Well with the stock catback and cattman headers/ypipe/fastcat, the tone is just quiet enough that it sounds wimpy instead of sporty... like a drowned out g35 exhaust note.

I know our stock muffler is a 5 chamber monster, and changing it would be the easiest way to control sound. So I'm going to start looking around for some slightly sportier stock mufflers off other vehicles that I can pick up for cheap at a junkyard and test.

Has anybody done this? Any advice on what to look for? My goal is a low/sporty sounding exhaust like the newer stock G35s sound. Growl without drone.

 

1st gen G35 sedan muffler sounds good on the Max.

 

Why don't you try to change out the resonator that might just put you over the top with elevating noise levels. But my best bet for a stock muffler would be a G35 Sedan, Altima SE-R or a Stock Evo / STI.

 

Damn got beat to the punch

 

Also you you could go Euro flair and see if you could find some Jaquar XK coupe muffler to put on. I know that the guys at jag actually engineer the sound that comes out of their performance car mufflers so that might give you a cool but street legal sound.

 

Yeah this also makes me think of ford. They have a huge multimillion-dollar department just for exhaust note on their V8's.

 

frankencar, if you can find one. Still fairly quiet, but more low rumble than stock.

 

Frankencar w/megan b-pipe, it sounds like a 350z

 

I wonder if puppetmaster would cough one of his frankencar mufflers up.

 

a good aftermarket b-pipe will deepen the sound because of the resonator.

and you do realize that if you simply get a muffler of a car you like the sound of, it wont sound the same on a maxima. the muffler isnt the only thing that effects the sound. the G35 sounds isnt just the muffler.

 

I don't think you read my post. I said that I was trying to recreate a G35-like tone, not that a G35 muffler would automatically sound the same on my car. That is why I asked for opinions on what sounds good on the max, instead of going out and buying a g35 muffler with false hopes.

You seem to always feel the need to talk down to people. why?

 

i was talking about the other posts where people said

for a G35 sound, get a G35 muffler
for a Jaquar XK coupe sound, get a Jaquar XK coupe muffler

 

ok, got ya. I assumed you were pointing that at me b/c I mentioned G35 in my initial post.

 

i wasnt "talking down"...i was informing...if you took it that way, not my fault

and i gave advice

 

you should listen to the exhaust clips maybe you will get some ideas. I really need to make an exhaust clip video but MOHFPro90 is lazy

 

closest i have heard to a G35 sound was my 00....y-pipe, test pipe, stock rear section

 

one last bit of advice...i was surprised that the IM spacer kit deepened my exhaust note

with spacers, frankencar b-pipe and everything else stock

 

I think I'll go ahead and go with a megan b-pipe then play with my sound from there.

 

I've always thought the exhaust and engine sound of the Infiniti FX35 sounded sexy. Its not the deep rumble that impresses me, but more the smoothness of it if that makes sense.

 

Did you not like how the Cattman Catback sounded with those headers? I think that's the perfect tone (for me) is the full Cattman system.

 

I guess I should not have insinuated that changing the muffler would get you the same sound. I was just trying to convey that since these companies actually spend time making sure their mufflers create a certain sound they might have a pleasantly nice sound on a max. Most importantly they would not have a after market sound that I have come to hate with all the fart cans they have down here in Florida. (And yes Cattman sounds after market with all the backfiring type sounds it gives off after a hard rev.)

 

since when do i have an aftermarket catback?

 

I'm not saying that you did. My question was, "did you not like the sound of that setup" assuming that you have heard it from a posted online streaming video or in person. I was suggesting that I thought that sounded the best paired with the headers you have was all.

 

Hey, Sparks - what kind of license plate bulbs are those? They look awesome!

 

They're 3watt high output LEDs of the 194 size. I have them in all 4 sidemarkers and in my parking lights, too.

 

Personally, I like the way this sounds: http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t=CIMG0429.flv

 

I got headers,test pipe , gutted bpipe and a 5.5 muffler i like the sound but i want to get a Cattman/ megan b pipe which will resonate the bees in the can noise from the test pipe.

I can make a clip if needed.

 

sounds almost just like mine.

 

stock muffler FTW
sound doesnt make your car faster...just gets it more attention

 

The stock sound is too boring/quiet. A nice system doesn't make your car extremely loud, just gives it a little growl. I love my Megan.

 

intake + IM spacers + frankencar b-pipe = enough noise for me

 

I don't have any of that and don't want it. I only upgrade stuff on my car when it wears out, thankfully the exhaust was trash at 45K. When my struts go I'll get Illumina's and Eibach's Tires are now shot so it's time for Eagle F1 GS-D3's.

Actually I'll prolly do spacers when I do tune up, it's no harder. You actually replaced the intake?

 

i only upgrade stuff that will add performance....and a muffler doesnt do that.

i have a frankencar intake

 

Yea, I didn't get a muffler, got a CB. I don't know what a stock exhaust costs but I bet it's more than $380 from the dealer.

 

why are 5th gen threads always more productive then 4th gen ones?

 

we are more mature

 

By who's standards?

 

4th gen standards...

 

4th gen standards

 

Ya'll need a new chart.