I was driving home tonight, and a fellow Maxima owner pulled up next to me and asked if I wanted to buy a brand new Y pipe from him on the spot for 80 bucks. I asked what kind, he said Stillen. I told him to pull over to the side so I will take it (I know they go for at least 220). It looks brand new, inside and out. He gave me the Y pipe and the smaller bent pipe, Im assuming I will need also, along with the rings to connect it. However, the gaskets came in a Nissan bag. When I got home, i searched over the pipe...but couldnt find anywhere it says Stillen on it. In the middle, it does say: 'this is for racing use only, not intended for highway use'...or something to the effect of that. My question is do the Y pipes say the brand name on them? I hope he didnt rip me off and give me an OEM pipe. I will try to take pics of it and post them....Thanks for the help in advance...

 

i can't answer your specific questions however, i would assume it's not stock if it said that "this is for racing use only, not intended for highway use"...do you know which member it was?

 

No, it was just a general Maxima owner..nobody I knew. I would assume that also, but it doesnt have a name inscribed on it.

 

So you seriously got it for $80!!!

It's a Stillen baby! Mine says the same thing! There's a little plate with the engraving facing down toward the ground, right?

Man, for $80 you are sooooooo lucky!!! The Y-pipe might be hot though.

Tifosi

 

Another question...Im thinking of things as the night goes by... I'm guessing this Y-pipe thing isnt legal huh? Im in NJ...if I have it installed, will I pass inspection....anybody else out there in NJ that has one installed??Thanks guys..

 

people with y-pipes pass emissions (sp?)

just make sure your car is running for a while before getting tested.

 

$80 bucks

even gave you the gaskets, and connecting pipe for fed spec cars....that my friend is a steal...

and btw, ATLEAST 220 ??? try atleast 350

 

cool, but whats sp?

 

sp is that he's not sure how emmissions is spelled

 

o...lol my bad... ok heres some more ?'s....if it will pass emissions, will it fail anything? NJ is very strict on sh*t. What does the Y pipe do exactly?

 

removes the 2 pre cats that are found on the stock y pipe....those 2 pre cats only operate when the car is cold, therefore having no affect on the cars emmissions testing when it is fully warmed up....unless they specially know that a maxima has 2 precats on the y pipe, and look for it, then you can get crap, but most likely, 90% of the time, they will just look for the 1 main cat, and not know anything about any pre cats

 

Dang! You are so lucky! You should drive around some more & see if someone offers you a supercharger!

Check out Motorvate's Y-Pipe Analysis for lots of hp/tq curves pre & post y-pipe install. Congrats!

 

no, my friend...that was stolen. why the heck would a person sell a new y-pipe for $80?! I don't care what the brand is...80 is insanely cheap...and why ask a random person? What if you were a gangster and beat the **** outta him, called your friend, and took off with his car (including y!)
Something's not right about this. But who cares! U got a new Y for cheap!
Jae

 

lol, ur right...he had other stuff done also, it was lowered...AND it was a stick 97 SE...he said that he was selling the car (he had a for sale sign on his back window). thats why he was selling it...as he says.....unfortunatly, I didnt get the price

 

Man, 80bucks, that was a steal. (Pun might be intended)

 

Who cares if it's hot! he possibly got a stillen y pipe for $80!!!

 

i have a warpspeed and it doesn't say anything on it, nor does it come with some extra pipe, not sure what u talking about...yea it could be hot but who cares, i mean they not gonna make u take off pipe to see if it is stolen if they can even find out or even care

 

There is no way to trace a Y pipe. There is no serial etc like other things. And who is gonna go around to EVERY maxima asking them to remove pieces of the exhaust so they can see if it was theirs?

SuDZ