I searched before I posted and could really find anything, even on google. So dont flame.

Ok this weekend I went back to Miami and was talking to my friend at his shop,
he game me a idea to make the stock exhaust louder really cheap, and that could be put back to stock in 5 min.

I did some messing around and you need to do the same when doing the mod in order to get the sound you like.

Basically you unbolt the exhaust from the muffler, and you put some washers between the 2 flanges. I found some spare nuts that fit and put 2 in a row on each bolt to space them apart.

Works great!

Will post video clip when I get home.



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Please put your exhaust back to the way it's supposed to be...before you get flamed.

 

Paying money, even if it's only $2, for an exhaust leak, is fawking retarded.

 

How many HP will you gain?

 

so ur paying to have an exhaust leak?? dumbass move buddy, put it back to stock

 

 

.....and done

Ok thats what i figured, but enlighten me , what part of a "exhaust leak" at the muffler( not the cats where it matters) is bad? its just a straightpipe with a spaced muffler.

How much will you gain with a 1000+ hks exhaust on a DE ? <5

Ok, same as AL, so If i remove the muff its a straightpipe and not retarted, but if I space the muffler, its retarted?

Im not trying to get flamed but Im just trying to find the reason behind your claims. Nor am I trying to not take all of you combined experiences, which overshadow my own, I would just like a technical reason as to why not put an exhaust spacer.( leak ) w.e you want to call it.

To my knowledge, the only "BAD" exhaust leak is a leak in the catalytics, because it causes errors in the O2 sensors.

An exhaust leak at the end of the pipe shouldnt do anything, expecially if most aftermarket exhaust systems are basically unrestricted exhausts. Agian, you guys are probably right but dont just say "dude ur an idiot, put it back"

 

Why not just pay a shop $50 and have a strait pipe made? It has to sound better than exhaust rushing out between the flanges. Either way I want to see a video of how terrible it sounds.

 

There is no such thing as a "good" or "bad" exhaust leak. Any exhaust leak is bad.

To purposely make your exhaust leak at any point is stupid. This is about as dumb as young kids stabbing the mufflers on their stock Civics to make them louder.

 

Yeah I thought the same when he told me, but I heard some of the cars that had it done and he just said that I should play with the amount of spacers to get the right sound, and no drone.

Cause I have made straight pipes, and they will get u tickets( reason why ppl are using exhaust spacers in Miami now actually) Cops down there are actually being taught how to spot Straight pipes.

 

If you are going to do this to make your exhaust "louder"(I can't understand why)
and want to be able to change it...get an old JC Whitney catalog.Weld on a exhaust
cut off--you can take the end plates off or,put some washers between the flanges and the caps.They were called,lakes pipes.If you really want to go retro ricer,find an old weld on cut out piece that had a flex cable running under the dash.You can open it
and get as loud as you want.
Hey,its your car.Sounds good to you..thats all that matters.

 

And that could be also as dumb as people spending 1000+ dollars on an exhaust that wont yield horsepower, and justify an exhaust leak( at the exhaust tip) is just as bad as an exhaust leak at the cat or header.

Not saying anyone is right or wrong but honestly the car doesnt drone, it sounds just like the Invidia Exhaust the buy across the street has on his G. I havent take the car for a dyno but you may be right that the exhaust tip leak may cause a decreease in HP, or it may not. In my friends experience with the 240s that he works with, the dyno shows nither and increase or a decrease. So in reallity what you are saying is that "you" dont like loud exhausts. Thus your opinion, which you are entitled to it 100%. Like I said, I will post a video when I get home from work and you all can "judge" the sound quality of my recording.

 

Are you seriously comparing the level of "stupidity" between paying money for making an exhaust leak vs modding your car?

People mod for different reasons, some for looks, some for sound, some for both of those and performance. Regardless, what someone can afford to pay is their business and isn't valid when trying to justify Jewing your car like you just did.

You aren't modding by doing this, you are degrading the car.

How old are you? Id guess young...

 

Yes, I actually bought my welder from Miami in the Z this weekend, and contemplated this. I ended up trying this mod, because of the fact that if it sucks, I can simply just remove the spacer.

That and I wouldnt have to deal with cops giving me crap about how "loud, or modified" my exhaust appears to them. The spacer adds just a bit more growl to the car, not a fart can loud. Thank you for understanding that all Im trying to do is share this...

[/QUOTE]Hey,its your car.Sounds good to you..thats all that matters.[/QUOTE]

 

Coming from the SFL forums I know how "flame ready" everyones keyboards are now-a-days, so please just take this and any other post with a grain of salt and dont treat any "questionable idea" as a "So i just bought an ebay turbo.." thread.

Im 26 if you must know, and NO this isnt the first forum I visit, nor is the Z the first car, nor did my parents pay for it. I busted my *** paying all of the cars I have owned, and modded. Now that thats out of the way, the reason why I was comparing the 2 thoughts, as you pointed out, was because I started this thread with an Idea that someone gave me. So by your idea, I would be "jewing" my car If I buy the pipes, and weld an exhaust instead of try out a exhaust spacer? By your assumption of me being "young" I could also assume that you are really "OLD" not that either assumptions bring any real meaning to this thread or counter arguments.

So what I will do is go home, bet a flange and weld a 3 inch exhaust so I wont be so "young" in albertos eyes.

 

this made me laugh the hardest!

 

Why dont you just post up the video when you get home so we can all hear what it sounds like?

 

Id almost accept this ridiculous mindset if you were young. For the record I don't care how/who/when you got your car I wasn't asking to go down that path.

Simply put, you are too old for this $hit.

 

I guess welding my own exhaust is newbish too...
I respect your opinion Al but I will stick to "ratrodding" my car when I can.

 

I will, Im just trying to quench the fire here and there