Y pipe or custom full exhaust from local shop?
#1
Y pipe or custom full exhaust from local shop?
Ok guys,
I have narrowed my mod down to these choices.
My criteria: I want to keep the stock muffler probably as I have heard on here minimal gains and I dont want my car to sound like an 18 year olds ricer. Sound is not my desire but increased hp and maybe mpg when I drive nicely.
My options I am considering:
2000 Infiniti I30
A: local shop custom built full 3", all precats removed. Keeping the real deal.
B. same setup but 2.5
C: an aftermarket y pipe(with or without headers is yet to be determined) probably from classifieds or a knockoff setup.
My budget is $250 max. as these are not necessities; we have our first child on the way and toys for me are pretty low on my list of importance.
Need some input from some of you 5th genners as to what would yield the best gains.
I have narrowed my mod down to these choices.
My criteria: I want to keep the stock muffler probably as I have heard on here minimal gains and I dont want my car to sound like an 18 year olds ricer. Sound is not my desire but increased hp and maybe mpg when I drive nicely.
My options I am considering:
2000 Infiniti I30
A: local shop custom built full 3", all precats removed. Keeping the real deal.
B. same setup but 2.5
C: an aftermarket y pipe(with or without headers is yet to be determined) probably from classifieds or a knockoff setup.
My budget is $250 max. as these are not necessities; we have our first child on the way and toys for me are pretty low on my list of importance.
Need some input from some of you 5th genners as to what would yield the best gains.
#8
Thanks, and sparks, that time for a N/A maxima is insane!
Congrats, I once was in the 13's back in my LT1 days...
I'd love to just have the I30 sub 15.
Does the 4th gen ypipe fit the 00 I30?
Congrats, I once was in the 13's back in my LT1 days...
I'd love to just have the I30 sub 15.
Does the 4th gen ypipe fit the 00 I30?
#9
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WARPS...Q5fAccessories
Custom Maxima has a setup with headers for 170, and I could try to pick up a used setup in the classified
Custom Maxima has a setup with headers for 170, and I could try to pick up a used setup in the classified
#10
keeping your stock muffler with a 3" exhaust would choke most if not all of your horsepower gains.. you can achieve a fairly quiet exhaust tone with a 3" exhaust and aftermarket muffler.. just get a BIG resonator and/or BIG muffler.. here's what mine sounds like:
Last edited by wyche89; 03-28-2010 at 07:50 PM.
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#12
Wyche89, thank you. That is exactly the post I was looking for. I'm researching exhausts and your sound is definitely what I have been looking for. I'll be checking into some more exhausts, but I wouldn't want anything louder than that. The only thing I don't care for on your setup is your single tip. Dual tips = sex. Thank you again for that post!
#13
Wyche89, thank you. That is exactly the post I was looking for. I'm researching exhausts and your sound is definitely what I have been looking for. I'll be checking into some more exhausts, but I wouldn't want anything louder than that. The only thing I don't care for on your setup is your single tip. Dual tips = sex. Thank you again for that post!
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#15
I think the best sounding exhaust for the 5th gen is the HKS sport.. I'm about to pickup the axle back, however it is more than 250$ Listen to a sound clip of that on youtube.. doesnt sound anything like rice.. or loud.. no backfiring ect.. sounds more like the stock BMWs
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