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Old 04-13-2006, 11:27 AM
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I'm wondering if having a Cat-less x pipe woul give you more or less performance than a straight pipe setup with no cats.
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Old 04-13-2006, 12:32 PM
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The X Pipe will definitley sound better, and may even give you a couple horse over a straight pipe design...you have to have a connection to equal out the pressure...
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Old 04-13-2006, 12:49 PM
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Are you talking about not running a cross over in your exhaust? You really don't want to run straight pipes if that's what your talking about. That will resonate really bad.
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Old 04-13-2006, 02:06 PM
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you have to equalize the exhaust pressure unless your running twin turbos
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Old 04-13-2006, 03:00 PM
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i have the off road h-pipes. sounds good not to sure on how much HP i got
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Old 04-13-2006, 03:45 PM
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From what I read, its only ok for V6's to run straight pipes with no crossover, its due to the firing sequence of the V8's
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Old 04-13-2006, 04:41 PM
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Default RE: Which gives you more performance?

wait...

Are you asking about, say, a catted X pipe verses an off road X pipe? What the hp difference between those is? If so, the catless will have a bit more, prolly not noticeable. If you have an emissions heavy state though you should get catted.
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From what I read, its only ok for V6's to run straight pipes with no crossover, its due to the firing sequence of the V8's
+1 You'll need a crossover of some kind to equalize the pressure between the exhaust pulses. Straight pipes sound like butthole anyway. O/R X or H will give you better HP and sound than straight pipes, guaranteed.
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I'm wondering if having a Cat-less x pipe woul give you more or less performance than a straight pipe setup with no cats.
Catless X pipe will give you a little more hp.
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Old 04-15-2006, 11:59 AM
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ok thats what i was wondering because who ever had my stang before me did the straight pipe thing, but it has a small like inch pipe that runs and is welded in between the two, no sure if thats just a brace or what not.
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I'm wondering if having a Cat-less x pipe woul give you more or less performance than a straight pipe setup with no cats.
Catless X pipe will give you a little more hp.
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