5.0 exhaust, which is better h or x?

[PSPstang]

fox body 5.0 exhaust, which is the better pipe and pros/cons?
off road h pipe or off road x pipe?

I have an or h pipe on my car now and picked up a or x pipe I may swap on.

[yeahloh95]

it depends on what mufflers flows like an h magnaflow like an x at least from the ones i have heard

[sutyak]

H sounds better with chambered mufflers like Flowmasters. X just doesn't sound right with a chambered muffler to me, too raspy.
X and straight-through like Mangaflow can sound good. Just my opinion.

[no1sirbutler]

^^X2

[John4cam]

My vote is H for a 5 liter.

[frankstang]

I had a catted X pipe at one time and didn't like the sound at all. Switched to a catless H pipe and been happy with it. 5.0's just seem to sound better with H pipes.

[PSPstang]

that seems to be the consensus i have been reading h's sound better on a 5.0

[no1sirbutler]

I can't stand the raspiness of the X. Even on the 4.6 there is too much rasp w a X pipe.

[Mark Aubele]

I prefer the X-pipe sound wise. Doubt either would make a massive power difference on a street 5.0 given same size piping.

[1320goat]

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[JOlbert]

But really, its hard to make a 5.0 sound bad. Or any mustang for that matter. Best sounding cars on the road in my opinion.

What he said.

[mustang50lx]

X-pipes are way to raspy for my taste. I think H-pipes sound better.

[PaxtonShelby]

The '90 LX 5.0 I had a few years ago sounded fantastic - shorty headers, prochamber & Flowmasters. Dang it sounded great! Silverworm & Somethingclever would probably agree.

[sutyak]

The '90 LX 5.0 I had a few years ago sounded fantastic - shorty headers, prochamber & Flowmasters. Dang it sounded great! Silverworm & Somethingclever would probably agree.
Prochamber and Flowmaster is a magnificent sound. That is what I ran on my '03 Mach 1.

[Dan B.]

Running 1-5/8" shorties, BBK ORH and Flowmasters w/ LX tails on the T-bird. Sounds good. The wife's '90 vert w/ a BBK ORH and Magnaflow's sounded better from idle to full throttle though.

[torqueboxer]

Why not just put it on you'll only be out the 15 minutes it takes to put on

[Dan B.]

If you don't use the X, let me know. I like a raspy sound.

[PaxtonShelby]

If you don't use the X, let me know. I like a raspy sound.

Yep - Dan thinks Marge Simpson sounds HOT!!!

[Erics89GT]

i went thru the same thing, i called mutiple people on this and the answers i got were all just sound the prochamber makes 3 more HP then both of them, Hpipe has more crisp raspy sound where as a xpipe has a deeper crisp tone then the H

[Dan B.]

Yep - Dan thinks Marge Simpson sounds HOT!!!

:bananabang:

:thmbsup:

[John4cam]

i went thru the same thing, i called mutiple people on this and the answers i got were all just sound the prochamber makes 3 more HP then both of them, Hpipe has more crisp raspy sound where as a xpipe has a deeper crisp tone then the H


I completly disagree with this. the H has a deeper hollow sound than the X.

[celeste]

Hope this helps.
91 stock aside from b cam, unequal shorties, or/x and flowmaster american thunders

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[pinkpony20000]

I completly disagree with this. the H has a deeper hollow sound than the X.
agree'd, but they both sound good, i have off road x and slp on mine and it sounded good, but i like loud

[Erics89GT]

no matter what you go with youll like the sound