Making the OEM exhaust a bit meaner
11-19-2011, 05:15 PM
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Making the OEM exhaust a bit meaner
Hey guys,
Normally I dont post a ton around here and I just research info about the Z, but I need a little input with the nismo. Just recently I made the decision to not go FI with this car, its far too expensive to justify and I probably won't have this thing forever, so I decided to just go with wheels, a suspension, and a few other small mods.
I'd really like to retain the factory Nismo exhaust, but I want it to get about 20% louder with maybe a bit of midrange gain if anything at all. Originally I thought a set of HFCs would work perfect, but I keep reading about them cracking and adding tons of rasp, plus dealing with the CEL is not an option for me. I already have nismo intakes on it, which helped a bit with the sound and makes the car feel more fun. Is there another option out there besides going with a different exhaust?
Normally I dont post a ton around here and I just research info about the Z, but I need a little input with the nismo. Just recently I made the decision to not go FI with this car, its far too expensive to justify and I probably won't have this thing forever, so I decided to just go with wheels, a suspension, and a few other small mods.
I'd really like to retain the factory Nismo exhaust, but I want it to get about 20% louder with maybe a bit of midrange gain if anything at all. Originally I thought a set of HFCs would work perfect, but I keep reading about them cracking and adding tons of rasp, plus dealing with the CEL is not an option for me. I already have nismo intakes on it, which helped a bit with the sound and makes the car feel more fun. Is there another option out there besides going with a different exhaust?
11-19-2011, 06:03 PM
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Sounds like you have the OEM Nismo exhaust on a Nismo Z, swap out to a Nismo S tune exhuast.
11-19-2011, 06:59 PM
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Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150 depending on labor...
Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150 depending on labor...
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11-19-2011, 07:34 PM
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Have you done this and how does it sound...
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Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150 depending on labor...
Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150 depending on labor...
11-19-2011, 10:14 PM
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^^You can prob search that up. It probably sounds a bit raspy, iono, just a guess since there is no resonator. Your only choices are that, hfc, art pipes, or the washer method haha. Ive only heard of hfc cracking from mating hfc with the nismo y pipe. Not sure if the nismo comes with the nismo y pipe, or if its just the nismo s tune....
11-19-2011, 10:43 PM
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Does sound a bit raspy upon start up, everything except motordyne rasp alittle bit. My current setup is raspy on start up, after that it's music!
I say just go get an estimate from a exhaust shop...no harm from a bolt on straight pipe you can always go back to stock.
When I did have this setup it was great! Sounded a little meaner and wasn't crazy! I stated this in another thread you can't add anything to this setup i.e. test pipes cause it then sounds horrible.
Also the Nismo s-tune has a smaller resonator and a bigger diameter 3" hence better performance and tone!
I say just go get an estimate from a exhaust shop...no harm from a bolt on straight pipe you can always go back to stock.
When I did have this setup it was great! Sounded a little meaner and wasn't crazy! I stated this in another thread you can't add anything to this setup i.e. test pipes cause it then sounds horrible.
Also the Nismo s-tune has a smaller resonator and a bigger diameter 3" hence better performance and tone!
11-20-2011, 12:35 AM
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Hey guys,
Normally I dont post a ton around here and I just research info about the Z, but I need a little input with the nismo. Just recently I made the decision to not go FI with this car, its far too expensive to justify and I probably won't have this thing forever, so I decided to just go with wheels, a suspension, and a few other small mods.
I'd really like to retain the factory Nismo exhaust, but I want it to get about 20% louder with maybe a bit of midrange gain if anything at all. Originally I thought a set of HFCs would work perfect, but I keep reading about them cracking and adding tons of rasp, plus dealing with the CEL is not an option for me. I already have nismo intakes on it, which helped a bit with the sound and makes the car feel more fun. Is there another option out there besides going with a different exhaust?
Normally I dont post a ton around here and I just research info about the Z, but I need a little input with the nismo. Just recently I made the decision to not go FI with this car, its far too expensive to justify and I probably won't have this thing forever, so I decided to just go with wheels, a suspension, and a few other small mods.
I'd really like to retain the factory Nismo exhaust, but I want it to get about 20% louder with maybe a bit of midrange gain if anything at all. Originally I thought a set of HFCs would work perfect, but I keep reading about them cracking and adding tons of rasp, plus dealing with the CEL is not an option for me. I already have nismo intakes on it, which helped a bit with the sound and makes the car feel more fun. Is there another option out there besides going with a different exhaust?
I'm running a Nismo s-tune exhaust with ART pipes.The results after I added the ART pipes were what you are looking to accomplish.The ARTS are not cheap.
11-20-2011, 08:39 AM
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Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150
depending on labor...
Now this is just from my experience. You can take it or leave it. Remove the mid-pipe resonator OR since you might want to return to stock. Have a muffler shop make you a new one (mid-pipe) without a resonator i.e. straight pipe...
This will give you what you want for $100-$150
depending on labor...
As for those who mentioned the s tuned exhaust- im really not looking to go that route because it doesn't look as nice as the oem exhaust to me. It does sound great though, no doubt about that!
11-20-2011, 12:51 PM
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This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks man! I'll get researching it a little bit and look at what it's going to take, but for that much money itd be worth a shot. If the car is a bit raspy at startup thats perfectly fine, I was used to it in my old M3
As for those who mentioned the s tuned exhaust- im really not looking to go that route because it doesn't look as nice as the oem exhaust to me. It does sound great though, no doubt about that!
As for those who mentioned the s tuned exhaust- im really not looking to go that route because it doesn't look as nice as the oem exhaust to me. It does sound great though, no doubt about that!
11-20-2011, 12:59 PM
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??The S-tune looks almost the same as the OEM.The tips are slanted up a bit and are about the same diameter(OEM tips cover the inside pipe.the s-tune pipe diameters are larger throughout).S-TUNE HAS NISMO ETCHED ON THE SIDES.You may want to go the heap route as the s-tune runs around $1,300+.
But besides that, I'm not dumping $1.3k on a muffler for this car, I'd just as well put that money towards something that will deliver a very tangible difference, like FI.
That's an idea as well! Have you done this or are there pictures of setups with it? I'd imagine it might eventually cloud up with time and/or get a bit aged from all the debris from roads.
11-20-2011, 04:25 PM
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Off topic question here, I got rear-ended like 2 weeks ago as some know, finally got a check to get it fixed. Turns out they're going to replace my exhaust also, how likely is it that I will be able to get an aftermarket exhaust, or would that even be possible. I'm going to talk to the shop about it tomorrow. Insight is appreciated thanks.