Review of Pypes 3" system. I recently purchased pypes 3"system for my 70 SS and it's new 489" motor. I ordered it on Saturday and it arrived on Tuesday! I ordered the kit without mufflers and opted for a set of Dynomax UltraFlows offset/offset from Jegs. This morning (sat) I started to install it and the first thing i realized is that with an X-pipe, you have to assemble the system in a certain order, and work the pipes onto the headers.The reason for this is because depending on how far you shove the pipes into the "X", the width between the pipes varies. Also, you have to keep the "X" centered. Shoving one side in farther than the other will put the whole thing out of whack and cause problems. On a 70, you will not need the optional pipe to space between the headers and the front of the X pipe, at least with hooker 2455's. In fact, I had to shave a bit off the back end to get the mufflers on. The one piece tail pipes are a snap to install and fit well. I ended up cutting off about 6" from the end of the tail pipes for my chrome exhaust tips.
After getting everything centered, rotated, and in place, I welded all the X-pipe connections, and used clamps on the mufflers. Pypes was right, after starting it, tons of white smoke came out from the burning mandrel fluid they use. This is the first X-pipe system I have owned and it definitley has a sound of it's own! With these mufflers, when you hit the throttle it makes a kind of RRRRIIPP sound or a WAAP sound. (nice sound effects huh?) OVerall it is a great system and it took me about 5 hours to install it. However as most of you know exhaust work is never pleasant. I still need to weld the tips on and may loosen the clamps and pull the pipes around to get them a little more centered. Overall, highly recommended. graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Steve

Cost of system?

The system i bought was $379 no mufflers.

I saw the system at the atlantic city car auction, top notch stuff.

I put their 3" X-change system on my 1st gen Camaro and it came out pretty nice. I like the dumps at the track . . . deafening actually :D

I used just their 3" universal X pipe with built in dumps and reduced it to 2.5" right before the mufflers. Dynomax 2.5" mufflers and an old set of Flowmaster 2.5" tail pipes.

Their stuff seems to be pretty good quality overall. Ditto on the smoke at start up :D

I installed there 3" system and also used the x pipe with quick dumps, and there mufflers.
I love the sound! quality pieces for the price.

Plus, I got a T-shirt, a refrigerator magnet, a bunch of regular stickers, a box of perfor"mints", and 2 packs of muscle car trading cards. They must have been cleaning house. :D

Sounds like the real deal Steve! The guys from Pypes were at the Autorama Show here in Detroit, spent some time talking to them. One of my buds bought a complete system right there at the show. They gave him a decent break on the price.