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Old 12-11-2003 | 01:31 PM
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which exhaust has the most Muscle sound?

Hey I was just wondering which exhaust has the most Muscle Car sound thanks
Old 12-11-2003 | 01:37 PM
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Old 12-11-2003 | 01:45 PM
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Old 12-11-2003 | 03:44 PM
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well if you pair any catback made for the max with a y-pipe you will get a "muscle" sound.

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Old 12-11-2003 | 03:45 PM
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Just take the exhaust off from the y pipe back
Old 12-11-2003 | 03:49 PM
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Old 12-11-2003 | 04:46 PM
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umm we drive a V6 not a V8. You want loud? A Cattman y, any test pipe, an un-resonated B pipe, and a straight through muffler.

What the hell is a muscle sound anyway? Blub, blub, blub...which is from huge cams right...so maybe any full exhaust Maxima with race cams.
Old 12-11-2003 | 04:50 PM
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umm we drive a V6 not a V8. You want loud? A Cattman y, any test pipe, an un-resonated B pipe, and a straight through muffler.

What the hell is a muscle sound anyway? Blub, blub, blub...which is from huge cams right...so maybe any full exhaust Maxima with race cams.
Does anyone know if they make a Stromung exhaust for our car? Everycar I have heard them on sounds really deep and not ricey
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:03 PM
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Old 12-11-2003 | 05:11 PM
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The apexi ws exhaust is great because the sound is a worldly deep growl. When the y-pipe is installed the ws sounds a little farty and ricey. Does anybody else have a problem with this setup?
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:33 PM
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Do the stock b-pipes have a resonator or is it mostly the muffler that keeps it quiet?
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:40 PM
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have you ever looked under your max???? That huge round thing on the exhaust pipe under the center of the car is the resonator
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:42 PM
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LudeAEM - Where in Indpls are you from?
I actually live in Carmel.
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:48 PM
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about to try the HP Racing muffler w/ y-pipe and custom piping after that.....i'm hoping for a good tone.... will let u know
Old 12-11-2003 | 05:56 PM
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Brullen exhaust systems are extremely deep and do not sound like rice, more "muscle" sound
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Old 12-11-2003 | 06:38 PM
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Muscle sound comes from a cross-plane V8, which are known for their "rumble bumble" characteristic. Displacement plays a role and so do cams, but both are nearly irrelevant when measured to simple engine configuration. Ever wonder why a 360 Modena doesn't sound like a Mustang GT, both are V8s, the Ferrari uses the far less common flat-plane crank configuration, while the Mustang uses the more widely used cross-plane crank configuration. Displacement plays very little role, a VQ35 is only .1L smaller than a 3.6L used in the Ferrari but they don't even sound remotely similar.

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Old 12-11-2003 | 07:14 PM
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How to get the most muscular sound? Get a V8. While I would never chose to lose my Max in the way I did, I couldn't be happier with it's replacement. God bless modded Cobras
Old 12-11-2003 | 07:36 PM
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I'd think if you really want a muscle car sound, you'd be better off with a popcharger intake. It gives of a rotating growl at over half throttle. All the exhuasts sound deep or kinda buzzy, not V8 gurgly.
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Muscle sound comes from a cross-plane V8, which are known for their "rumble bumble" characteristic. Displacement plays a role and so do cams, but both are nearly irrelevant when measured to simple engine configuration. Ever wonder why a 360 Modena doesn't sound like a Mustang GT, both are V8s, the Ferrari uses the far less common flat-plane crank configuration, while the Mustang uses the more widely used cross-plane crank configuration. Displacement plays very little role, a VQ35 is only .1L smaller than a 3.6L used in the Ferrari but they don't even sound remotely similar.

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Ok, this is known knowledge. We assumed that he knew this already.
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A custom Remus setup sounds absolutely lovely...
Old 12-11-2003 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by KLoWnPR109
Just take the exhaust off from the y pipe back
(that sounded nice when i did it..lol)...i am just reminded of the time i was behind a camery with an alumnium spoiler and no pipes from the cat to the rear--no emissions laws in alabama
Old 12-11-2003 | 09:56 PM
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i like my magnaflow...damn loud and it sounds great!
Old 12-11-2003 | 10:04 PM
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I have heard about those $40 cutouts that go just be hind the cat.
Anyone heard them?
It would be hella loud but I wonder how it would sound?
Then I could be loud when I want and quiet when I'm comin home past my cerfew
Old 12-11-2003 | 10:08 PM
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I have a Flowmaster muffler. It sounds deep and powerful. The only problem is that it sounds like rattling while the rpms are going down.
Old 12-12-2003 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
A custom Remus setup sounds absolutely lovely...
yes it definitly does now that i think of it........although true Remus mufflers/exhaust components are quite expensive they sell Remus styled mufflers on ebay that my friend w/ an Acura Legend bought and it sounds very good still....warning tho.... very very loud inside the car.
Old 12-12-2003 | 04:49 PM
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Get a dual exhaust setup with borla mufflers! Ha
Old 12-12-2003 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by LudeAEM
Does anyone know if they make a Stromung exhaust for our car? Everycar I have heard them on sounds really deep and not ricey
My buddy has Stromung on his 97 Max. They custom made it for him. Its real nice. The whole catback is ss. He said he got it pretty cheap. He works at a dealership and has friends that work in a Subaru dealership right next to his Infiniti dealership. He ordered it thru Subaru.
It sounds okay. Nothing crazy. The muffler reminds me of the OBX type.
Old 12-12-2003 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LudeAEM
Ok, this is known knowledge. We assumed that he knew this already.
He said "Muscle Sound" meaning the sound a muscle car makes. Muscle cars use cross-plane crankshafts with 5 main bearings, with each piston and its opposing piston sharing each pin. A Maxima uses a typical V6 crank with 4 main bearings and the pins are split with a splay angle of 60 degrees, and pistons on opposite banks don't share the same pin. My point being, that none of the exhausts have the most "muscle" sound.
Old 12-13-2003 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by SkylineGTR
He said "Muscle Sound" meaning the sound a muscle car makes. Muscle cars use cross-plane crankshafts with 5 main bearings, with each piston and its opposing piston sharing each pin. A Maxima uses a typical V6 crank with 4 main bearings and the pins are split with a splay angle of 60 degrees, and pistons on opposite banks don't share the same pin. My point being, that none of the exhausts have the most "muscle" sound.
A lot has to do with firing order to.
Old 12-13-2003 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by LudeAEM
A lot has to do with firing order to.
Firing order is determined by crank cofiguration.
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