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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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I run an off road y-pipe with dual cut outs. Its quieter in the cab since the exhaust exits the rear of the car. If I want that little extra boost at the track, I uncork it.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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ive heard the same set up i have except with an X pipe on 2 other cars and i will say mine sounds alot better WAY deeper.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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I didnt mean to open up a can of worms with this, just trying to gather all the info i can before i go chopping all my exhaust off lol. Thanks for the input everyone!!
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 11secondhorse
I didnt mean to open up a can of worms with this
A thread about X or H pipes, 1 chamber flows, True Duals, or any exhaust PERIOD is immediate grounds for opening cans of worms.

-J
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Chaco hit it right on the head.

X pipe will give you top end power with low tq loss

h is the oposite, lots of low to mid tq, not much gain up top.


Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
I've had both.

X= exotic, nascar, hith pitched race sound

h= bassy, deep, old school muscular sound


Here are clips of my car b4 my cam

Ohh and Anthony, i have the best sounding car here


QTP LTs + MagnaFlow O/R X Pipe + MagnaPack Mufflers







QTP LTs + Custom O/R H + 1 Chamber Flows







AND THE CAM WITH ^^^^ ThAT SET UP

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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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I have an H pipe with long tubes and glass packs 18 inches. Car sounds awsome deep and responsive, at redline it screams let me tell you. X pipes are more of a high pitched tone. Its all about what you want. I went with h pipes i like the deep tone of it dumped and the h pipe.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
Ohh and Anthony, i have the best sounding car here
it sounds real good and all jonas - hell it's a lot better than mine, you know that - but nothing beats jmm98LS1's car. his ASA cam sounds cleaner at idle, and his car is very different from ANY other flowmaster single chamber car out there. he has a D-port crossover, and he's the only guy i know of on this site that runs that. it's not quite an H or an X. it's like a hybrid. it gives the depth of the H-pipe with the crispness of an X. it's not racy at all. it's just, well, crisp is the best word to describe it. it's so incredibly clean. i wish i could get my car to sound like that. it's as perfect as these cars get. his car is just perfection. you can't beat that.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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i normally don't agree with choco much but i will say jmm98ls1 has the best sounding set up bar-none.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by silverbandit0996
i normally don't agree with choco much
hey, at least we've pinpointed where you went wrong in life. now, we can begin the long road to recovery.

they should pay me for this stuff.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
it sounds real good and all jonas - hell it's a lot better than mine, you know that - but nothing beats jmm98LS1's car. his ASA cam sounds cleaner at idle, and his car is very different from ANY other flowmaster single chamber car out there. he has a D-port crossover, and he's the only guy i know of on this site that runs that. it's not quite an H or an X. it's like a hybrid. it gives the depth of the H-pipe with the crispness of an X. it's not racy at all. it's just, well, crisp is the best word to describe it. it's so incredibly clean. i wish i could get my car to sound like that. it's as perfect as these cars get. his car is just perfection. you can't beat that.
he is the reason i did the 1-chambers on my car.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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+1 on jmm98LS1's exhaust sounding the best.

His setup is absolutly SICK!
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Here's a bunch of X and H sound clips:

http://www.donjohnii.com/Pages/Exhaust_Clips_Page.html

I know they are Mustangs, but you have a lot of the same set-ups with the only difference being the X and H.
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