Today I'm running on 1.5 hours of sleep after installing the Bassani Exhaust last night. (started late and I have to get up at 4am) I could have waited, maybe should have... but I didnt. It had to be put on...immediatly. Worth it? **** yea!

The install:
Well, the directions say 1-1.5 hours. I doubled that, but I think its partly because I did it with my car on jackstands vs. a lift. I probably jimmy'd under, and out from under my car 11,000 times. "wheres that wrench...over there ****!" The hardest part was getting the old muffler assembly out, and the new assembly in. The pipes didnt line up perfect until the two new mufflers were moved up into the opening under the car. They wont move up into the opening under the car until the pipes line up... I probably spent half my time getting that portion done. I stressed the plastic about a 1/4-1/2 inch in from bottom underside lip of the bumper, not noticable under there, but annoying anyway, it cracked the paint. Other than that, it was pretty straight forward. If you install this yourself, remember to put the midsections of exhaust in first, and rest them there before you put in the x pipe... Otherwise the midsections wont fit in. Overall fitment, I give it an 9 (for the stress crack, possibly could have been avoided). I also had to pound the last tip up in so it would hook on the hanger. Thats all the hard stuff I can think of besides the rubber hangers just being a ***** in general.

Results:
I dont have any pics or sound clips as of yet, maybe soon. I can feel a tq increase on the butt dyno, nothing insane, but its there. The sound is PERFECT. Not too loud, not too quiet, a perfect medium. Deeper, and more full than stock, when you smash the gas, it turns into a beast! Just what I was looking for. Inside the car, really not too loud at all, not even touching too loud. No rasp what so ever. When cruising, its as silent as stock. Z exhaust has bass now!!


overall, completely satisfied. (accept the crack)

 

Congrats man, ill be getting rid of my Top Speed exhaust soon to pick that up, it sounds so much more beastly than anything else ive heard! cant wait, im jealous of ya right now heh.

 

Thanks bruv. It does sound beastly, and rich. Sounds better in person than any clips Ive checked out. You cannot hear the bass tones very well on all the clips Ive seen online, and thats a big part of the Bassani's sound.

 

Congrats man. I really wanted to go with this exhaust instead of Nismo but I needed it ASAP and sum1 local had 1. Post vids man bc Im not against sellin my Nismo and going with my 9th exhaust set up lol

 

Congrats! I L O V E that exhaust, but couldn't pass up the XS for half the price shipped.

 

Nice! I can't wait for exams to be over with. As soon as my finals are over I'm placing the order!

 

Way to go man! I bet it sounds amazing. I would say it was well worth your time to get it on. Can't wait to hear the sound clips and see the pics. I bet you will sleep good tonight lol

 

Not like you can go wrong with either one...

 

Thanks guys! An FYI if you have not seen it in the other Bassani thread. I got this exhaust brand new for 900 from Blue Oval Performace. They have them on ebay for 950 or best offer. It was 959 shipped with my 900$ accepted offer. That was the best deal I could find.

 

That's awesome congrats.

 

Thought I would give an update after having it on my car for a bit.

The only negative thing so far is the mid-pipes rattle on the Jagged "V" looking deal under the car once its warm. I think I can adjust my pipes and get an angle that will fix that, otherwise I will have to figure out something to wedge between the mid-pipes and the "V". I havent attacked it yet, most likely tonight. Were talkin millimeters here (adjustment)...

One nice bonus, I get 3-4.5 more mpg , and thats city miles So I'm averaging 23.*-24.* now. Used to be 19.* to 20.*

 

Rattle fixed. All I had to do was loosen two bolts on the left midpipe and rotate it up. I moved the other one up just a hair too just in case. No more rattles. Once I got the car lifted, it took 5 min.

 

Glad to hear that! Man I can't wait!

 

what years ur z?

 

i wannntt this exhaust realllly bad but im still liking my stock one so i can wait till i save up the money for it. im curious as to the dyno on these things the manufacture says 9 whp n something like 10-11 tq

 

Congrats on a sick exhaust

 

I am struggling to decide between your exhaust and a Nismo. What made you decide on the Bassani? Is it made as well as the Nismo? It is similar in price. Decisions, decisions!

 

Does theb utt dyno indicate the 27 extra torque as first stated haha I have heard nothing but good things about the sound....wish people actually had modded Z's up here in NH

 

Actually the butt dyno seems like I gained alot more than just 10whp. When I had:
Injen Exhaust
Helix TP
MD spacer
JWT Popcharger

it feels the same as now when I just have my bassani and everything else is stock.

 

This was one of the harder parts for me as well. I ended up just my jack to hold my Borla muffler up while I worked on getting the rubber hanger things on. (Yes, that is a b!tch to do!) WD40 helped out a lot here.

Grats on the install. Enjoy