Hi all, sorry for the noob question. Been wanting to upgrade my exhaust purely for better sound and aesthetics, and have settled on the tanabe medalion touring. I see there's also a y pipe recommended to be purchased with it.

If this were a $100 or so part I'd say screw it and get it so everything matches, but it's $520 and makes this little $800 project into a $1300 project!

What difference will adding the y pipe make?

Thanks

 

If you're upgrading based on looks then you're OEM y-pipe will suffice. Additionally, you can mix and match other brands of y-pipes to the exhuast if you decide you want a cheaper one.

 

i see, thanks for helping a noob out. do you think there'd be a big difference in the sound quality?

 

It all depends. You can mismatch but make sure the diameters match as some company's may have slightly larger or OEM size piping when compared to the rear section. You want the diameter to be the same or you can get away with slightly larger piping for the muffler after the y pipe but not backwards. Obviously you'll create a bottleneck. I think oem piping is like 2.36 (someone correct me if i'm wrong) and aftermarket can go up to 3" for turbo'd setups. So again just make sure the piping goes up in size if larger at all. For example I can't see how a 2.75 sized y pipe can work with OEM 2.36 piping and 2.36 muffler.

 

Of course they're recommending it...It's their product. Just make sure your piping is compatible. I'm running different brands for every part of my exhaust.

 

right, i hear you. it looks like this guy (no longer active it seems) purchased both the y pipe and back exhaust but was able to install just fine without the y pipe

https://my350z.com/forum/intake-exha...and-clips.html

 

lol nice, what setup have you got and what kind of HP gains?

 

I have the tanabe exhaust paired with ART pipes and xyz pipe. Sounds great..

 

did you add it all in at once, or one by one?

 

Great exhaust , I had one with some crap resonated test pipes. Sounded great, on par with my Motordyne, but no wear near as aggressive.

 

More or less at once. I had HFC's and an HR y-pipe with the Tanabe which was too raspy for me, Although I miss the sound when letting off the gas/downshifting.

I added the XYZ-w/Resonator and ART pipes for maximum Rasp reduction which is does, but also like above removes the recirculation on decel mostly. Sounds pretty clean when getting on it though..

I'm Actually thinking of swapping out the Resonated section for the HFC section of the xyz-pipe so I can get that back.

 

im curious as to why we lose the "decel" tone by adding the xyz pipe.

i have a g37 sedan now, with tanabe mufflers, ARK hfcs and stock Y and mid pipes. sounds sexy as hell as def has that decel throaty tone, and a small amount of rasp at 3-3.5K rpm

i was wanting to add the xyz pipe but am i going to lose sound? i figured it would be louder and cleaner

 

^not the xyz pipe only, but the xyz with resonator section, which eliminates the gurgle(recirculation of exhaust gases) in the mid section.

You can get the XYZ pipe with HFC/Straight or Resonated attachments.

 

My problem is there isn't a mid pipe offered for my car. I will have the bottle neck no matter what. I think I have a 2.25" mid.

What to do