[Tigers] X pipe versus H pipe

Cliff Morgan cliffomorgan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 25 15:00:17 MDT 2017


Here's 2 pictures of H pipe we made for my '64 Tiger.  Decided to put it
back of seats to reduce interior heat and there's more room there as well.
Pipe is 2 1/4" and exhaust was made from parts of a universal kit. Cliff

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Jay Laifman via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> FWIW, we were at one of the Laguna Seca Historics/Reunions.  This is a
> race with all sorts of exotic classics, of course, including Ferraris,
> Porsches, etc., all known for their exhaust sound.  I had to admit that my
> favorite two cars running were two Mustangs - very distinct, smooth, yet
> screaming/ripping sound - almost Ferrari like!  But, better in this case.
> The other Mustangs were nowhere near as smooth or ripping - "just" your
> garden variety booming race V8s.  We later found the cars in the paddock.
> Both were side by side in the Edlebrock tent.  We spoke to Vic himself.  He
> said both of them had X pipes that they developed.  He said that he did not
> believe their X pipe (or anything close) would fit in a Tiger.  But he
> added that the X pipe is more for higher racing rpms, while the H pipe
> probably sounds better for street rpm ranges.
>
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