Exhaust question.
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Yes. It promotes exhaust gas scavenging through the system.
Here is a good article on comparing X-Pipes & H-Pipes and how they work,
https://www.autoanything.com/resour...e merges this,spent exhaust out the cylinders.
Here is a good article on comparing X-Pipes & H-Pipes and how they work,
https://www.autoanything.com/resour...e merges this,spent exhaust out the cylinders.
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X pipe would be great. Im not an expert but i dont know if true dual is factory, if it is, swap out both those oem mufflers for aftermarket. I wont say which brand to get, everyone has there own opinions but i have Flowmaster super 44 and i love it but its real loud.
Those mods would give you plenty of exhaust escape velocity without the turbulence and produce a good sound
Those mods would give you plenty of exhaust escape velocity without the turbulence and produce a good sound
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Scotty_12
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No my truck did not have an exhaust when new. I just bought this truck a couple months ago. It already has an aftermarket muffler. NOT SURE WHAT IT IS . I was just wondering if the straight pipes was hurting anything.
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From what i can tell, its not true dual exhaust. True dual utilize 2 mufflers, one for each pipe. Other than x or h pipe mods, true dual are stand alone from eachother from manifold to exhaust tip.
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That's a flowmaster muffler and it does crossflow, not as good as a true X pipe, but it does crossflow.
You could add an X pipe, but you would see no net gain from it.
best 5.7 power adders:
STOCK AIRBOX. you will NEVER outflow the stock airbox unless you are running forced induction. as well the oiled cone filters are notorious for ruining throttle bodies.
long tube headers with cat delete. (shorty's are okay but the stock downpipes are way too small) once you have a better flowing exhaust you will want an X pipe.
better camshaft.
a tune to tie it together. (the tune is the key that unlocks the potential from everything else.)
Many years ago I used to run a $2000 bounty for anyone that had a CAI that would show an increase in power. The challenge was simple. we would do two pulls with the stock airbox, and then we would do two pulls with a CAI. If the CAI made more power than the stock box I would pay (even if it was 1hp). other small rules applied, like both had to have a fresh filter, both sets of pulls had to be done fully warmed up and in closed loop mode, and the stock box had to be STOCK. no hidden baffles to restrict flow and cheat the test lol. we ran hundreds upon hundreds of dyno pulls a month. more often than not, if the power level wasn't exactly the same between pulls, it actually went down. The only time we ever saw gains was changing them out on forced induction cars, and even then the gains did not justify the cost. I never paid anyone that 2k.
You could add an X pipe, but you would see no net gain from it.
best 5.7 power adders:
STOCK AIRBOX. you will NEVER outflow the stock airbox unless you are running forced induction. as well the oiled cone filters are notorious for ruining throttle bodies.
long tube headers with cat delete. (shorty's are okay but the stock downpipes are way too small) once you have a better flowing exhaust you will want an X pipe.
better camshaft.
a tune to tie it together. (the tune is the key that unlocks the potential from everything else.)
Many years ago I used to run a $2000 bounty for anyone that had a CAI that would show an increase in power. The challenge was simple. we would do two pulls with the stock airbox, and then we would do two pulls with a CAI. If the CAI made more power than the stock box I would pay (even if it was 1hp). other small rules applied, like both had to have a fresh filter, both sets of pulls had to be done fully warmed up and in closed loop mode, and the stock box had to be STOCK. no hidden baffles to restrict flow and cheat the test lol. we ran hundreds upon hundreds of dyno pulls a month. more often than not, if the power level wasn't exactly the same between pulls, it actually went down. The only time we ever saw gains was changing them out on forced induction cars, and even then the gains did not justify the cost. I never paid anyone that 2k.
