x pipe with flowmasters

[99 cobra lover]

Hello All

My 99 cobra has stock headers and Xpipe but has flowmaster mufflers on it and it sounds good excellent sound however it isn't very loud. i thought about getting more sound and better power by adding a off road xpipe. Any body got this setup with sound clips. Will it sound good.

Bye
99 cobra lover

 

[01_OXFORD_SVT]

Yea I want some too. I just bought a BBK x and it hasnt come in yet, I would like to see what im in for.

 

[1996stang]

i have bbk catted x-pipe and flowmasters on my 96 and its extremely loud.if i could upload sound i would but all ive got is a camera phone.

 

[01_OXFORD_SVT]

i have bbk catted x-pipe and flowmasters on my 96 and its extremely loud.if i could upload sound i would but all ive got is a camera phone.

Damn you....

 

[99COBRA2881]

I thought the rule of thumb was to run an x-pipe with a straight flow through type muffler (magnaflow) and to run an H pipe with a chambered muffler (flowmaster) to get the best sound??

 

[u n v kenny]

First off I know first hand about x-pipes with chambered mufflers. I suppose it's personal preference but I do not like it.

It make a nice sounds but it "bubbles" too much after you rev up and the RPMs go back down.

I had a bbk o/f x pipe with flowmasters.

I went to UPR x-pipe with Magnaflows (which are not chambered)

Basically i'm saying, get an o/f h-pipe if you have chambered mufflers.

But that's my $.02

 

[01rdcobra]

well i have an slp o/r x with a flowmaster catback and i like the sound.
here is a clip i was doing a burn out
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/01+cobra/0/eb851ce5-6c1c-4e24-9894-59fd77563b3c.htm

I'll try to get another clip of just the exhaust at idle and a couple of revs

 

[kxt]

bbk and bassani clamshell x's sound very raspy w/ flows
UPR and SLP x's are less raspy
Dr. Gas has no rasp and virtually no drone!

 

[Tango7]

First off I know first hand about x-pipes with chambered mufflers. I suppose it's personal preference but I do not like it.

It make a nice sounds but it "bubbles" too much after you rev up and the RPMs go back down.

I had a bbk o/f x pipe with flowmasters.

I went to UPR x-pipe with Magnaflows (which are not chambered)

Basically i'm saying, get an o/f h-pipe if you have chambered mufflers.

But that's my $.02

I had the same set-up flows and bbk offroad x-pipe it sounded like marbles at around 2500 rpms... I did not like the sound either...

 

[Nazman]

A long time ago I used to run an Dr. Gas X with some 2 chambers flows and sounded insane! I loved it.

Naz

 

[svt32v99]

A long time ago I used to run an Dr. Gas X with some 2 chambers flows and sounded insane! I loved it.

Naz

+1

I had Hooker Long Tubes with their matching X with Flows. It was simply bad ass. I will be going with the Dr. Gas X when the funds permit.

 

[99 cobra lover]

Well I got conflicting ideas on that one let me be more exact If I ran a offroad x pipe from UPR and flowmasters would they sound good or bad. Would it be a better Idea to run H pipe they do the same thing so it really doesn't matter. Just which would be better X or H any body else got sound clips. I would like to here a h pipe with flowasters or eqivelent rev up and then back down a few times to here the sound through all the ranges and the same with an x pipe from idle to near redline and then back down.

Thank if you can help me
don't want to regret a buy


99 cobra lover

 

[heytonyman]

I am running a Dr. Gas O/R X pipe with a flowmaster A/T catback and I love the sound. Recently changed out the tips for 4" magnaflow rolled tips and it made the sound Much Much deeper. Music to my ears all the time.

Tony

 

[xbajbusx]

my 2 cents man dont get off road x pipe with chamber mufflers you gone hate it ,you want to go with flows go with off road h pipe you want to go wirh x pipe go with megnpacks or other muffler that are not chamber belive me i went thru this s..t and spent lots off money on it ,im running now off road h pipe with flow and it sick but my friend has off road h pipe with mac mufflers they even sound better ,just my 2 cents i went thru what u going and i lost lots of money to get my car to sound like it sounds now

 

[kxt]

The H pipe will sound good but the 2000rpm drone will be horrible. As stated by several posters above just get the dr. gas pipe and be happy with your drone-less raspy-less marble-less BADASS exhaust.

 

[99 cobra lover]

Alright so basically you are saying get an H-pipe with my flows or get a Dr gas pipe. I'm gonna be stupid now what in the world is a dr. gas pipe never ever heard of it. What is it and where do I get it. Remember I'm going for performance not just sound will it ballance out the cylinders and give more flow just like an h pipe or should I just get an Hpipe.

Thanks for the help
99 cobra lover

 

[kxt]

The dr. gas pipes are made drastically different than the clamshell X's of bbk/bassani. These pipes are true X's. Power wise; the usual thought is that H's make a tad more torque while X's make a tad more HP. The H will sound lower w/ more rumble. The X is ussually said to have an exotic tone, yet each one sounds different. I would bet money you would not like the clamshell X sound. I once bought a bassani pipe off ebay and backed it w/ flows. It sounded too raspy inside the car I took it off the very next day. I've run H pipes w/ and w/out cats but they all drone horribly w/ flows, hence the nickname Dronemaster. Back to the dr. gas. They are a lesser known pipe because many places IE: summit & Jegs don't carry them. They come in seperated pieces that must be welded together. As far as performance I feel that all X's are about the same w/ out cats. I have no dyno data but I would rank the dr. gas pipe as a top contender in the Hp race.

 

[99Cobra#2468]

Just say NO to off road x-pipe and flowmasters. You will have mucho rasping and marlbly sound, due to X-pipe and a chambered muffler. I have run both combos, and an off road h-pipe and flowmasters sounds incredible, like a 500 hp 5.0 litre, deep and full sound. There is minimal power difference between off road x-pipe and h-pipe, once the cars have been retuned for the appropriate exhaust set up.

 

[Black96SVT]

I thought the rule of thumb was to run an x-pipe with a straight flow through type muffler (magnaflow) and to run an H pipe with a chambered muffler (flowmaster) to get the best sound??

in a sense it is, but at one point I had flows with an OR SLP X pipe, I loved the sound, but I did end up taking the flows off and throwing a SLP LM1 on the car

 

[ex-PJs snake]

Love the sound of Bassani headers with xpipe backed by Flowmasters...:thumbsup: