ohSIXz

i searched a lil bit but found nada. will the Z still make decent power gains while still having the stock exhaust on?

im thinkin a spacer, intake manifold, cams (valves, retainers, springs), flywheel, and a 3.9FD. oh oh oh, and a nismo cold air intake. i like the sound of intake at full throttle rather than exhaust.

so ya stock exhaust?

HighwaySpeed

Would you buy a new set of "dress" clothes and wear them with an old pair of sneakers?

youngZ33

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... why dont u get the nismo exhaust?

i have it and it sounds just like stock but deeper and sexier.

DaveZ06

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tell you the truth.. unless if your going to drop some major cash on your Z. You won't get much power out of it if your going full n/a but if you get FI then an exhaust is a must. the Nismo exhaust is about the same as the stock with a little lower tone. I think you'll love it

vince1611

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ohSIXz

ive heard the nismo before, its nice.... that would be the one i would get if i did get exhaust.

so even if i got crazy with NA, it wouldnt make that big of a difference with the stock exhaust???

like 11:1 pistons and I WISH i could afford that top secret individual throttle bodies kit!

im hoping NISMO does with the VQ with what they did with the sr20 and rb26.. make more and more parts for the motor after its production run. cuz the vq is in so many cars, they HAVE to make a grip of parts for it.

Robert_K

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I made good gains with my mods and I only removed the cats. Stock headers & cat-back currently.

Anthony C

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ive got an Injen exhaust on mine and at idle you cant hear anything and driving it isnt loud either, WOT you can hear some what of an aggressive sound but nothign over powering...

PM me and ill send ya a video of how it sounds if your curious

Cannysage

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that's like, farting in the toilent and not pooping.

charlie_rdstr_Z

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All the bolt on turbos uses stock exhaust during research phase and none recommend opening up the exhaust or even adding one on. That means if you have one of the 4 popular kits, your stock exhaust was built the way they tested it and adding an exhaust can alter the cars tune and downpipe fitment of what was intended. The exhaust is not the limitation of the Z till past 700 hp IIRC.

davidv

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Well stop thinking about it and do it.

ohSIXz

I WILL ****!

haha. if i dont make decent power gains, then ima find you.. z z z z z z z-unit

Robert_K

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Sorry but that ^ right there is worth at least 5 gay points.

sleeperZ69

If you want the intake sound, go with a popcharger, you'll hear it a lot more than a CAI. Look into the Borla True Dual exhaust as well, it sounds like stock but more V8ish, you might like it.

Chako135

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....or you might like the HKS hi-power - but thats just me

Ianmtx

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lmao

mindless_zombie

BRM exhausts I hear have a very nice note...deep and throaty (no sexualness intended)

furiousZ

Personally, the exhaust is the first thing you modify.

But if you keep the stock exhaust system, you're not fully exposing the beautiful sound a VQ can make. Ignore the farting and pooping comment when thinking of this beautiful sound ...

Jason@Performance

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The most restrictive part of the factory exhaust is the Y-Pipe... Replace that and you are fine...

The stock exhaust is heavy though... so you wont get that weight reduction gain...

nizan

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yup... y pipe and spacer... sounds different.