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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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I know this has been beat to death but I am needing an answer well i have LTs no cats with 3 inch mendrel bend straights into 1 chamber 40s dumped at the axle but i am going to extend them when I get the cam in. How much hp am i really losing compared to if I had an h or x pipe. i have seen some say a couple of hp/tq and other say a significant amount.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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Is there any reason why your not wanting an X or H pipe? They aren't going cost any power, plus it will sound a lot better with a crossover pipe.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 02:25 AM
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thats just the way it was built i just didnt want to pay more if it was like 1 hp or something
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how does it sound with flowmasters? i have the same set-up as you but i have 2.5" piping into LM1 resonators dumped . . . got it done yesterday and i'm already takin my buddies 40 series off his hands and puttin on mine to quiet it down but i'm gettin an H pipe on monday. anyways sorry to hijack for a sec i was told we need a crossover but i'm still at a loss as to why but it shouldn't be significan't amount to my understanding. are you tuned yet or not? if not your car may be running like ****, i know mine is
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yeah I am tuned the 40s sound pretty good until WOT then its really poppy.
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A crossover pipe will get rid of that pop and it will help with scavaging giving a little more power but I can't say how much.
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