I will be using the ADTR Stage 2 blower.
Which provides better air flow, x-pipe or H-pipe?
Which brand/model do you recommend?
I will be using the ADTR Stage 2 blower.
Which provides better air flow, x-pipe or H-pipe?
Which brand/model do you recommend?
It's personal preference, xpipe sounds more raspy, h pipe has a little deeper tone. not like pushrod v8 tone. Mod motors don't really have that rumble unless cammed. Any decent custom exhaust builder can fab a x or h pipe. they are all pretty much the same no secrets to their design.unless you want it muffled
Some say x pipe has a few more ponies. it is very negligible ,maybe in a short exhaust system mustang, but in a long boat marauder.
forgot to add, most say an x pipe flows a little better
Last edited by RubberCtyRauder; 08-24-2016 at 08:49 AM.
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That was pretty much all the info out there. It really is all about personal preference. H-pipes sound deeper, X-pipes have more of a scream. I went X & regret nothing.
2005 Mercury S55
Saleen Supercharged 2V
X-pipe can make more peak HP, but H-pipe will have a peak at lower RPM, where most street cars need it, in addition to having a slightly lower tone.
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H-pipe it is. Thank you all.
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Grand Muffler made me an X-Pipe with Magnaflow 18's and it sounded like two Hondas with FART CANS side by side......HORRIBLE!!
Went back and Brian fabricated an H-Pipe and it sounds MUCH BETTER with GREAT DEEP RUMBLE!!
Sounds as much like a BIG push rod motor as a little 4.6 can IMHO!!
Power difference is negligible so it's all about sound!!
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I went with an x pipe and magnaflows on my 06 gmq. I like the look of x pipes. Mine has a deep tone. A lot depends on how the x or h is made and the distance from the engine. Either way you won't notice a power difference on the street.
2006 GMQ, 2010 CVPI
I went with a X Pipe and 18" Magnaflows....
Car sounds like a Ferrari high RPMs......It HOWLS like a banshee!!!
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Extrude honed intake w/PHP spacer.
Kooks Headers w/2.5" High Flow Cats & X-Pipe, Magnaflow mufflers, OEM tailpipes w/Megs Tips
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I've got Black Widow Venoms with an X-pipe, and it sounds like..... a deep scream? I'm not sure how to describe it other than epic.
2005 Mercury S55
Saleen Supercharged 2V
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