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Old Jun 12, 2020 | 02:03 AM
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Who makes a set of long tubes that will bolt up to the stock X pipe? Thanks

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Who makes a set of long tubes that will bolt up to the stock X pipe? Thanks

Yesterday I installed a set of Speed Engineering's long tubes and I would suggest contacting them about their product. I used their Xpipe kit and for $179.00 I highly recommend it and their headers.

I think in any set of headers, to bolt to the existing system you are going to have to have a reducer of some sort to go from the 3" OD coming out of the headers into the factory size. I went Speed Engineering all the way back to the axle back and the difference between the two was about 1/2 inch difference.
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I think the only set of longtubes that will bolt up to the factory x pipe is b&b
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Reason I asked is I have a magna flow CAt back and it bolted right up where old pipes did.
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Most header systems include an x pipe that ends in the factory location and will bolt up to any cat back. I have a set of ARH headers and I attached my stock NPP cat back to them
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Reason I asked is I have a magna flow CAt back and it bolted right up where old pipes did.
If you’re adding headers, it would be best to go ahead and include the xpipe that’s required for that particular headers. They usually bolt right up to any axle back exhaust system.GL
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Who makes a set of long tubes that will bolt up to the stock X pipe? Thanks
No one makes long tube headers that bolt up to factory x-pipe
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No one makes long tube headers that bolt up to factory x-pipe
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