i have heard somwhere that a 5th gen muffler bolts up to a 4th gen maxima? is this true? and i also heard there is a slight HP advantage from doing this.
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It's true that you can do this. There really is no power advantage just that it's a different muffler for the 4th gen. Brudaddy has one on his car. Try getting a hold of him, he'll be more informative on the subject.

 

read the same thing, I belive its in the faqs, it will bolt up but you'll get virtually no gains.

 

actually, me and a mechanic at a cole muffler shop just did it. It requires modifying the piping on the 5th gen muffler and he had to cut off that flange on the 4th gen pipe (b-pipe?), The guy had to weld it back together afterwards. I was sitting in a muffler shop with the guy trying to figure it out. It's not that hard but it's really cheap to get it done professionally. I paid 30 bucks for the install. Good luck. I ended up removing the right side tow hook because it was banging a bit over bumps and that solved the problem. Man it has such a throaty deep tone on WOT. You hear that flap thing open as the sound changes. When it's not WOT, there is not change in the volume at all.

Some info about the muffler at

"variable capacity muffler derived from the one on the high performance Nissan Skyline GT-R. A special muffler flap valve, using high temperature aerospace spring technology and materials, opens at 2,000 rpm and above - reducing exhaust system backpressure. These changes helped increase the engine's horsepower from 190 to 222 and torque from 205 to 217 ft-lbs, versus the 1999 Maxima."
from http://www.nissannews.com/site_libra...ma/index.shtml

Obviously we don't see the 30 HP/12 lb-ft increase from just the muffler but my butt dyno feels just a tad more throttle response in the lower gears. (take that for what it's worth). It's the sound and style that makes it worth it!

Some bad pics of my final product at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/573485

hope that helps

 

You need to get new hangers welded onto the muffler for it to sight right under the bumper cutout.

 

oh yeah, forgot to mention that new hanger bit... You're right mzmtg.

I think it's worth it, it looks better in real life than in the picture on my car domain site. ( I suck at photography)

 

From what year did you get that muffler? I would kind of like to eventually do this but I can't decide if I want the 00-01 SE? muffler with the oval thing around the tips like brudaddy or the ones with just the regular tips like yours.

 

Can you show where it says it will bolt up???

 

mine is a 2002 muffler, the 2001 is the oval looking one with the connect pipes.

 

btw. You can order the either the big oval or individual tips from Nissan. So you can use any 2000+ maxima muffler, take off the tips and shove on the type you like