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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:01 PM
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I removed my borla exhaust and the section before it with a resonator to go with something louder. A couple weeks before this I had the cats cut out as well.

So now I have the exhaust ending about in the middle of the car just about a foot after where the stock cats would have been.

Do I need to get an X pipe or can I have the exhaust shop leave the 2 sides of the exhaust seperate?

This part would slide right onto what is remaining on my car but should I get it? What will it do more than just having 2 seperate straight pipes made. Balance out the exhaust? Change backpressure etc??

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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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anyone? Is this a good idea?
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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Keep the X pipe.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 11:25 PM
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You don't have to do anything as elaborate as an X-pipe but I would at the very least have the shop weld a piece of pipe between the two. It helps to scavenge exhaust from the engine.

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it helps to equalize the exhaust pressures...
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 06:42 AM
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keep the X-pipe - it helps balance out the exhaust flow.
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Even the factory exhaust has a small diameter H-pipe.
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If you run straight pipes you lose the scavange effect, keep the x which optimizes the effect.
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