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X-pipe or H-pipe exhaust

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X-pipe or H-pipe exhaust

Post by DaveB » Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:42 am

I'm looking to changing the exhaust on my 4.8 and it seems there's a couple of options on replacing the centre box. Both involve junking the centre box and replacing with either an X-pipe (more power at higher revs and more raspy sound) or a more traditional H-pipe (more lower end torque and a deeper, muscle car sound).

Any thought, opinions or experience?

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Re: X-pipe or H-pipe exhaust

Post by Raj » Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:54 pm

I've got a custom cat back Magnaflow exhaust with x-pipe and smaller rear boxes and it sounds superb. Goes well too but whether majorly noticeable is debatable as the gains are proportionately small to stock.
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Re: X-pipe or H-pipe exhaust

Post by ChrisLux » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:58 pm

[quote="Raj"]
I've got a custom cat back Magnaflow exhaust with x-pipe and smaller rear boxes and it sounds superb.
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I'll vouch for that  :)
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