Straight pipes!!!!

[JORO91]

I’m currently running straight pipes on my 03 MM. Meaning no cross pipe x or h pipe.
A buddy of mine was telling me I’m loosing power and toque because of that.
any thoughts on my setup?????????

[musclemerc]

Yep........

[Fastbob]

Your buddy is correct.

[Curless]

Yes he's correct, not to mention the fact that these engines sound like absolute crap straight piped... ugh...:puke::nono::down:

[offroadkarter]

Yes he's correct, not to mention the fact that these engines sound like absolute crap straight piped... ugh...:puke::nono::down:


beat me to it

[1Marauder]

Just plain beat!

[burt ragio]

Total loss of power you have no back pressure. Loud does not equal fast. Loud equals pissed off neighbors. If you can't hear your tunes or have a conversation with your passengers it's to loud.

[a_d_a_m]

pantheroc deleted the mufflers on his car but I believe kept the H-pipe.
It sounds decent.

[RocsMerc]

Ideally, the closer to the engine you can get the balance pipe/x pipe the better. You will suffer some power loss from not having a balance pipe. Your exhaust has to travel all the way to the tips of the tail pipes to find balance, which is the opposite of what you want.

[decipha]

I've dyno'd cars that have picked up over 100rwhp simply by adding mufflers and extending the pipes to the rear