Doing research and I'd love to run an X-pipe. I'm looking at the spacing on my 3600 wondering where the hell it would cross over as I've got a 4" driveshaft and the exhaust is going to exit out of the side in front of the rear wheels.
Thoughts?
Second attempt at an Edit. - V8 383 tied to a TKO600
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What kind of racing are you doing, and do you have a specific RPM range where you need to develop maximum torque? Most fancy exhaust systems on street-driven vehicles are simply eye candy to impress the mouth-breathers at car shows, with no measurable power advantage that justifies the effort or expense involved. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
What kind of racing are you doing, and do you have a specific RPM range where you need to develop maximum torque? Most fancy exhaust systems on street-driven vehicles are simply eye candy to impress the mouth-breathers at car shows, with no measurable power advantage that justifies the effort or expense involved. Jerry
Jerry you never fail to make me laugh. "mouth breathers" haha!
No racing. In the research I had done folks had said it cuts down on the noise level at the lower RPMs. I couldn't care less, but if I have any hope of getting the wife in the truck one of these obnoxious things you can hear from 3 blocks away isn't going to do it. Not really my style anyway. So at the end of the day it's less to do with power and more to do with sound levels. However, I am fully open to not using an x-pipe at all, as it would make my life infinitely easier.
The simplest way to make a low restriction exhaust system that won't give the neighbors cause to break out the varmint rifle every time you crank up the engine is to put a pair of mufflers for a mid-1970's Cadillac on your truck. Each one has 2 1/2" pipes in and out, and one of them is designed to flow the exhaust stream from a 500 cubic inch engine. Low restriction and quiet- - - -sounds like a win/win situation to me! Any muffler shop should be able to bend up a set of pipes to accommodate that system. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
I tried an x-pipe on my 1980 pickup. It had a 350 V8. I added headers and there was a noticeable improvement. The x-pipe was added later and there was no noticeable change in performance, gas mileage or exhaust noise. Waste of money, IMO.
If no racing in mind then a simple equalizer tube will accomplish the same noise reduction and use a lot less space than an X pipe. If no racing with mega power and huge rubber WHAT THE HECK do you need a TKO 600 for? At least you don't have a wimp T5 to puke its guts onto the pavement.
Back in the day ('70's) some of us used to run Chrysler Imperial 440 mufflers on our Mopars. Imperials came with single exhaust for a 440 and like Jerry's Cadallic muffler had 2/1/2" inlet/outlet. The original Mopar mufflers had a big crimp in the end for some reason and we always wanted the originals. This is a currently available option.
I ran a pair of the 440 mufflers on my 340 for a while with 2 1/2" off the headers to the mufflers and slash cut tips that exited in front of the rear wheels like the 340 6 Pak Cudas. Sound was very acceptable and at the dragstrip dyno power was about like open headers.
I do have a x-pipe on the Miata's 302 and it does give it a different sound. More of a European sports car sound as opposed to a American hot rod rumble. I like it.
Dual exhaust with 2 1/2" dumping behind the rear bumper with the mufflers mentioned above and with a xpipe (if plumbing is worked out) would make for a nice, quite, high flow performance package.
If no racing in mind then a simple equalizer tube will accomplish the same noise reduction and use a lot less space than an X pipe. If no racing with mega power and huge rubber WHAT THE HECK do you need a TKO 600 for? At least you don't have a wimp T5 to puke its guts onto the pavement.
A good family friend died before he could finish his build. I couldn't get a junk yard motor for what they would let me pay for his new crate 383 and tko600 combo.
