5.0 exhaust, which is better h or x?

**PSPstang** · 10-18-2012, 01:07 PM

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** · 10-18-2012, 04:15 PM

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

**sutyak** · 10-18-2012, 04:43 PM

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** · 10-18-2012, 04:55 PM

^^X2

**John4cam** · 10-18-2012, 06:02 PM

My vote is H for a 5 liter.

**frankstang** · 10-18-2012, 06:21 PM

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** · 10-18-2012, 06:37 PM

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

**no1sirbutler** · 10-18-2012, 06:41 PM

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** · 10-18-2012, 08:47 PM

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** · 10-18-2012, 08:55 PM

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**JOlbert** · 10-18-2012, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by 1320goat

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** · 10-18-2012, 10:21 PM

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

**PaxtonShelby** · 10-18-2012, 10:41 PM

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** · 10-19-2012, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

Prochamber and Flowmaster is a magnificent sound. That is what I ran on my '03 Mach 1.

**Dan B.** · 10-19-2012, 09:33 AM

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** · 10-19-2012, 03:04 PM

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

**Dan B.** · 10-19-2012, 05:02 PM

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

**PaxtonShelby** · 10-19-2012, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Dan B.

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

Yep - Dan thinks Marge Simpson sounds HOT!!!

**Erics89GT** · 10-19-2012, 06:23 PM

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