I was just wondering if they change the exhaust tone at all and how in particular. I'm planning on swapping some Tomei cams since i just sent a set of heads to my machinist to be built.

 

going the NA route?.?. I remember seeing you on the fence. Again I am not sure though.

 

sure will change it. just more lumpy. the way it should be, lol. the exhaust will set the tone really.

 

it shouldn't be very lumpy... but you can hear more "pulsing" sounds from the exhaust if you idle high (normally we need to bump the idle higher for those cams)... I have no problem idling with wilder cams than Tomei @ 900rpm or so, so you shouldn't have any problem!

And I reckon the exhaust has gone louder with those cams installed too!

cheers,

richie

 

Since I installed my nismo's there is a slight lope (not very noticeable at all) to my idle. My exhaust tone has changed also. It has become slightly louder and it has become noticably sharper. Hope this helps.

 

damn, im wondering if im going to have to re-think my exhaust set up. Im already so loud im affraid when I do my cams its going to get insane. Any way you can put up a clip of yours at idle and reving Z350Lover? Thanks!

 

OK.... I am uploading them now.... damn... the car was soooo loud doing that in my garage... hope my neighbours are cool about that!

Links will be up soon!

EDIT: Server is a bit slow now, so might take a while to upload now... once they are up, I will post the links here!

cheers,

richie

 

Here are those videos...

(Right click and save....)

Starting up
http://www.sil-chem.com/rlchen/startup.MPG

Idle Exhaust Sound
http://www.sil-chem.com/rlchen/idle.MPG

Revving up 1 (In the car with tacho meter at the front)
http://www.sil-chem.com/rlchen/revup1.MPG

Enjoy them!

cheers,

richie

 

Richie-

Thats so nice. Stock exhaust? It doesn't sound as bad as I thought. With my exhaust setup it shouldn't be that much louder. By the way, when I saw that tach bounce at 8k I had the hugest smile on my face! That is so sick, you have to have a good time unwinding that on the streets! Damn man, keep up the good work! I love it!

 

I have Nismo exhaust (centre pipe and muffler), I also run Fujitsubo headers and 3" cats + 3" custom Y-pipe (a lot quieter than Nismo Y-pipe and added some power, just cannot explain why though)...

Yeah... I rev the car to 8K at least twice a day... and the engine sounds so nice above 4500rpm (there isn't much exhaust noise anymore from then onwards), you can hear that from the video...

cheers,

richie

 

Sounds awesome Richie! I have the Nismo exhaust also and your car sounds similiar but not exactly the same. I really notice the difference in sound at startup and idle. Do you have any videos of you driving your car on the street and hitting 8000 rpm?

 

rednezz,

no... I haven't got any video on the car driving on the street yet.... but will definitely get a few when the weather is better...

cheers,

richie

 

I used to have Nismo cams in my car, they aren't too aggresive, but it's true, you will hear a little more "pulsing" in the exhaust. As far as overall sound, it really didn't make a difference before vs after the install. Only at idle a little bit. Now if you go with more aggressive cams, then you'll hear more "pulsing" coming from the exhaust, but the exhaust for the most part will dictate what the car under throttle will sound like.