Just wanna know if it is a direct bolt-on without alterations. I need one soon.

 

Everything's essentially the same besides the muffler. As far as the manifold/y-pipe, you're better off with the 4th gen pieces.

 

If you're talking about the muffler, the hangers will line up fine, but you'll have to get it welded to your pipe

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...48&postcount=5 (last pic shows where I had it welded on)

 

5th gen y-pipe is a bit longer...

 

no its not.. same thing..

 

What's the best way to pick one up on the cheap? I haven't been fully satisfied with my Warpspeed "dynomax clone" muffler. Decent "growl" and good airflow, but it looks worse than the stock muffler (it's really huge and fat - so it doesn't tuck nicely under the car).

Any suggestions?

 

What year should it be taken from?

 

What note does the 5th gen produce compared to stock, and say a straight through type?

 

I keep a data base on these replacement parts/issues for when I confront them and my notes say get a 2001 muffler. I'm not sure why that's recommended over a 2000 muffler but evidently one of the selling features of the 01 muffler is it supposedly looks better.

 

i have one form a 2001 max.....2000-2001 look differant from 2002-03...i do not know the exact differance in them though...but they all will fit

 

Hey manual, did it fit on without any welding and cutting, was it a direct bolt on without any problems?
Do you just have the muffler or the other piece too? Also do you need gaskets?

 

i just have the muffler.....i took it to a muffler shop and it had to be welded on. They also had to make some hangers for it. It cost like $50 to get it on there. But it is quiet and IMO looks much better than the stock one, so it was worth it.

I just did not want anything with sound...

 

I changed mine to 2K2 as well. Wanted some quietness. Paid $100 for used muffler.

 

lol got mine for $35 shipped

 

I think mine is a 2002 model (2 seperate tailpipes where as the 2001 model is 2 tail pipes connected). Not sure of the years exactly.

Had to get it welded on.



See my cardomain page for more (and rate my page while you're there! )

 

The 5th gen muffler fits on the stock hangers, but I believe the pipe inlet is on the opposite side as the stock one.
When I had mine put on, I think they flipped it around, and then they just welded it onto the stock piping.
Sounds a little deeper though. It is great!

 

Thanks for the input guys, then i guess 02-03 would be fine also.

 

The only thing thats holding me back is that the fifth gen double exhaust tips will look weird on the stock 4th gen rear bumper cut-out. Brudaddy, how'd you make the cut out on your? recipricating saw?

 

I read on Brudaddy's cardomain site that its not necessary to cut a hole for the double exhaust tips as it hangs lower than our 4th gen tips.
Hmmm...a brainstorm...now that's got me thinking about how to fill in that semi-circle opening....get a scrap piece of bumper, cut it with a dremel to fit and then paint it to match?

 

so did you guys felt any difference at all?
sound wise?
i remember seeing a post saying it MIGHT net you 1 horse lol

 

I heard that it would be good for boosted Maxes.

 

I don't have this particular muffler, and I'm not boosted, but I think that when you are boosted, air-flow becomes WAY more important than when naturally aspirated.

I'd imagine that a boosted maxima would want more flow than a 5th gen muffler affords. I may be wrong on that, so don't quote me.

 

Boosted or not it will not net anything worth writing home over, maybe 4 hp MAX

 

Or maybe that boosted and n/a maximas can both use 5th gen mufflers since a muffler is only there to produce sound.

 

Agreed. Probably zero or one HP for naturally aspirated. More if boosted, just b/c airflow is increased. But what boosted maxima would be running a stock muffler! Unless they really enjoy a quiet ride?

 

yea but what muffler give you worth while gains anyways? now a cat-back might but not just a simple weld on muffler. nothing on the butt dyno. Honestly i do not think the double tip looks bad on the opening.....i guess most of you are perfectionists but you really do not notice it unless you really care about it......

i got mine not for the gains which i knew there was none. I just wanted a better lookng muffker that was as close to stock sound as i could get.....i have never seen a bumper someone cut looking that great either.....

 

Headers -y/pipe give most horsepower gains ... Anything other than that is not worth the hassle. Unless you're like 96sleeper and have a cut-out. But that's for racing purposes only, so unless you track your car regularly, b-pipe and muffler have no buisness getting replaced.

 

I would not use a recipricating saw....it is too bulky.

They guy that did mine royally screwed it up.
In hind sight, I would just take a rasp or file or dremmel or something like that to do it. I know it would take a little bit longer, but it would look a lot better. Mine is not exactly straight.

Keep in mind, there doesn't need to be much of a whole. The 5th gen muffler....at least the one I got.....hangs down a little further than the stock one under the bumper. Just make the tallest part of the original hole....stay the tallest part.

 

It frees up the whole setup.
I have an aftermkt y and larger piping....so I would guess all that with the 5th gen muffler gave me about 20hp gain.

It sounds a lot better to me. It is not that much different, but it just growls a little deeper.

 

Yeah, boosted needs more air flow than just a muffler, but the 5th gen is just about as free flowing as you can get out there.
It is just a lot cheaper and better looking than some others.

 

You are right about that.
Doing nothing else but muffler will not get you anything really.....except sound differences.

 

Should i just get the rear section or the whole catback, what ya think?

 

personally i think the best setup would be a full exhaust with a stock 2k+ muffler... looks stock but packs the same punch

 

Well, a high flow cat does nothing. You get no gains from it and you just get worse emissions out of it.

Just get 2.5" piping from the cat back and 2000+ muffler.