i luv the stock sound of 05 350z but i thought it could be better with little bit louder and deeper sound. I'm trying to be a cheap bastard so i don't want to spend more than $200 HFCs are too expensive for me.
I belive getting a test pipe is the best way but that thing is just...loud..unless there's one that is not crazy loud to grab attentions.
please give me some recommendations
1) XYH-pipe
2)test pipes that are little more louder than stock
3) muffler (the end of the exhaust system)

Any one of these that will satisfact my want lol

 

I know a guy in Tijuana that can fab something up for you... and with the leftover funds from the $200 budget, you would still have enough for a round of beers, a couple of tacos, a pregnant hooker!

Let me know if you want his info...

 

If i get a test pipe, i wouldn't have to fab anything

 

Unfortunatly cheap and good sound aren't two things that really go together. If you decide upon test pipes it may have quite a bit of drone. However if you go that route there is also the option of resonated test pipes. Haven't heard them on a stock system myself but a search should reveal sound clips. Your best bet to achieve a louder stock sound is the nismo s tune system. Could find one used for 500 maybe 400 if your lucky. Next cheapest bet is used high flow cats. May be able to find some kinetix hfc for around what your looking to spend if you pay due diligence to the classified section. At any rate good luck and I hope you find what your looking for.

FYI stay away from the 200-300$ eBay knockoffs. They are terrible.

 

now i'm considering Berk, or megan racing resonated test pipes.
I prefer resonated bc they make less rasp sound. I watched youtube on Berk on 350z but a lot of rasp.. Do you guys recommend megan pipes? do they crack?

 

Haven't heard anything good about Megan racing products but i have no personal experience with them. To be frank tho it's just a pipes with a bit of insulation. Don't know how bad you could screw that up. If you really want to do it on the cheap just have your midpipe muffler cut out and a straight piece of pipe welded in. Minimal rasp and louder stock note..... No performance increase and a bit ghetto but may give the result your after.

 

Resonated test pipes have no more or less meaningful sound difference than non because the resonators are simply too small/short to matter much

up your budget or decrease your expectations, there are no free lunches

 

Sorry dude, but unfortunately with owning this car, you gotta pay to play. Sucks, but it's the truth.

 

get the xyh-pipe. Got a link to this item?

 

$200? My exhaust setup is $2,000

 

You get what you pay for.

 

bro take a pick axe to your muffler and save your 200$, that is far too much money to waste on some megan racing products

 

wow..just because i own a 350z, i gotta spend $2000 on the exhaust system, $4000 on the wheels and $+2000 on the body kit?

 

i'm looking at the stock muffler delete thread and it seems like a good mod for SOUND

 

You don't "have" to do jack **** but pay taxes. Melt much?

 

i heard drilling holes in your muffler works great you should try it

 

Oh the youth these days... My Fuji was similar in price. You gotta pay to play..

 

Same here with exhaust and HFC's, but he's gonna blow us out with SOUND for under $200.00!

 

+1 to all of the above.

Unfortunately, the Z is not a cheap car to modify...

 

here are some "facts" about all the above.

you must indeed pay to play.

If you spend 200 bucks on your exhaust, real HFCs w the stock exhaust will not get you laughed at and will sound just as you said, like the stock yet louder and more aggressive.

Then when you can afford exhaust later, you will already have good parts in line farther up the system.

Megan pipes will break at the tabs. Even some high dollar HFCs do this..
They mount to your trasnmission as well... please take a moment to search, google, or get under the car to take a look. This area receives "alot" of twist stress, and gets quite hot as well.

Test Pipes dont do enuff over HFCs IMO to warrant your car smelling like a gas can and polluting the living hell out of the air. Unless you do your own installs, this route is not financially reasonable if you have to smog test the car every few years.

Run test pipes if you have some serious engine mods and its truly a bottle neck to your performance. They have resontated testpipes to "help" w the drone, but the rasp will still always be there.

I doubt you will find HFCs for the 200 bucks tho.

Bottom line about the 2000 dollar exhaust comments.. and I feel you, really I do... im just trying to be honest and speak for others as well... but..


and undertand this please. ....
NONE OF US WANT TO SPEND 2K ON EXHAUST! .. BUT WE DO.. AND ITS BECAUSE THERE ARE TONS OF REASONS. IF WE COULD MOD THIS CAR CHEAPER, WE'D ALL DO IT.. BUT IT CANT BE DONE RIGHT FOR CHEAP.

and by " right" I mean in a performance productive, safe, cost effective over the long run, tasteful way.

theres my 25 cents.

Thats all they meant.