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Old 06-24-2006, 08:07 AM
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I've been looking for a long time now for an aftermarket exhaust that has a diameter larger than 2.5". Does anyone out there make a 3"? And headers, none that I have found are 2", is that another thing of the past? The largest I've ben able to find is like, 1.625" I just want the largest diameter I can find for this air pump I'm building.
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 08:52 AM
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What do you mean air pump? Are they not for your car?
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 09:20 AM
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LOL, what I meant was an engine is just an air pump to a degree.
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 09:37 AM
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Alright, you were confusing me. Anyways, you dont need any exhaust that is larger then 2.5". Same goes for headers. Which is why you cant find those.
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 09:39 AM
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Flowmaster has a 3in setup but 2.5 is big enough with your setup. You need to be pushing some mad HP to consider 3in exhaust, atleast 500 or more to the wheels.
 
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Yep you will lose power with a 3 inch pipe unless you are pushing some big power.
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lances03GT
Yep you will lose power with a 3 inch pipe unless you are pushing some big power.
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Old 06-24-2006, 01:51 PM
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what they said^^
 
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Old 06-24-2006, 11:18 PM
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OK, now that you have set me straight there, when I look at cat-less X pipes, they seem to come in 2 lengths, (at least they look that way) long and short, after the X pipe, how can I tell which cat-back to get? I wish they would say this exhaust needs the shorter X pipe, or this exhaust needs the longer X pipe, or, am I missing a whole lot of what is being said in the adds? I'm just so damn confused right now. I'm not getting headers, so this should be easy! Another thing, is an H pipe better than a X pipe, and why?
I feel like such a dumb f--k!!
Thanx in advance for any help.
 
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Old 06-25-2006, 05:09 AM
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If you don't do headers then you need the regular X or H pipe not the shortie's.All the catbacks will fit that are for a GT.

I have an X pipe and love it.The difference is in the sound between an X and a H.An X pipe sounds better with a straight through or bullit style muffler like the LM's,Magnapack's and Stinger's while and H sound's better with say Flowmasters,Mac,or any chambered type system.
 
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I think I got it now, Thanx
 
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