Author Topic: Maxi-X X-Pipe, heard of it??? (Read 6134 times)

vanillagorilla · « **on:** January 30, 2010, 02:44:46 PM »

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Honda-Exhaust-X-PIPEtm-CB750-CB900-CB1100-Huricane-CBX_W0QQitemZ250564085724QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20100116?IMSfp=TL100116234004r11117/url]

Anyone heard of or used this pipe? Sounds too good to be true... Looks awesome, if it performs half as good as they say.... It'd be worth the $500 it'd cost! Just wondered if anyone was familiar and if the claims were true...

bmarshall · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:37:58 PM »

Hmm, After reading through his website I have gathered some information: Any other pipe sucks, this is the Holy Grail of pipes, he has no self esteem issues, and these will do everything including making you hair grow back!. I would like to see some data and sound clips though, there's always a possibility that he may be selling a decent product.

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2010, 04:37:08 PM »

Quote from: bmarshall on January 30, 2010, 03:37:58 PM

Hmm, After reading through his website I have gathered some information: Any other pipe sucks, this is the Holy Grail of pipes, he has no self esteem issues, and these will do everything including making you hair grow back!. I would like to see some data and sound clips though, there's always a possibility that he may be selling a decent product.

Yeah that was my thing... Seemed like an infomercial guy... BUT that is a bad lookin pipe! and if it did half of what he claims??? I'd call that worth it. Definitely would like some sound... Emailed Dr. Campbell to see if he had any video... Searched Youtube, found this... V4, but should give a rough idea of what they could sound like...
[youtube=425,350]<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>[/youtube]

bmarshall · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2010, 05:25:59 PM »

Post your findings, I'd like to hear his responses. I emailed to see if they make anything for the 550. I am not too impressed with the sound, kinda farty and hollow on the drive by. i have a V4 interceptor and they can sound REALLY good with most exhausts. Might be totally different on an inline 4.

mystic_1 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2010, 05:59:23 PM »

The search function is your friend:

x-pipe reviews
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=64160.0

anyone ever heard of the x-pipe maxi-x header?
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=22600.0

Anyone Ever Seen or Heard Of Pipes Like This?
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=34198.0

X-Pipe
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=16322.0

etc.

Go to the search page and put in "x pipe" including the quotes.

cheers
mystic_1

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2010, 06:05:34 PM »

I swear I searched! I did. It just showed me "x" in words, and pipe, so I didnt see these!!! Thanks!

seaweb11 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2010, 06:17:46 PM »

Looks Like Scondon had one he was working on 4 years ago

JLeather · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2010, 06:37:05 PM »

IIRC, the pipe fit pretty poorly. Someone on here cut it apart and welded it back up and it looked and sounded great, but for that money I'd expect it to fit.

ev0lve · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2010, 07:35:48 PM »

It's a toss up on the sound between Carpy's Yosh and the Xpipe for me. Assuming this fellow's got the SOHC version I think Carpy's is a tighter fit.

Sounds nice!

But...

Lotta work to do before either of these pipes will make a difference for me though

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:03:02 PM »

Yeah, the x pipe is neat, but that yosh.... damn she sounds mean!

BLUE71TURBO · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:31:23 PM »

Save your money. Back in 1979 a friend of mine installed one on a 836 honda. With all the tuning it still didn't perform as good as a 4 into 1 header. We came to the conclusion that the x pipe didn't scavenge as well as the 4 into 1 .

Think about it, how many X pipes do you see being run on the street or on the race track.... road race or drag race ?

MRieck · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:53:30 PM »

Quote from: BLUE71TURBO on January 30, 2010, 08:31:23 PM

Save your money. Back in 1979 a friend of mine installed one on a 836 honda. With all the tuning it still didn't perform as good as a 4 into 1 header. We came to the conclusion that the x pipe didn't scavenge as well as the 4 into 1 .
Think about it, how many X pipes do you see being run on the street or on the race track.... road race or drag race ?

Exactly

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2010, 05:53:09 AM »

Too true... Here is an idea someone could pitch to Carpy, a 4-1-2 like the yosh, just to be a little different. Thanks for the input, ya'll have kept from doing something I was already pretty sure was stupid!

mystic_1 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:32:54 AM »

Quote from: vanillagorilla on January 30, 2010, 06:05:34 PM

I swear I searched! I did. It just showed me "x" in words, and pipe, so I didnt see these!!! Thanks!

That's why I said to include the quotes. That tells the search engine to look for the exact phrase "x pipe" and not for the individual words "x" and "pipe".

cheers
mystic_1

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2010, 11:01:55 AM »

Thanks for the tip mystic! That should help a lot when searching for stuff!!!

mystic_1 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2010, 11:57:24 AM »

You can also tell it to exclude words by prefixing them with a minus, so using the example on the search page:

Orwell "Animal Farm" -movie

would search for pages containing the words orwell and the exact phrase "animal farm" but only pages that do NOT include the word movie.

Oh, these tips work with Google too

mystic_1

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