What is the purpose of the x-pipe?
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
I just equalizes the pressure in both pipes in a high-flow manner. Same way an h-pipe works.
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well im not expert, never really read into it, but my basic idea is this:
the way a proper X pipe joins together, it creates sorta like a vortex, kinda like a tornado inside the pipe, which sucks more exhaust from the motor, which my guess is this helps get more **** out so more air can go in...which would help produce more power, particularly in the upper rpms because there is a stronger scavenging effect (the vortex is stronger)...someone please correct me if im wrong, but this is my understanding of how it works.
H pipes sound better, if you are going true duals, get the h pipe.
the way a proper X pipe joins together, it creates sorta like a vortex, kinda like a tornado inside the pipe, which sucks more exhaust from the motor, which my guess is this helps get more **** out so more air can go in...which would help produce more power, particularly in the upper rpms because there is a stronger scavenging effect (the vortex is stronger)...someone please correct me if im wrong, but this is my understanding of how it works.
H pipes sound better, if you are going true duals, get the h pipe.
Originally Posted by slik98z
well im not expert, never really read into it, but my basic idea is this:
the way a proper X pipe joins together, it creates sorta like a vortex, kinda like a tornado inside the pipe, which sucks more exhaust from the motor, which my guess is this helps get more **** out so more air can go in...which would help produce more power, particularly in the upper rpms because there is a stronger scavenging effect (the vortex is stronger)...someone please correct me if im wrong, but this is my understanding of how it works.
H pipes sound better, if you are going true duals, get the h pipe.
the way a proper X pipe joins together, it creates sorta like a vortex, kinda like a tornado inside the pipe, which sucks more exhaust from the motor, which my guess is this helps get more **** out so more air can go in...which would help produce more power, particularly in the upper rpms because there is a stronger scavenging effect (the vortex is stronger)...someone please correct me if im wrong, but this is my understanding of how it works.
H pipes sound better, if you are going true duals, get the h pipe.
http://www.magnaflow.com/05news/magazine/05carcraft.htm
Heres a link to an article in Car Craft. To sum it up the xpipe made more power than the hpipe.
Heres a link to an article in Car Craft. To sum it up the xpipe made more power than the hpipe.
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
X-pipes produce more bottom end for sure. Not sure about the top end though.
makes more top it. scavenges more air the higher the rpms. Kinda of like the fast toys ram air works. Atleast that what i thought
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In that article about the Magnaflow system, they say that they stepped the tubes going back to the mufflers. Their reason of making the 3" pipe turn into a 3.5" pipe, then going BACK DOWN to 3" for the muffler inlet was to, "prevents the gasses from stacking up as they pass through the mufflers to avoid excessive backpressure in the system."
Is that right? It seems it would be completely opposite of that to me. Maybe I'm too much of a n00b then eh?
Is that right? It seems it would be completely opposite of that to me. Maybe I'm too much of a n00b then eh?
