pipeing

riddlee josh · March 21st, 2008, 01:26 PM

ok iwhen i put my custom H pipe in i didn't weld it in i just used clamps. well over time these wore out and the H pipe come apart. the car got real loud like it was running open headers. so today i have spent the last 2 hours welding the h pipe up so that it is super tight. now the car is quieter. (of coarse) but it seems as if the exhaust is really restrictive now. it seems like the car is much slower than it was with the H pipe open. i have 2 1/4 inch pipe . could this size pipe be restrictive? would it be better for me (performance wise) to run the open H pipe or cut outs? or does it just seem slower cause it is quieter?

Onemanzu · March 21st, 2008, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by riddlee josh

i have 2 1/4 inch pipe . could this size pipe be restrictive? would it be better for me (performance wise) to run the open H pipe or cut outs? or does it just seem slower cause it is quieter?

Yes and No... open headers can cause the valves to get worn and burnt, if i remember correctly

riddlee josh · March 21st, 2008, 01:31 PM

so open headers is faster but harder on your car?

GreenFaleen · March 21st, 2008, 01:33 PM

open headers you will bog like mad off the line, you piping should be fine, did you get a really ugly weld that could have clogged some of the pipe?

riddlee josh · March 21st, 2008, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by GreenFaleen

did you get a really ugly weld that could have clogged some of the pipe?

i shouldn't have all the piping overlapped i just had to get it so it wouldn't blow apart like it did three times before

whitemustang02 · March 21st, 2008, 01:53 PM

i think it is just in your head, just because it is Quieter your mind thinks it is slower.

i know from having run open header that they slow you down because you have no low end tq.

riddlee josh · March 21st, 2008, 02:01 PM

ight well i wasn't sure i thought maybe it was just my head but wasn't sure. thanks

March 21st, 2008, 01:26 PM	#1
riddlee josh Enthusiast 1998 mustang 3.8l v6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: portsmouth ohio Posts: 811 iTrader: 0 reviews	pipeing ok iwhen i put my custom H pipe in i didn't weld it in i just used clamps. well over time these wore out and the H pipe come apart. the car got real loud like it was running open headers. so today i have spent the last 2 hours welding the h pipe up so that it is super tight. now the car is quieter. (of coarse) but it seems as if the exhaust is really restrictive now. it seems like the car is much slower than it was with the H pipe open. i have 2 1/4 inch pipe . could this size pipe be restrictive? would it be better for me (performance wise) to run the open H pipe or cut outs? or does it just seem slower cause it is quieter? __________________ RACING because baseball,basketball, bowling,football, and golf only require one ball

March 21st, 2008, 01:31 PM	#3
riddlee josh Enthusiast 1998 mustang 3.8l v6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: portsmouth ohio Posts: 811 iTrader: 0 reviews	so open headers is faster but harder on your car? __________________ RACING because baseball,basketball, bowling,football, and golf only require one ball

March 21st, 2008, 01:33 PM	#4
GreenFaleen MM's Resident Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.001@113 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,880 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	open headers you will bog like mad off the line, you piping should be fine, did you get a really ugly weld that could have clogged some of the pipe? __________________ Scion Tc Turbo - 9psi 297whp 287wtq 2500lbs :p MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer NCMM #9 "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby

March 21st, 2008, 01:53 PM	#6
whitemustang02 MM's official Chevy guy 2002 Mustang V6 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2,024 iTrader: 0 reviews	i think it is just in your head, just because it is Quieter your mind thinks it is slower. i know from having run open header that they slow you down because you have no low end tq. __________________ "Speak softly and carry a big stick" - Theodore Roosevelt "Any idiot can make a V8 fast, it takes a real idiot to make a fast V6". '02 Mustang N/A 4.3 stroker away for winter '72 Chevelle project car 454 coming '93 Bronco EFI 351W DD

March 21st, 2008, 02:01 PM	#7
riddlee josh Enthusiast 1998 mustang 3.8l v6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: portsmouth ohio Posts: 811 iTrader: 0 reviews	ight well i wasn't sure i thought maybe it was just my head but wasn't sure. thanks __________________ RACING because baseball,basketball, bowling,football, and golf only require one ball

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