upr x
09-26-2010, 09:55 PM
#21
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i have the mac x on mine the shop didnt have any issues with the 02 connections and it sounds great. I eventually had to get some hi-flow cats welded onto it though bc of inspection next month. It does have less of a tin can sound around 2500rpm with the cats on.
09-26-2010, 10:29 PM
#23
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09-26-2010, 10:46 PM
#24
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honestly it all just depends on your mufflers. the reason i ended up back with an H pipe (tho i love x's more) is im running flows now. they sounded like garbage from idle to about 2500rpm (daily driving) and rattled like hell when i downshifted and stuff like that. dunno why, but never did it with the H so thats what i went back to.
anything non chambered X is definately the way to go. anything chambered, i have to say H just for the cleaner sound.
anything non chambered X is definately the way to go. anything chambered, i have to say H just for the cleaner sound.
09-27-2010, 05:45 AM
#25
I was lookin at a UPR o/r x as well. I'm having issues with connecting my top 02s with my current x-pipe. Would you say it's worth the buy?
09-27-2010, 11:23 AM
#26
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my friends used to laugh when they drove behind me because occasionally there would just be sparks showering out the back of my car because it would bottom out just driving down the road. i musta looked like a redneck.
09-27-2010, 11:36 AM
#27
As far as mac exhaust goes, I'm currently removing long tubes and a mac h off a 98 gt and the headers rotted through and the h pipe fell apart. The mileage on the parts are uinknown but the car has 110k miles. But I know a local guy who had bad rusting problems with mac headers as well. But keep in mind both these cars are drivin through pennsylvania winters with a lot of road salt
09-27-2010, 12:24 PM
#28
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actually it really wasnt much, if any money, to swap mid pipes out thats probably why i did it so much. didnt cost any money and i couldnt ever decide on a sound. i always bought them used, and would sell mine for usually the same price or sometimes higher, or lower. so all in all, i spent MAYBE 100$ to swap mid pipes all those times. and i had free lift access so zero cost in labor.
i would have never done it if i was buying brand new pipes and throwing hte old ones in the dumpster and paying someone 100+$ to install it every time.
i would have never done it if i was buying brand new pipes and throwing hte old ones in the dumpster and paying someone 100+$ to install it every time.
yeah its a bit of a different deal with used parts. at least now you have a very good idea of what they sound like.
09-27-2010, 12:46 PM
#29
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Before my long tube setup I had the UPR off road x pipe with the stock manifolds, the x pipe was suprising great quality. I put probably about 10k miles on it and it saw two PA winters. This pas winter it went out the window for LTs but its currently installed on my buddies Kenne Bell 96 4v. When i dropped the pipe it was still new looking with no rust which was suprising considering it saw some winters. So I can contest that it is a good quality peice. The only thing I didn't like about it is that it seemed to hang alot lower to the ground than any other mid pipes I have seen which for my area sucks because the roads are all bad.
09-27-2010, 12:47 PM
#30
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You don't even drive the damn thing, why would it need to go to a shop?