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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by El Zappo
En español
De Wikipedia:

Barrido del extractor .................
Excellent!! Gracias amigo!!.

But the translator like this, translates literally, so the semantic isnt always correct, is like said:

El auto comienza a caminar cuando la luz se pone en verde
The car start to walk when the light put on green , instead of: The car starts to run when the sign turns green

But gives a close enough idea..


Originally Posted by 81c3
He said he doesnt speak it very well. He is from Mexico if you read his profile. Dont be a D I C K H E A D!

Thanks men, I know that the friendship by the same hobby, in this case the Vettes, is without countries but may be this guy can not live thinking that there are too much mexicans that can afore the same or better cars than him.

On the other way, if is just a joke, no problem for me.

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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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De nada, amigo.
Que disfrute de su Corvette.

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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Somos todos los hermanos de Corvette aquí…

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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Si, señor.
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X or H pipe = Put some miles on your Vette and enjoy it
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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L
No.
Yes
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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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AR long tube headers, hi-flo cats with x-pipe and corsa cat back equals a hell of a nice sound, especially at WOT. Sorry but I can't say this in anything but english.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by JDaniel
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Exhaust gases are equalized with both an H and X... if not, it would be called an I I pipe.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L
Exhaust gases are equalized with both an H and X... if not, it would be called an I I pipe.
Might as well be then.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by e6bailey
X or H pipe = Put some miles on your Vette and enjoy it
I will!!

Whit all this comment, there´s no doubt I will replace the H for a X Pipe!!, I hope sound just I like too...
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L
Exhaust gases are equalized with both an H and X... if not, it would be called an I I pipe.
Big difference in the two. Inside the H-crossover portion, there is a plate with an internal hole that is pretty small compared to the outside diameter of the pipe. I don't really know why GM did this, however, it varies in size with certain years, I believe as small as 1/2 inch in some. The X-pipe allows nearly 100% same-time equalization in both sides (gets rid of most of the popping) plus greater scavenging.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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This is the only board I've seen where people say the X sounds better than an H. I have no opinion either way, but all other hot rodders I've seen have this discussion agree that the X makes the car have a ricey "road racer" sound.

Don't turn into the usual "group of angry geezers" deal where I'm attacked by bitter old men for sharing what OTHERS think.
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Originally Posted by N4cer
Don't turn into the usual "group of angry geezers" deal where I'm attacked by bitter old men for sharing what OTHERS think.
Or, in other words, "Bring it on!"
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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LOL it wouldn't surprise me a bit. Some peoples lives suck.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by C5XTASY
Big difference in the two. Inside the H-crossover portion, there is a plate with an internal hole that is pretty small compared to the outside diameter of the pipe. I don't really know why GM did this, however, it varies in size with certain years, I believe as small as 1/2 inch in some. The X-pipe allows nearly 100% same-time equalization in both sides (gets rid of most of the popping) plus greater scavenging.
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You don't need a hole anywhere near the size of the exhaust pipe, just large enough to equalize the pressure difference. Exhaust gases do not flow thru the "H" portion.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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An X-pipe will smooth out the flow of exhaust gasses and will deepen the tone of the exhaust. At least it did that on mine. And when I installed it, it stopped the majority of the popping and drone I had from the aftermarket catbacks.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by El Zappo
You don't need a hole anywhere near the size of the exhaust pipe, just large enough to equalize the pressure difference. Exhaust gases do not flow thru the "H" portion.
It all depends what you wish to accomplish. If you like the popping sound, and many do, and don't care much about scavenging, what you say is true except there has to be some flow through the H-pipe if there is a pressure differential. I'll throw this back out here from my earlier post.
A benefit of an X-pipe, over an H-pipe, in addition to a greater scavenging effect, is a "smoothing" of the exhaust tone and a reduction in the "popping" sound, that seems to come with many aftermarket exhausts, and some people don't like. With just an H-pipe, each exhaust pulse travels down it's exhaust pipe until it comes to the H-pipe. At that point, some of the pulse will cross over into the other exhaust pipe because of differential pressure (lower pressure on the non-firing side), creating the aforementioned scavenging effect. As some of the pulse is crossing over, and, therefore, taking a longer path out to the tailpipe, the result is basically non-synchronous pulses out the tail pipes, and one larger than the other.
With an X-pipe, both exhaust paths join. So now, when an exhaust pulse exits the X-pipe, a relatively equal amount of pulse is traveling down each exhaust pipe. The result is relatively equally sized, synchronous, exhaust pulses exiting the tailpipes, thereby "smoothing" the sound. This is in addition to a greater scavenging effect due to a larger pulse exiting the non-firing side tailpipe.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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I have the Corsa Pace Car on my 03 Vert. I had the same popping and gurgling sound and hated it. When I was at Carlisle this summer, I went to the Corsa tent to find out how to get rid of it. They said to replace the "H-pipe" with the "X-pipe". I went to the Kooks trailer, paid $300 for the Corsa "X" and had it installed in 15 minutes at the Corsa tent for $26. The sound changed tremendously. I love it now. No more popping or gurgling
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by slowtealz28
It will absolutely change the sound of the exhaust, but in a good way. It will sound much deeper at idle and WOT, will be louder, and will burble less. Say goodbye to the motorboat sound.

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An X-pipe isn't deeper or louder than an H-pipe. I've had both setups and the X-pipe made it too smooth and exotic for me. If you want the deep muscle car sound stick with an H-pipe.

I have longtubes, no cats, h-pipe, and PRT's and it gets tons of compliments, sounds better than the Corsa or Borlas I've had.
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by VIPERBLUELX
I have longtubes, no cats, h-pipe, and PRT's and it gets tons of compliments, sounds better than the Corsa or Borlas I've had.
Anything sounds better than Corsa... but Borla...? I need sound clips for proof.
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