X-Pipe for more torque?...
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Originally Posted by Atok
Not sure if it makes more power or not but it didn't hurt.
Larry
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Melting Slicks
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From: Cape Coral FL
Originally Posted by rocco16
Then why does my LT4, which has an H-version, resonate??? 
Larry
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Larry
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You also have a resonator right underneath you, which the only purpose seems to be to CREATE resonance rather than curtail it on an LTX application.
To the poster asking if all dual in dual out Magnaflows have a Tru-X, they are not all Tru-X mufflers.
Drifting
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From: Sparks NV
Soooo...I suppose the $64K question is...does anyone currently make a 2 3/4" X-pipe that we can use on our stock pipes (or in my case my PE 2 3/4" system) Looks like RacerX70CC will have the market cornered. How soon you going to have them finished racer?
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From: Melbourne Florida
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OK, I am back from the shop I went to yesterday...they are hot rod guys and real gearheads...they custom fabbed up an X-Pipe and installed it for $110.00 out the door...after install, when they started the car, it sounded very different than it did before...I revved it a few times and the exhaust note grew on me quickly...sounds very cool...
I pulled out of their shop and, of course, had to blast it immediately...I don't know what happened but SOTP told me it was quicker...it really moved and the sound was wicked...I kept it at WOT till third gear and she was movin' real good...same lightining fast shifts at 5900 rpm...
I am a very happy camper...Woot!
Oh yeah...on the drive home there was no resonance (like before), just a different but sweet exhaust note...
I pulled out of their shop and, of course, had to blast it immediately...I don't know what happened but SOTP told me it was quicker...it really moved and the sound was wicked...I kept it at WOT till third gear and she was movin' real good...same lightining fast shifts at 5900 rpm...
I am a very happy camper...Woot!
Oh yeah...on the drive home there was no resonance (like before), just a different but sweet exhaust note...
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From: NS
Originally Posted by rocco16
I see the X-pipe installed after the resonator on your system as being redundant, since you already have an H-pipe on it before the resonator. Can you explain the purpose of the X-pipe here?
Larry
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Larry
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No seriously, it probably does nothing, I bought the used system like this. Came off a ZR1.
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From: Colorado Springs CO
Originally Posted by ccmano
Soooo...I suppose the $64K question is...does anyone currently make a 2 3/4" X-pipe that we can use on our stock pipes (or in my case my PE 2 3/4" system) Looks like RacerX70CC will have the market cornered. How soon you going to have them finished racer?
Hans
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From: Cape Coral FL
Originally Posted by ccmano
Soooo...I suppose the $64K question is...does anyone currently make a 2 3/4" X-pipe that we can use on our stock pipes (or in my case my PE 2 3/4" system) Looks like RacerX70CC will have the market cornered. How soon you going to have them finished racer?
Hans
Hans
Drifting
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From: Sparks NV
Originally Posted by RacerX70CC
I'm waiting on the manufacturer.... Supposedly the next run is three weeks, so I should have them just before Christmas (fingers crossed)
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From: TEMECULA CALIFORNIA
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
Since the LT4 already has an H pipe, you won't get the dramatic change that a system with no crossover would get. If you are already sans mufflers and take the resonator off, that sucker's gonna be loud! 
You probably won't score any points with your neighbors.
You probably won't score any points with your neighbors.
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Originally Posted by 9vette4
I have a '94 LT-1 and i just had the Magnaflow mufflers put on.
My car i basicly stock ( cold air induction ). Would an X pipe help
my car in HP or Torque at all ?
My car i basicly stock ( cold air induction ). Would an X pipe help
my car in HP or Torque at all ?
Yes, buy removing the factory resonator and installing a Xpipe in it's place you will flow more exhaust and have more low end torque. How much more I do not know as I have not seen any dyno charts from before and after the swap.But I have driven several LT1 that have done this and they pulled harder in the lower rev's. I am sure some of the CF members have done this is and will reply. RACERX70CC should have a better idea.
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From: Rancho Santa Margarita CA
Recently at the Craftsman Truck race at PIR ( Phoenix ) I got a chance to look under a Toyota truck.
Guess what? No X-Pipe.......but they had the H-Pipe,
and Toyota trucks run very strong.
Guess what? No X-Pipe.......but they had the H-Pipe,
and Toyota trucks run very strong.
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Originally Posted by Achilles
So does it matter where the location of the X-pipe is?
Should it be closer to the front, middle or rear of the car?
I have an early C4 w/ custom 2 1/2" dual exhaust (no cat).
Should it be closer to the front, middle or rear of the car?
I have an early C4 w/ custom 2 1/2" dual exhaust (no cat).
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Louis
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From: Urbana OH
I know I'm a noob.... I have an 86E and was planning on doing a custom exhaust anyway. If I was to do an X-pipe would I simply put it before the cat or in place of them. I'm going to be running TPIS headers and I already have a magnaflow catback so I was wondering if I replaced the cat if it would make me def. or if the sound would be reasonable.
Thanks for your time,
Merritt
Thanks for your time,
Merritt
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Originally Posted by teufelhund
I know I'm a noob.... I have an 86E and was planning on doing a custom exhaust anyway. If I was to do an X-pipe would I simply put it before the cat or in place of them. I'm going to be running TPIS headers and I already have a magnaflow catback so I was wondering if I replaced the cat if it would make me def. or if the sound would be reasonable.
Thanks for your time,
Merritt
Thanks for your time,
Merritt
Good for the clean air bad for more HP Happy Thanksgiving
Racer
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From: Urbana OH
Originally Posted by Louis Bartay
I would have the X pipe installed after the cat and have the cat back redone to have the X pipe installed. In Texas we Have to have cats for out State Inspection Sticker. They run a smog test here Good for the clean air bad for more HP Happy Thanksgiving
Good for the clean air bad for more HP Happy ThanksgivingThanks and good thing ohio doesn't require anything
. And since my car is almost a classic I soon won't have to worry about it anyway.Thank you!
Semper fi