Question about Duals without x or H pipe
Question about Duals without x or H pipe So I have a question .
I have an All stock ls1 motor with no cats.
Y pipe was cut so each pipe goes into each classic chambered bullet muffler.
It kinda sounds flat and little tone.
Am I leaving anything on the table sound wise by not having an x or H pipe?
I have an All stock ls1 motor with no cats.
Y pipe was cut so each pipe goes into each classic chambered bullet muffler.
It kinda sounds flat and little tone.
Am I leaving anything on the table sound wise by not having an x or H pipe?
I ran one chambers before dual exhaust on my trans am before and a X set up with bullets. I didn't dyno them to see if there was a difference. At the track was no difference. I liked the sound of the one chambers personally. But that was years ago. I switched to a GMMG since.
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I had longtubes with no cross over into 4x9 magnaflows and it sounded great. Depending on the cross over you use it may sound a little different a x will make it little more high pitched where a h pipe will prob sound very similar to how it is now. Adding tail pipes will also change the way it sounds to.
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you might be leaving power on the table by not having an H.
in most instances an improperly placed/designed X pipe setup will actually kill power.
Y pipe setups sometimes make more power than both if proper pipe size/merge is used. (i have a 4" mandrel Y setup)
sound-wise youll just be merging the gasses together so they dont sound like each pipe is firing at a different time bank to bank.
in most instances an improperly placed/designed X pipe setup will actually kill power.
Y pipe setups sometimes make more power than both if proper pipe size/merge is used. (i have a 4" mandrel Y setup)
sound-wise youll just be merging the gasses together so they dont sound like each pipe is firing at a different time bank to bank.
This is what the car sounds like now.
You can also see what I mean by no x pipe or H pipe.
http://youtu.be/dzbAD20nq48
I basically have left header going into a hacked up y pipe that doesn't have a merge on it.
Basically it's one bullet muffler per header.
I'm not sure if by high pitch you mean tone.
I'm looking for exhaust sound variation, car has stock cam but I was expecting little bit more chop?
With the current set up , I guess if each pipe is firing at different times there is no balanced tone making it sound flat?
You can also see what I mean by no x pipe or H pipe.
http://youtu.be/dzbAD20nq48
Basically it's one bullet muffler per header.
I had longtubes with no cross over into 4x9 magnaflows and it sounded great. Depending on the cross over you use it may sound a little different a x will make it little more high pitched where a h pipe will prob sound very similar to how it is now. Adding tail pipes will also change the way it sounds to.
I'm looking for exhaust sound variation, car has stock cam but I was expecting little bit more chop?
With the current set up , I guess if each pipe is firing at different times there is no balanced tone making it sound flat?
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