47-59 X or H Pipe, another choice?

[Stepside Jim]

I'm not gonna finish this in one post, this X or H pipe issue has been talked about over and over.

My situation, I had an X pipe, it wasn't the most efficient design for flow and scavenging, although flow mattered, I wanted my side exhaust exits to bark with 8 cylinders, not 4 cylinders per side.

I believe most people's choice of X or H is based on the space they have to work with, I believe most people settle with H because of lack of space, such as I am now up against with the Transmission swap I'm doing.

I don't like the idea of giving up my 8 cylinders sound per side because of a trans upgrade. The thought of losing something I like to add something else I like doesn't settle for me. I want both to stay.

I have more to add, perhaps a solution, but I want to know if my thinking of others choices are as I suspect, space being the final deciding factor for most.