Longtube headers equal length (almost) , 3 x-pipes , dual megaphone tailpipes, E36 V8 5.0

Longtube headers equal length (almost) , 3 x-pipes , dual megaphone tailpipes, E36 V8 5.0
I made longtube headers for our e36 5.0 swap race car. They are a tri-y, 4-2-1 because otherwise I would need to order a pair of flat 4 into 1 collectors, or spend the time to do a 180* crossover. One of those will happen in the near future.

[@WisePlagueis]

Sounds absolutey insane

[@MA70Ed]

Makes me want to 5.0 swap my Cressida haha. Sounds great

[@melvinwood8957]

Sounds awesome!!

[@ejv0wjc08gtsnoj0]

Currently researching on how to make 5.7 eagle hemi sound more exotic like yours. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work

[@cooperaldrige]

equal length

[@ChefofWar33]

@@cooperaldrige Not just that. You need x pipes too.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Literally do what he says in the description. Research Tri-Y headers and how to divide them properly, then do that, with 3 X-pipes, and it'll sound like OP's. Alternatively, look up "Celeritec Corvette exhaust" and watch that, but not the YT shorts version. They have a tri-Y, but instead of merging each side into 1 first (4-2-1), they take the 2 from each side and merge all 4 of them into one big pipe right behind the engine/trans where a normal X-pipe usually goes.

[@jerodwolford2743]

Stepped headers, a quality x pipe, could experiment with a megaphone set up, but the reason why it won't sound like a coyote is because of the firing order.

[@seanrosko]

Would love to know about the benefits of multiple x pipes and megaphones. There's not a whole lot of concrete info out there about the placement of megaphones (close to collectors, midway, or close to tail pipe) as well as the benefit of multiple x pipes. I've got a set of kleemann headers waiting to go on my clk55 and would love to create an exhaust with a good scream, vs the typical straight piped amg v8

[@Motorrad127]

Different notes is merely what u get. If more x-pipes was actually a performance secret, you'd see it on expensive shit lol. You can only scavenge so much by merging pipes. Merged pipe length would make a difference. You ever see a superlate race car? They have a screaming v8 with a single pipe out the side.

[@jaimelizarraga2947]

Awesome sound bro I was wondering if I could get this sound out or something close shorty headers , y pipe , 2.5 or 3’ megaphone as a collector , ending with blast pipes yes it’s v8

[@concordsst]

No, they MUST be 180 degree headers for the equal exhaust pulse

[@SuperFuzzyman123]

This isn't a 180 set up

[@tommys2979]

Youll never get this sound with shortys or a y pipe

[@brainandforce]

Sounds like Marchettino's BMW M3.

[@hershellumiere]

So I need 3 xpipes to get this sound?

[@NickKautz]

You may or may not also need to have equal length headers with a modification that I'll be posting a short video about in a little while.

[@Louthewrench4262]

Nick Kautz what if you have long tubes already say for example I’m building a road race f150 so I have a lot of room, but with the motor already having long tubes what would the rest of the exhaust consist of in order to achieve this sound?

[@trashbandit2449]

@@NickKautz would like to hear the answer to the comment above mine.. long tubes with 3 x pipes?

[@samhapke6862]

What mounts did you use for fitting the 302 in the car. What trans/trans mount?

[@NickKautz]

I think we made the brackets ourself and sat them on round poly mounts that we bought. The trans was a T5 WC and that was also a custom mount with poly support

[@BronXTheBest]

God I wish mine sounded like this

[@TalkSteer]

Fuck me that sounds awesome

[@immortalcars5256]

this is insane and majestic. have you tried 2 x pipes for a bit deeper sound?

[@NickKautz]

I was only going for high pitched

[@rickarcher300]

Is that the 5.0 or 351w firing order? What cam is in it? I love the noise!

[@CP0rings33]

I’m assuming it’s the 351 if it’s an injected late model Windsor, LS use this same firing order, cylinders are just numbered differently

[@samhapke6862]

302 Ho and 351w have the same firing order

[@Kyleg106]

What are the specs on the motor

[@NickKautz]

Foxbody 5.0 , stock bottom , ebay procomp heads , trickflow Stage 3 cam , valvetrain upgrades , 6500rpm redline. Bottom ends kept falling apart , the stock stuff doesn't like rpm especially the crank.

[@datchannel1]

That sounds amazing. Sounds like a nascar

[@aadvb6664]

Is it a mustang v8 engine?

[@NickKautz]

Yeah , foxbody era Mustang 5.0 / 302ci. But any american V8 (cross-plane crankshaft) can sound this way if the headers/exhaust are like this

[@MyHunter9090]

@@NickKautz you can make a crossplane sound like a flatplane? How? Damn I would love to do that.

[@grosano95]

@@MyHunter9090 it's all about the headers, equal length + an x-pipe should do it. 180-degree headers or a 8-1 collector would work even better, but that's a lot more expensive and complicated.

[@MyHunter9090]

@@grosano95 Yeah there are some good examples out there of a very nicely done equal length v8 headers. They sound really high pitched. But why do you need an xpipe? what does that do?

[@grosano95]

@@MyHunter9090 Technically, an X-Pipe will merge the exhaust pulses of each bank of cylinders, creating a more balanced and higher-pitched sound...1+1=2, otherwise you will have 1 and 1 separately. If you have a true dual exhaust on a flatplane V8, it will sound like two 4 cylinders, add an X-pipe or merge those duals into one, and there you go: exotic F1 sound :)

[@curvs4me]

This is the better iteration. The newer one has a pulse out of order somewhere

[@NickKautz]

I believe the 3 x-pipes had something to do with it. The headers were these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-2YaBsgsh5hJo