I purchased an Apexi N1 muffler and had my local performance exhaust shop redue the piping from the resonator back, but it sounded better and had a lower tone when i had a $50 maxspeed muffler!! I just want it to have a deep tone and perk up when i get on it. Any ideas or suggestions would be great....thanks.

 

Smaller resonator? I think the sound you want requires a Greddy EVO2.

 

Opinions of what is a nice "deep tone" is different from person to person... but this may help:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=407975

 

my car is all stock except for drilled/ slotted rotors with ceramic pads.
i want a CAI and an exhaust..
i need some tips on a throaty exhaust more like a wrx or a truck
NO RICE

 

This thread is quite old.

Why do you want your Max to sound like a truck!?!? And forget the boxer rumble from a Rex, it'll never sound like one.

 

GAB (ghetto air box mod) and stock exhaust will give you a touch more noise but still sound good and keep ricers from reving on you. Not much to gain with a catback anyway. Headers are where the power is.

 

 

good luck getting it, the VQ doesnt sound great with unresonated exhaust.

 

 

so this means that if i get str8 pipes after the y pipe with just a muffler it would sound like complete shi*t?

 

Depends on your opinion of sh*t.

 

Resonated vs. no resonator is really just a matter of personal preference, with the right muffler either setup can sound very nice. I run without a resonator and I really like the way my exhaust sounds.

 

I had my resonator removed, and it is louder, throatier, but sadly it drones way too much for my taste. I am going back to the biggest resonator i can find. I miss the deep bass tone and sick of the droning. the sound is very unbalanced as well.

now if I didn't have a straight through muffler ( cattman ), then im sure things would be different.

 

What kind of y-pipe/catback setup do you have? That makes a big difference. Also if you don't have a cat it will be a lot louder as well, that is a great resonator. Aftermarket y-pipes also don't help the sound as they are not equal length between the banks.

In the coming weeks I will complete this setup: aftermarket y modified for equal-length from both banks, stock cat, 2.5" piping, 22" resonator and some kind of straight through muffler. I have the 2.5" piping, resonator, and a stock style muffler installed and it sounds stock... I think with the Y-pipe and straight muffler it will sound great.

But yea a bigger catback + long resonator + straight through muffler seems to sound OK on Maxes

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...5&postcount=17

 

I have the cattman y-pipe, and catback with no resonator

 

I want butterfly valved exhausts.

 

old threads, ftl....