X or H pipe???

[MustangMatt95]

I have the factory active exhaust with a Steeda H-pipe. I didn't care about the power differential, I cared more about the sound. Coyotes are already raspy, so I thought the H pipe would be the better option and I'm very happy with my choice. This one simple and cheap mod really wakes up the exhaust and gives a better tone and more volume. I get some nice aggressive exhaust whip/crack sounds while doing spirited driving and rev matching anything over 4K RPM . Stock tune. Love it. The car is dead quiet on the highway in "Quiet" mode.

I get compliments on the sound all the time.

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[J.R. Mosher]

Ended up going with the H pipe. The reason I bought the X pipe cat back kit was because Roush doesn’t offer the long tubes individually and they don’t offer an H pipe catback kit. But the H pipe sounds great with that kit. Definitely has that old school rumble and grumble. And that sound is amplified to the max with the axles and long tubes .Too bad most of the catback kits on the market are mostly based on x pipes. But I would highly recommend doing a full cat back with the H pipe. Thanks to everyone for all of the feedback from my original post

 

[Cux211]

Steeda has a video where they test them both. The X made much more power.

6hp I wouldn’t exactly call that much more lol

 

[GregO]

6hp I wouldn’t exactly call that much more lol

Finally
I was waiting for this.
Screw the Dyno pulls, I’d like to see controlled 1/8 & 1/4 mile time slips.

 

[SpeedLu]

I had a Steeda H pipe in my former ride, and no active exhaust. So... now I have active exhaust and no pipe yet.. BUT I just bought a house in a 55+ years community. How loud is the AE in quiet mode with the H pipe?

Quiet Mode will still be quiet with an H-pipe. Just don't do what I did and get headers on top of it... Quiet Mode with headers and an H-pipe will be more like Normal Mode.

 

[J.R. Mosher]

Warm start

 

[Bman5150]

For those that went with Steeda’s H pipe….are most of you running the stock exhaust from the H-pipe back to the mufflers/exhaust tips?

I went with an Hpipe on my 2001 GT along with Flowmaster-style mufflers. I absolutely loved it and would love that same sound if I end up buying another mustang in the next 6mos. I also might be an oddball but I like what Ford did with the stock exhaust. Only thing I don’t love is the smallish tips-wish they were slightly larger.

 

[WD Pro]

To some the eargasm is worth the cost of a few hp …

For those that went with Steeda’s H pipe….are most of you running the stock exhaust from the H-pipe back to the mufflers/exhaust tips?

In my case, yes

WD

 

[Bman5150]

To some the eargasm is worth the cost of a few hp …


In my case, yes

WD

man I agree. I could care less about adding relatively small amount of horsepower. The sound you hear every time you drive it but I get it’s personal preference.

 

[FoMoCo]

Planning to get the Xpipe from Ford Performance. I don't believe they offer an H. At some point I may go with the Borla atak that comes with their switch fire, that's made for the GT500 with the Mach 1 adapters.

What tune did you go with?

I have been running Palm Beach for the past 2 years. E85 tune.

 

[noac]

6hp I wouldn’t exactly call that much more lol

no but it is free HP…as the price point of the 2 are the same.

 

[Ardiyanto]

Honestly, I still can’t tell the difference in sound. E.g. if I were to get in your car, I would’ve still had to ask you what you had installed, an X or an H.

 

[Rapid Red]

6hp I wouldn’t exactly call that much more lol

6hp here, 5hp there it adds to the base, want to nip pick, we can do that.
More is more as less is less LMAO

rock on

 

[GregO]

The horsepower difference is about 1.5%
That percentage is close to the acceptable Dyno load cell +/- tolerance from run to run.
Also the exhaust systems over all temperature from front to back has an impact on the HP power level.
Nothing against Steeda but 3 pulls each averaged gets us closer to the real HP delta.

 

[Cux211]

6hp here, 5hp there it adds to the base, want to nip pick, we can do that.
More is more as less is less LMAO

rock on

If the comments was the x pipe makes a bit more hp then yes that’s a fact but the comment was “the x pipe makes much more power than the H”

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