Off-Road h pipe on a GT? Why?

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What the heck is an off-road h-pipe and why would someone modify their GT with it? Thanks in advance

 

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first off welcome to stangnet!

now to your question

an off-road pipe H or X means that its not legal for street use... only for "off-road" like the track... it doesnt mean that its made for your mustang to go muddin...

when its off-road it doesnt have cats...

 

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Welcome to Stang Net,

Did you know we have this cool thing, that we call the search bar. I think you should try it. its pretty cool

 

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dmarco_4u said:

Welcome to Stang Net,

Did you know we have this cool thing, that we call the search bar. I think you should try it. its pretty cool

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Nice welcome.....
Anyway, an off road H means that it is not street legal, no cats. Why do we put these on our cars...it's easy...they make the car louder than an H with cats!!

 

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Sorry, typical NooB mistake. Is a "cat" a catalytic converter, and if so, don't you need one to pass Texas emissions inspection?

 

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gfhoward said:

Sorry, typical NooB mistake. Is a "cat" a catalytic converter, and if so, don't you need one to pass Texas emissions inspection?

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welcome, and yes it is a catalytic converter.And stock, you come out with four.By removing them, it makes the car louder, and you gain some hp (horsepower) .Techinically it's illegal to run on the street, but I think a couple people do anyway. Yeah, you would have to have them to pass inspection,but you could always put the stock one back on for inspection, or so I've heard.

 

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A off road H pipe makes your car sound like an old 60's muscle car. Plus you will gain a fair amount of horsepower!

 

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One might notice better fuel economy, due to the less restrictive exhaust flow too

 

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Holy newbie! Welcome to Stangnet!

 

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I did not get better gas mileage because I cant keep my foot out of the pedal after the 4.10's were installed.

 

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Thanks for the welcome ya'll, I'm hunting for a Stang right now, and trying to make sense of some of the mods I'm coming across. Such as, what the heck are "two new Conti's"?? And is a car that is lowered one inch a good thing? Thanks for the help!

 

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plus in certain states, such as CA for instance, if you are pulled over and the police notive you have on off-road h or x, they can fine you for $10,000 for having modified catalytic converters. happened to a buddy of mine.

 

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bdcardinal said:

plus in certain states, such as CA for instance, if you are pulled over and the police notive you have on off-road h or x, they can fine you for $10,000 for having modified catalytic converters. happened to a buddy of mine.

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your buddy got

 

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yup, and they have fines if you have just a catted h or x, $2,000 for having 2 instead of 4. there are some nice things about living in CA, seeing kathy ireland at kmart buying diapers is one, but dealing with smog sucks major.

 

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Leave the cats on, the HP loss is minmal.

You gain HP by goning to 2 1/2 pipe and two less cats.

I have SLP CB and sounds like I have offroad H on there ! (still runing stock H)

 

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hey man... a hpipe does alot more than make you car sound "ccol." a h-pipe give your mustang more horsepower by "scavenging" exhaust gases and equalizing the pressure int the exhaust tubes. they are a must on mustangs baecause we have true-dual exhaust. people say that x-pipes make better horsepower taht is true simple because tehy scavenge better. they also have a different sound than a h-pipe. hope this helps you.

 

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i remember when I asked the question more n00bish than this one.. on MUSTANGWORLD it started a flame war right away and I never went back there since

 

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Thanks for the help ya'll. What's SLP CB? And is Texas one of those states where they can fine you like in CA? Any Texas Stangers know?

 

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SLP Cat Back, car will sound louder then HELL and Legal !!

 

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Welcome noob