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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Vids on the way. It's done....it screams past 4K RPM. At 1-4K it's a nice growl/bark.

Much louder than I expected however...but I love it.

No drone at cruising speeds.

BTW...cost me $106 OTD.

Gonna coat the piping in some high temp paint tomorrow.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by got556
Vids on the way. It's done....it screams past 4K RPM. At 1-4K it's a nice growl/bark.

Much louder than I expected however...but I love it.

No drone at cruising speeds.

BTW...cost me $106 OTD.

Gonna coat the piping in some high temp paint tomorrow.

cool man..i think it quiets down a tad after a while or maybe i just got used to it! what color u coating it with? black?
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by cambo350z
cool man..i think it quiets down a tad after a while or maybe i just got used to it! what color u coating it with? black?
Pink.....






j/k


Yes black. Ya I thought I could already hear it quieting down after putting about 200 miles on it earlier....but then I figured I'm just getting used to it also.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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A bit of rasp..but not bad for $106 OTD. Besides...I'll be going the turbo route before too long and will drop serious coin on some nice exhaust then.



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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by got556
Pink.....






j/k


Yes black. Ya I thought I could already hear it quieting down after putting about 200 miles on it earlier....but then I figured I'm just getting used to it also.
so is it significantly louder than stock? i appreciate the mod, though i do not want any droning or rasp... just a slightly louder stock sound. is this what is to be expected?

PLEASE post pics with the black high temp... that sounds amazing .
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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sounds bad to me, the gurgling sound sounds like poo poo.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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Really not my cup of tea. I don't like the idea that people would think that my Z is turbo

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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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err... it sounded sort of ok in the first couple of videos but those last two are pretty brutal. sounds very droning and seems to have an unpleasant rasp.

i think i am going to wait for my bassani...
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Ya it's way louder than I expected. And a lot more raspy than the other vids I've seen.

I'm not really upset about it b/c like I said I'll be going turbo soon enough but not sure why mine sounds different.

It basically sounds like I have TP's on stock exhaust.

I'll get more revving vids today....I was in way too many residential areas last night to be revving her.

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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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that's weird..mine does not have any rasp..it sounds different than that..maybe it's the video sound quality?
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by cambo350z
that's weird..mine does not have any rasp..it sounds different than that..maybe it's the video sound quality?
Not sure. It sounds pretty close to that in person. I'm gonna drive her quite a bit in the next couple days and see if the sound changes any. It does get that hissing sound also in the high RPMS.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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btw...in person my buddy (DiamondBob) from ChicagoZ said it sounds almost exactly like the Injen SES exhaust.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MddSdalVLJc&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jms6Nx2MgPE&feature=related


The second vid is more accurate on how mine sounds in person. On my vids you can hear the deep growl of the exhaust but in person you can. What gives,eh? lol

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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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I dono??? I just unbolted the 3 nuts on the back of the exhaust before the mufflers and I didn't like the sound. Just sounds like an exhaust leak to me hahahah. On the video it sounded ok but in person I don't like it. I just bolted it back up and Im loving my Z sound much better.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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I like it. Another local member with a g35c has done something similar. Sounds nice in person. Even better that he doesn't have to spend $1k+ on some aftermarket stuff. I would think this mod would be less offensive to cops and NIMBY type people as oppose to some giant loud fart can.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruthless18x
^ Jesus ******* Christ. The first is bad enough but with a single tip? Come on.

Now all the F&F fans are gonna jump on the bandwagon and take their mufflers off. This is just as bad as all the Honda ******s who would drill holes in their airboxes so the car sounded "meaner".

I could understand running no muffler on a full track car, but let's look at the real reason you did this to your car. You didn't do it for any "performance" you did it because you wanted your car to be loud. You could have easily bought an aftermarket exhaust, or hell stayed stock and ran test pipes and the car would have been loud as ****, but looked nice and been respectable.

It's just irritating because a lot of us put thousands of dollars and countless hours into our cars to make them our own, and then guys like you come along and **** it up with cheap shortcuts. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way about it either.
It's only rice because it doesn't have a JDM name brand stamped on it I guess to not be rice I must spend 1k+ on an exhaust then maybe I will look "cool" in your eyes

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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by got556
Not sure. It sounds pretty close to that in person. I'm gonna drive her quite a bit in the next couple days and see if the sound changes any. It does get that hissing sound also in the high RPMS.
Did the muffler shop do it just like the op's with the second pipe coming off the first pipe? I dont know how the first one sounds so nice and the second batch sounds terrible... I dunno what to do now
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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This Z04 ***** does need to get off his horse! I think the Z sounds great! And with it still having stock tips and being lowered, the cops will never know. There are far more cars out there with louder exhaust than this one and they never turn the heads of the 5-0. There's so many other idiots out there for them to worry about that this exhaust should go unnoticed.

Also, not all hondas are cheap. The car itself, yes, but there are a lot of people out there that know what they are doing and spend their money pretty wisely to get the power they've got. I'd say that this guy got great results for the minimal amount of money spent.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:01 AM
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I like the idea. If I had a Z, I'd probably try it, but I'd paint the setup flat black and also add some resonated exhaust tips. I'd also make sure the bend to the driver's side pipe was a little more flow friendly.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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The OP needs to also drill some holes in his front bumper to make a hackjob CAI, to match his hackjob exhaust. Lol~ This thread = teh pure entertainmentz. :-)
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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I dont understand all the haters? yall aren't making his car payment,etc. so who cares really!!!!
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