Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 10:33 am, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
Anish, X-pipes are also available off the shelf. I have read conflicting reports about their effectiveness for power increase. PlanetSoarer has an article demonstrating an increase in power. Someone else had their Soarer dyno'd before and after (in ALSC archives somewhere) and got no apparent increase.
What is agreed however, is that an X-pipe will make the car a little quieter as it allows the pulses to mingle at the joint and smooths them out.
For me, not having an X-pipe is good. I don't have headers, so am not able to achieve maximum power increase from the exhaust, so I settle for terrific burble instead. Yet to hear a V8 that sounds better
