rat went in and never came out.
and this is nice sounding feco-matter.
and this is nice sounding feco-matter.
just4bob50
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I just changed my entire exhaust from 1 5/8 shortys, 2.5 Hpipe, and 2.5 flowmasters to 1 3/4 LTs, 3" Xpipe, and 3" 4X9 magnaflows. Hands down my new exhaust performs better and sounds better at every rpm.
In most cases the difference between the H & X of the same size is only a few numbers of either HP or TQ, nothing that is even worth mentioning. I personally think the X has to be run with a straight through muffler to sound good, and a H sounds better with chambered mufflers.
There are many threads on YellowBullet about this specific topic and racers with back to back results.
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I almost agree with this because i think Flows sound like ass with an X, but then again Macs sound sick with an X. On the flip side i think a straight through muffler like Magnaflow just don't sound right with an H and really hit the sweet spot with an X. Some mufflers definitely sound better with one or the other.
X > H. I've had both. Right now I have L/T, off road X and Magnaflow catback. Performance gains between each is negligible, so really it just comes down to how you like the sounds. Mine still get me half staff-ed when I drive it.
I had a huge exhaust on my 347, MAC 1-3/4" Ceramic Long Tubes w/ 3" Collector, MAC 3" Prochamber and MAC 3" cat back. This was my 5th exhaust system and by far the best sounding. That Prochamber sound is unmatched. I've posted the car idling in another thread 94-95 specific.
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I run a Dr Gas x-pipe w/ Magnaflow mufflers and I love the sound and performance. But that's just me.
TwoToneHatch
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X-Pipe by far , I have BBK shorties , Catted BBK X-pipe and dynomax mufflers and it sounds good ! Much different from the H-pipe/Flowmaster sound everyone seems to have .
I'm right there with you, cant decide between the pypes stainless x or prochamber.
I'm also going to go with a cobra bumper and some 3" tips so my exhaust should be quite different.
I have an H pipe right now and it sounds good, but my car sounds truck-ish at times and the bbk doesnt fit very well so I have some exhaust leaks.
I'm also going to go with a cobra bumper and some 3" tips so my exhaust should be quite different.
I have an H pipe right now and it sounds good, but my car sounds truck-ish at times and the bbk doesnt fit very well so I have some exhaust leaks.
Flavadave4
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So i need to get some straight through mufflers this year and give them a try is what you are all saying?
91TwighlightGT
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I wouldn't do this. The H-pipe serves a function of balancing the exhaust flow between the left and right banks of the engine. Check it out...
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- According to MOPAR Muscle Magazine's article on Dodge Challenger exhausts, the H pipe essentially tricks your car's dual exhaust system into thinking it is bigger. The pipe's two-armed structure sends excess pressure from gasses from one arm of the pipe to the other. It does this when there is no exhaust pulse on the second side, which builds up more pressure in the pipe than normal. In an H pipe, engine gasses follow the path of least resistance (straight through each pipe's arm) instead of going 90 degrees through each pipe and into the other half of the dual exhaust system. The H pipe's two-armed system also mimics your engine's cylinder banks and helps balance them, according to Street Directory's website. This is what makes the H pipe an effective part of a dual exhaust system.
Same here, Dr. Gas X and Magnaflows with Mac long tubes. Best combo i've found so far.
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