It has a WSP full 2.5" exhaust with a magnaflow muffler and an equal length Y-pipe. It sounds amazing and butt dyno tells me that it gained significant power through out the power band (unequal vs. equal length Y-pipe). With the equal length Y-pipe, it's ALOT quiter and it's not raspy at all like it was before. It has a much more refined sound. The sound reminds me of a inline 6 with a nice exhaust (i.e., supra, bmw). I think I fell in love with my Maxima again.




It was only backfiring slightly because the engine wasn't fully warmed up.

 

Sounds pretty mean..

 

sounds very simular to my car! nice!

 

thanks

do you have an equal length y-pipe too?

 

You weld like Greeny. Flux core rig? Nice idea though. Is my whole exhuast now non-existant?

 

Damn that sounds good.

 

Haha!! I thought the same thing when i seen the welds, and predicted your post..

 

No I was using gas but for some reason it kept wanting to burn through on the lowest heat setting. I was using a Lincoln Weld-Pak 175HD. Normally, I can weld better than this even with flux. It looks like **** but it doesn't leak.

Actually I was welding a little more like Jeffy

Your exhaust is now on Jon94se's Maxima.

 

That sounds......really good!

 

"my welds starting to look better once i got a grinder"
does adding that bend cause more of an restriction?

 

lol, I have a grinder, but I didn't want to sacrifice strength for appearance.

Probably

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0leVqKCLFU

you can hear it till the turbo spools...

 

Sounds nice! How does it pull from low RPM to Mid to high?

 

Is the equal length Y-pipe originally a WSP Mandrel Bent version that was modified by you?

 

Thanks. It pulls pretty good. It seems like it gained power everywhere.

 

yep

 

sounds good. OS Stillen?

 

So, what is this an upgrade from- just a standard WSP mandrel bent Y-pipe and stock cat and catback to the modified ELYP plus a full WSP 2.5" catback and performance cat? I just wonder what we are comparing from pre-mod to post-mod.

 

sounds real nice. props to you for having the ***** to hack up your y pipe.

 

Before, I had a full WSP exhaust with an unequal length WSP Y-pipe. Now, I have the same exhaust with an equal length Y-pipe.

 

no i have a custom 2.5 inch piping w warp y pipe and hollow muffler....with a resonator...I had a full 2.5 piping, no cat, and greddy evo2, and it was way too loud and way too raspy....very happy with my setup now..

 

heh.. one of my neighbors in a honduh called me a ricer last week cause of how splatty my WSP Y and rusted out Greedy exhaust sound... it's BAD. I need to redo the whole thing..

 

sounds awsome dude....how about ur gas milage? any up and downs? my exhaust setup more sounds like a muscle car than tuner lol

and thats a pretty gud weld...just grind the mountains on it and then buffer it...its gonna look shiny and all nice

 

Nice job, where did you source that bend?

 

sounds good at idle, but the rev part doesn't thrill me.

let's see, tomorrow I get the tires put on, then I'll get the exhaust done as long as it's only a pipe. Dam VGs

 

Sounds fantastic! Any VG guys willing to try the same thing? I'd love to hear how that sounds.

 

as soon as i learn how to weld it's something i'd like to try. tho without equal length headers it won't probably show out its true potential my design will be different tho, and will not have such a tight turnaround there.. rather passing the front bank pipe over the rear bank pipe.. the rear bank pipe will start out going towards the bumper then make a gentler bend and go across to the other side of the front bank pipe (which will move over 3 inches to go into the passenger-side of the junction) and the rear bank pipe will attach to the driver-side of the junction. that way the bends won't be as severe.

 

I made it out of about 7 or 8 angle cut sections of 2 inch pipe. I originally made it with a regular mandrel bend, but it hit the ground as soon as I went over a bump.

 

I thought about doing it like you are talking about, but I'd lose ground clearance and it would have been more work. I'm planning on making headers for it when I have time.

 

looks good to me if you ask.

 

It's actually alot quieter than it seems in the video and not raspy at all. Sound isn't always the same through a camera than it is in person. It's actually almost as quiet as when I had a 5th gen muffler. The intake is louder than the exhaust...

I should make another video with the camera a little further away because the camera was really close to the exhaust. Maybe I'll make an in-car video too.

 

Thanks!

I don't know about gas mileage just yet.

I don't want to grind it, because I don't want to sacrifice any strength and honestly, I don't care what it looks like as long as it doesn't leak or break.

 

well it won't make you lose ground clearance as long as you make the front-bank pipe OVER the rear-bank pipe. that way the rear-bank pipe, crossing under the other pipe, will be at the same level as the ypipe was originally. i'm trying to make a diagram of it.... i don't have CAD so, as only I can do, i'm making the whole thing in PowerPoint. Yes. I know. It's kinda sad.

 

I think I get what you're saying now. Maybe I'll sell my Y-pipe and make one like you're talking about when and if I make headers.

 

i think the real tricky part is whether to have crossover happen behind the axle, between the axle and oilpan, or in front of the oilpan... i think that all depends on how much pipe you need to equalize the lengths in the first place, and how wide you swing it. i was thinking that angling the rear bank's pipe toward the crossmember and running the pipe as close as possible to the member without hitting it will give you a gentler curve and more flexibility with the design as well. not to mention the shifter support rod and its bracket kindof get in the way of making a REALLY wide sweeping turn... here is a pic of the underbody of my car for reference. the bar at the top of the pic is the passenger side axle. and pardon the mess... i still haven't fixed my tranny leak and apparently my ps pump or hoses are leaking too c'est la vie.

 

I thought about alot of different ways to do this, but when you look under the car you quickly realize that there isn't much room to do anything.

FYI, my Y-pipe is very close to being exactly equal length. I used a string to figure out my lengths.

 

ok well being that i made this in powerpoint... it's about as good as it's gonna get. but the basic idea is the same. just... not so crude.

 

That has a really nice tone to it.

 

you needed a mandrel donut.

some like that.

 

Hope he likes it. I think he's selling though? Too bad, those flanges cost me a pretty penny.