Paul Poirier
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I have Flowmaster cat back mufflers, would like a little more sound. I see a lot of xpipes recommended and few h-pipes. Curious as to why?
X-pipe or H-pipe on 03-04 Cobra and why?
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X pipe seems to make things more raspy in my personal opinion. However I ditched my flowmasters on my black one recently. It sounded okay with an H pipe.
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20 yr old car now,this subject has been beat to death ,
Imo. X. Because I have 1 ..
And most used 1 ..
But guys with h will say that's better. .
I also went with long tubes .for that extra boom
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20 yr old car now,this subject has been beat to death ,
Imo. X. Because I have 1 ..
And most used 1 ..
But guys with h will say that's better. .
I also went with long tubes .for that extra boom
My favorite exhaust setup on old mustang GT was long tubes, x pipe, flow master super 44s.
Typically chambered mufflers sound best with an H. This gives a "classic" deeper bass muscle car type sound. X is used mostly with the straight through type muffler and gives more rasp as stated above.
This.
Agreed. I have an X with my Stingers. I ran them with a stock H and they sounded ok, but had an odd tone.
My son ran an O/R H on his 99 GT with one chamber Flows. It sounded mean.
Yup..x is usually more raspy and h is usually more deep "mo betta" sound".
The best way to figure out what you like is to find a video and play it with some ear buds or in your vehicle where you can turn it up. FYI you're gonna play hell trying to find any kind of o/r midpipe right now, they're pretty much non existent
Same here. I’ve got stock manifolds, Bassani O/R X pipe, and Borla Stingers. It’s louder than I expected for sure. Love the sound though.
Also have a Bassani O/R X pipe and Magnaflow catback on my white one.
Giving away my flowmasters to the garbage man. Haha
Also have a Bassani O/R X pipe and Magnaflow catback on my white one.
Giving away my flowmasters to the garbage man. Haha
Paul Poirier
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Yeah. Honestly someone could have just messaged me a link or something. I don't have a lot of time to search through a thread with 10's of opinions going in all different directions. I was looking more to see if there was quantifiable information as to which is better and why.
There really isn't much of a difference other than the tone of the car. Also it depends on the catback, if you're keeping the flowmasters I'd get an o/r h pipe. I had an o/r x and flowmasters, I didn't really like how it sound so I went to borla stingers. Now I have kooks headers, and x pipe, with the borlas it sounds amazing IMO.
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Yeah, you really have to decide on which overall sound you like best since the X-pipe has a sound that is different from the H-pipe. I have always referred to the H pipe sound as "classic Mustang" vs. the more raspy sound from an X-pipe. But then, what is "classic Mustang", LOL. Hearing both will push you to one or the other. I had an X-pipe on my '03 Cobra but always preferred the H-pipe. I had planned to switch to an MRT H-pipe, but never ended up doing it.
The bottom line for those looking for suggestions on what exhaust sounds best is that there is NO perfect setup. It's very subjective. Everyone has their own personal preference for exhaust systems. HEARING a setup, if possible, is the BEST way to pick your own. Opinions are just that, opinions.
The bottom line for those looking for suggestions on what exhaust sounds best is that there is NO perfect setup. It's very subjective. Everyone has their own personal preference for exhaust systems. HEARING a setup, if possible, is the BEST way to pick your own. Opinions are just that, opinions.
Paul Poirier
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Thanks everyone!
In all honesty that video up there made me change my setup. Like I said it's all preference, but I sat there and watched that video countless times, and I thought to myself....Damn, my car sounds like ass
Watch some videos on YouTube,
Mustangs leaving show,,
You will get alot of different sounds,,
The long tube header gives a unique sound that will stand out ,
You will see more than a dozen cobras leaving ,you can tell
Mustangs leaving show,,
You will get alot of different sounds,,
The long tube header gives a unique sound that will stand out ,
You will see more than a dozen cobras leaving ,you can tell
My LTs have quieted down my idle for sure. I’m sure it will scream at WOT but so far it’s much more subdued at idle compared to stock mannies
I have the ultimate mid pipe that's extremely hard to find. OR ProChamber w/Stingers. Sounds so nice.
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