re: Question for those who modify trucks to make them loud

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I think a lot of people nowadays use an X-shaped dual exhaust setup instead of an H-shaped one. The old "H pipe" design did a good job of balancing out the sound coming from each bank. The "X pipe" does not; the resulting sound is kind of like two inline four-cylinder engines revving next to each other- not good.

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Two inline 4s is more the sound of a flat-plane crank than an X-pipe. You can get flat-plane sound from a cross-plane crank with 180 degree headers and close with 8 to 1 headers but both are a packaging nightmare.

An X-pipe does give the exhaust a higher-pitched sound like a pair of inline fours/flat plane crank but it isn't nearly the same. An X-pipe will generally produce more HP whereas an H-pipe will produce more torque and will also amplify the throaty rumble of an American (cross-plane) V8. In general, an H-pipe matches the character and function of most pickups except something like a Baja runner.

If you had told me in High School that I'd have the income I have now and be driving a Corolla... I'd have thought you were a fricking nut.

Love my compact 4 door and would bet I've had more dead deer in the trunk of my car than almost any baw using a 3/4 ton truck to commute 30 minutes to work during the week.

I will admit that I want a Kei Truck.

Don’t those exhausts usually make them fail emissions?

Loud exhaust
6" lift
Big tires


If you see those, guaranteed douche bag. Not to mention, they level the trucks so their bright arse LEDs blind everyone on the road at night.