I ordered the Greddy Catback the other night and I was wondering your thoughts on it like sound, performance wise on the low and top end, and any other thoughts on it.

 

Since my Greddy is coming in, how much could I sell my 2000 GXE muffler for and is it worth it?

 

I have the Greddy Evo Catback. I love it!!!! It sounds real throaty and german. It gave a pretty significant power increase as well. The stock muffler looks nice and is real quit, but's a real hp robber. Good luck!

 

Gawd damn HP robbers!!
Gotta hate them!

 

oh yeah. haha. save your stock exhaust, it's worth some money, and you may want to put it back on if you have a problem with the Greddy.
sounds hot man---your gonna love it

 

Save the muffler in case of problems with the greddy? What is that supposed to mean. It is just a pipe and I paid $524 for it. It better be perfect! What could go wrong?

 

Someone may smack into the back of you and break the exhaust, and for the mean time you may need to put the stock one back on. I am pretty sure the greddy comes with a warrenty.

 

MaxSe01- Do u feel an increase on the low end or higher up in the RPM range?

GC

 

Okay how much could I get for it though if I were to sell it?

 

There's no increase in power.You might think there is by the sound,but your paying for sound,man,tone.Why don't you just cut off the exhaust half way back,or better yet just leave the Y pipe open,then you'll go a whole lot faster,like 1/10th quicker in the quarter mile,and save your *** $500.00.

 

Its an exhaust, you feel more high end......

 

Well it is expensive for any potential gains. And they are a lot louder for sure. But I disagree although I have not seen dynos with before and after greddy catback on a 5th gen with y and intake I feel it would have to increase power somewhere along the line. Take a look from your cat back. There are all sorts of crimps and thin piping let alone the resonator. That catback would have to increase power somewhere in the rpm range (probably 3500K and higher).

Someone please dyno your 5th gen with a Greddy Cat Back Evo?

 

By the way, my 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT has the same Greddy EVO on it and it sounds great. There isn't much of a difference for regular driving but freeway gears pull harder. And it is not because of the noise. Before the GT would pull to 5000 RPMs and slow quickly to 6000 RPMs. Now it flies up to the red like my Maxima.

Now the reason why I am asking the question in the first place is because even though I have one already on my other car, I think it will sound totally different. The Eclipse sound is kind of ricey like in "Fast and Furious" I don't expect the Maxima to sound like that. My other concern is about those special mufflers we have that open both outlets while WOT. Will the Greddy make lowend suffer a little because of what we used to have? It makes me wonder what is going on if 4th gen guys are choosing the 2k muffler over the greddy muffler. Makes sense? Someone explain and tell me how much I will get for the 2k muffler!

 

Very proud of you,your some rich kid that can afford a Max and a Mistu.Well jerky, if I wanted any ****e from you I'd squeeze your head.

 

If you went with a custom b-pipe and 2K1 muffler you would probably feel some gains and it would be a lot more quiet than a Greddy. I would really like to hear a Greddy on a 5th gen 5spd with intake and Y.

 

Rich kid huh. That's funny. I actually made a lot of money on the stock market in 1999. I put all my college money and savings (used to never spend my money) into a stock that went from $35 a share to $9 a share. I bought and in a few weeks during the big booms it went back up to regular price and I was able to afford both cars. I do wish that I never got the Mitsubishi though. Too expensive for less performance than the Maxima. Before I lucked out I had a 1974 VW Superbeetle and then a 1981 faded yellow VW rabbit with a nice pink hole sticker on it.
Or maybe I am a genious because I know the correct way to write "YOU'RE some rich kid..."
By the way, it is a Mitsu not a Mistu

 

haha..I was waiting for a comeback Dom- good one!

GC

 

The sound isn't as deep as the GReddy SP on the 4th gens. I like my EVO... got the riceboy look going.

 

I have heard from many people here that there is maybe a 1hp gain on the Dyno with cat-back or muffler replacing. As far as calling the stock one a hp robber, you might want to dyno yours before and after to justify that!

 

The humongous crimp in the b pipe will definitely rob HP. Imagine a 2" tube going all the way down to about 1". Makes you wonder now, huh?

 

i agree.... that crimp looks bad.... I need to do something about it....

 

GReddy... next mod (after the coilovers).

 

i want to keep the stock muffler.... maybe a custom b-pipe a little later...

 

You don't want to go BBBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!?!

Yeah, definitely get rid of that b pipe if you can. It's just too restrictive. Let me see if I can take some pics of the crimp when I get home.

 

I like the sleeper look


I've seen that crimp a lot.... looks worse every time I look at it

 

Swap it! Swap it! Swap it!

So no aero kit for you then?

 

one of these days.... maybe I should just take 2 weeks vacation and spend all the time hooking up my car.... that would be fun


as for the kit... dunno haven't thought about it

 

Yeah, that would be fun. Buy all the mods and store them somewhere... take a 2 week vacation to mod your car.

Springs & struts = 2 days
kit = 1 day (have it painted in advance)
b pipe = 1 day
wheels & tires = 1 day
VB = 1 day
TC = 1 day
SC = 4 days (unless you do it yourself)
Days left to enjoy = 3 days (extra weekend days will vary)


Good plan?

 

good plan..... but you forgot one thing.... MONEY....

 

 

aaahahhh, now i know why you bought the Greddy,........."the riceboy look going"........I guess you got to keep your theme up huh.

 

More rice in the mail... Should be here in 1-2 weeks. I'm not in denial. Hehehe

 

hahahaha, you are not cool.......

 

Your car looks rice also. I think it's the rims..... get rid of them (I'll take them off your hands ).

 

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matt, your rims are rice.... you can donate them to me... I'll even come down to NC to pick them up

 

Hey! I got first dibs!

 

yeah, but I can pick them up.... he has to ship to you

 

I'll pay shipping costs.

 

i'll give him my non-ricy rims in exchange