Making the OEM exhaust a bit meaner
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There's some good deals to be had for a Nismo S-Tune in the Marketplace, if you're willing to monitor and wait a bit. I just picked one up for $600. Tips are a bit smaller, but the piping is larger (3") and the sound is amazing. My suggestion is to save up and check out the aftermarket exhausts. Unless you can find a vid on the resonator removal on the mid-pipe, it's hard to say what you're getting yourself into for $100 to $150. You might as well put that to something more worthwhile. Just my 2 cents.
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Ya ill have to research a bit before pulling the trigger on that.
So the piping on our Nismo exhaust is less than 3"? I'll probably try the midpipe thing first, then move onto other options if it doesn't work out well.
Of course I will post vids as well
So the piping on our Nismo exhaust is less than 3"? I'll probably try the midpipe thing first, then move onto other options if it doesn't work out well.
Of course I will post vids as well
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Kinda like this...
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Exhaust -> --------------------------->Muffler
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you place the 6 washers ^ here
Hope it helps
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Here is a banana *hands banana*.. relax.
I discovered this mod from people in drift circles in miami that would do this on their Zenki's/Kouki's.
Technically, The Zs stock exhaust doesnt benefit much from this since it has alot of turns in the muffler( unline the 240s, which are straight).
Most of the "adults" here would call this blasphemy ( mostly since they probably want to defend their 1000+ dollar puchace that must yield 0-0 whp on the stock DE) BUT what do I know.
This mod does not throw a code since its nowhere near any of the 02 sensors. People have also said that its less "ricy" to just remove the muffler and run a curve dump pipe at the end. again
I personally tried this mod, it worked great, NO did not die or become lightheaded due to the fumes( funny people with no cats told me this was going to happen to me) And it sounded nice.
In the end, to each his/ her own.
And enough with the damn judgement blasting.
I discovered this mod from people in drift circles in miami that would do this on their Zenki's/Kouki's.
Technically, The Zs stock exhaust doesnt benefit much from this since it has alot of turns in the muffler( unline the 240s, which are straight).
Most of the "adults" here would call this blasphemy ( mostly since they probably want to defend their 1000+ dollar puchace that must yield 0-0 whp on the stock DE) BUT what do I know.
This mod does not throw a code since its nowhere near any of the 02 sensors. People have also said that its less "ricy" to just remove the muffler and run a curve dump pipe at the end. again
I personally tried this mod, it worked great, NO did not die or become lightheaded due to the fumes( funny people with no cats told me this was going to happen to me) And it sounded nice.
In the end, to each his/ her own.
And enough with the damn judgement blasting.
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So in theory placing a larger midpipe would have no impact on the flow, but the removal of the catalytic converter would most likely result in a change in sound. Isn't the O2 sensor in the midpipe? I would assume that a CEL would result from that.
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Upstream O2's are in the manifold, downstream O2's are right after the actual catalytic converter(the bulge) but are still a part of the catalytic converter assembly(before the flange that mounts to the midpipe). I have taken out the resonator on my midpipe and absolutely loved the result. It made the exhaust note a bit louder, without being crazy or raspy. I recommend it.
Bottom line, you can watch videos and try to get an understanding on how it might sound, but with any exhaust work,there is nothing like hearing it in person.
But take this for what it's worth: Every thread you can find on midpipe removal, I have only seen people ecstatic that they took the risk and did it. There might be negative opinions on it, but I have never seen them. Good luck with your decision and continue enjoying your Z. I know I did even more without the midpipe
Bottom line, you can watch videos and try to get an understanding on how it might sound, but with any exhaust work,there is nothing like hearing it in person.
But take this for what it's worth: Every thread you can find on midpipe removal, I have only seen people ecstatic that they took the risk and did it. There might be negative opinions on it, but I have never seen them. Good luck with your decision and continue enjoying your Z. I know I did even more without the midpipe
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You have two easy options.
The cheapest option is what KingBaby suggested, which is to have an exhaust shop make you a bolt-on mid-pipe with no resonator.
Next would be to replace the factory cats with high-flow cats or straight pipes. Straight pipes will be cheaper (probably around the same price as a custom mid-pipe), but may yield some unwanted rasp. I chose to install Berk HFCs, which loudened the exhaust by about 10-15% and there is no rasp, unless the car is cold (only a little bit, hardly noticable).
You could then get a little more wild and get a cutstom mid-pipe with no resonator and some ART pipes, which are straight pipes that reduce rasp. That would probably be your loudest option (that is also clean sounding), outside of an aftermarket muffler.
The cheapest option is what KingBaby suggested, which is to have an exhaust shop make you a bolt-on mid-pipe with no resonator.
Next would be to replace the factory cats with high-flow cats or straight pipes. Straight pipes will be cheaper (probably around the same price as a custom mid-pipe), but may yield some unwanted rasp. I chose to install Berk HFCs, which loudened the exhaust by about 10-15% and there is no rasp, unless the car is cold (only a little bit, hardly noticable).
You could then get a little more wild and get a cutstom mid-pipe with no resonator and some ART pipes, which are straight pipes that reduce rasp. That would probably be your loudest option (that is also clean sounding), outside of an aftermarket muffler.
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I took mine to an exhaust shop. The cut the muffler off behind the downgrade in case I wanted to put it back to stock at some point. The made pipes that replace the muffler and stock tips. Sounds badass with no rasp. It's fairly loud but not to bad since I left the resonator in the mid pipe.
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Some people get the CEL on the tp's and hfc's, some don't. Some fix it with the brillo pad, some it doesn't seem to work. The only sure way to get rid of the CEL light if it comes on is to block it with a tune...or don't put tp's or hfc's on.
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Just because people were intentionally causing on exhaust leak on there 03 to 06 (Zenki) or 07 to 08 (Kouki) 350Z doesn't make it correct. Drifters do a lot of dumb things, can't really see any benifit of this for drifting a 350Z
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Ya they run insane offset wheels, stupid amounts of camber, and pulled fenders. I refuse to follow that trend of destroying perfectly good cars.
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