hey guys,
im getting my pacesetter catback instaled tommorrow. i wanted to know how much wheel horse and torque i would gain or lose, throttle response and things like that. i have nothing else done preformance wise.

thanks

 

4-7whp gain, not gonna be much but little things add up. Let me know how it sounds, i'm looking at buying that catback as well. You have y pipe?

 

no y pipe

i dont exactly have anything to spend, my exhaust needed to be replaced from there back anyway

 

the Y pipe is what is going to give u the most gain out of the exhaust mods, so I say u save some money and get one cause its definately the bang for the buck mod

 

i still need the catback to pass inspection. maybe a y pipe a little down the road. what should i get, for a y pipe???

 

http://www.lssexhaust.com/ That's all I'm sayin', but that's just me.

 

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I have the pacesetter....its quiet....and to be honest i felt no gains at all. Before I had it, I had an exhaust leak, and since changing the exhaust, ive heard no difference between the catback and the leak, and see no power gain or loss.

 

hmm, thats kinda too bad

 

Do you have a y pipe?

 

I seriously doubt your going see a 4-7whp gain from just a pacestter catback. Maybe a total HP gain, but not to the wheels.

 

I suppose the 7 would be if its tuned

 

I dont have a y pipe....I did have an intake...but I got rid of it. To be honest though, I like the pacesetter...its quiet and cheap, but not what I expected.

 

I had meinike put on a Volt cat back. Took my 1/4 from 15.6xx to a 15.2xx.
Only other mod to the car at the time was a k&n style filter. Then I did a WS Y Pipe + High flo cat. Best I could pull at the 1/4 then was a 15.1xx. This is just my experience and by no means am I saying that a catback will give more gains then a ypipe. But this was just my experience. Weather and maybe track prep had something to do with it??? who knows. Those 1/4 pulls were all done on toyo proxes 4 on stock 16" se rims. Low 2.3xx 60' on all of those runs.

 

y pipe FTMFW... cat back is a waste of money if u want more power.. if u want teh sound get it...

 

you'll feel not gain with a pacesetter catback. catbacks don't over better hp without having a y. With headers it would be even better. 4-7 hp? not a chance.

 

Headers havent proved to have any more gains over a Y pipe on an NA Vq30

 

Weater will always play a factor.

 

No I meant that a full system with headers would be best. I know they offer no better gains than a y or whatnot but paired with the rest of the exhaust they are a nice addition.

 

For the price and the amount of labor to install, a y pipe would be the way to go in my opinion.

 

Well yeah, I wouldnt pay for headers. The money for them + installation is way too expensive for the minimal gains. But I'm just saying that they do offer a better flow with a full system. I'm not saying to buy them.

 

back from the dead guys... question, and i cant seem to find it in the searches, so please spare me the

Is there any such thing as a semi-quiet catback? For instance, I'm looking for a nice looking catback that behaves acoustically like an intake.. you only hear if you really get on it... and even then it's not overbearingly loud.

Also would you feel the gains of a catback if you already have an intake and headers installed on a 3.5?

Man I feel like this is such a common issue, but for some reason I can't find it. Am I blind? lol

EDIT: just realized this is the 4th gen forums, and I'm a 5th genner can anybody answer my questions regardless?

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=322569

i didnt even donate and i knew the answer..S-E-A-R-C-H

 

Hopefully someone will move this for you but i say custom if you know what you want. Just have your local muffler shop bend you some nice pipes and the muff that you want tahts what i am doing.

 

Cattman headers, Cattman B -pipe, A33 rear section. Great set-up, IMO. Another IMO, catback gains aren't worth the sound increase.

 

^^^ again no sound clips no care!!!

 

Check the 5th gen sound clips sticky, mine is on page #6.

 

i plan on getting an intake and cattman headers after i get my 5.5 gen on wednesday... i'm so excited! what'll the sound be like on that... similar to a intake and y-pipe on a 3.0?

 

I have an 03, so mine will sound like yours if you do what I did, probably.

 

cool.. thats what im looking for

 

Damn it, I wasted my time reading an old thread.

 

@ post #22 it was evident it was old.

 

i am just getting my muffler shop to make me a y-pipe, they are gonna make one and run a straight pipe from that back to a muffler i bought for like 150 bucks!!

 

oh what size pipe would be the best, i was thinking of 2-3/4 or 3 but ive heard bad things about 3"

 

2.25” – 2.50” NA. 3.0” if you’re planning on boosting/spraying.

 

ya i'm n/a, so ill prolly go with 2.5 cuz i hav 2.25 now

 

Cattman headers, warpspeed SS test pipe, cattman catback....not really that loud, I like it!

 

I got a Megan cat-back, not much gain, BUT 2 days ago I added a Cattman Y I got used from another org.er and now I 4 SURE feel a lot more power. I didnt do headers cause it wont pass e-test(and havent seen proof of power gains) but with the Y if u let er warm up, shell pass. If u are looking for power go with the Y, if u are looking for looks and sound then cat-back

 

Cattman Headers will pass emissions in the same fashion as a y-pipe since the headers still retain the main cat.