I've been seaching and can't seem to find what I am looking for. It is something that you can install before the muffler to obtain a quieter sound. Setup I am going to have is Budget Y --> Stock B ---> Magnaflow/Borla muffler.

update: upon further searching...I now have another option..to keep stock muffler, and just get the Y pipe..anyone with this setup...how does it sound?

One more question....
Would buying a "Turbo" muffler lower the sound do to the chambers. This seems very feesible to me.

 

i think you want a resonator.

 

I know some people remove their resonator from their stock muffler..but with a Y it will sound like A$$. Is there a resonator that you can put before say a aftermarket muffler? ie magnaflow?

 

The term turbo muffler is pretty generic. Most companies use the term "turbo muffler" to represent a muffler with a bigger than normal piping. Most turbo mufflers are with 3" inlet or bigger. Regular mufflers are 2.25" or 2.5". Turbo muffler do not mean it's a chambers or straight through design.

 

...Keep your stock Exaust.

If you really need to change out your exaust, for that "extra" 1.3 horespower... get:

1. A high Flow Cat (Warpspeed Substrate Cat)

2. 22-23 inch resonator

3. Mandrel Bend B pipe

4. 2 to 3 Chambered Muffler.

or a APEXI WS catback.

 

or try to look for some one with the new obx catback system. i heard it's not to loud and not that much money.

 

Excellent..thanx for all replies...I read on here some people thought the obx system was deafening....but one thing I find consistant here on the .org is that there is no consistancy...meaning everyone has their own preference. I am looking for a lil aftermarket sound, but pretty stock, so I think I will take the above recomendation and keep stock exhaust with Y....just hope it roars when I get on it.

 

if you keep the stock exhaust and add a y-pipe you should remove the resonator. this is what i did just to get some sound. it's not loud at all and you don't get that huummmmm in the car.

i hope this helps.

 

well i used to have that setup in my car a while ago and i can tell u this much, with normal driving u get a little and i mean a little bit more tone something that basically u can notice not others. Thats all at lower speeds, at higher speeds i dont remember any diff. now try this, have a friend get in ur car and u stand outside. if he takes off hard or WOT u should hear a grinding sound (that what my car did anyway!) i threw a cattman b-pipe with a res on it and the sound is totally gone. i had a rt cat but felt no diff so i put the stock 1 back on and sold the rt. i have a magnaflow muffler now and its very very, and i mean very deep at low speeds. at idle it sounds like a v8 thats 4 sure, but its anoying and at times sometimes i really want my stock muffler back.

 

hmm...thanx..I am going to keep my muffler for now I guess..I dont want any grinding sounds. I am not sure where the grinding noise would come from by taking the resonator out, but it does not seem that people favor the sound. Y is in the mail, this time next week I'll be sittin pretty

 

Good choice on keeping the muffler. As for the grinding noise i have no idea were is comes from sound really nasty though. i even threw the car back up on the hoist at work as throughly searched the whole exhaust to see if the pipe was touching anywere from the front to the back and nothing. i did have a banging problem though seems the rubber hangers didnt want to support the weight of the exhaust after i put the muffler in (i have no idea why? the magnaflow is smaller and lighter then stock )and it kept hitting the center bar in the middle of the b-pipe. i just threw two clamps over each rubber hanger and it solved the probelm. im gettin carried away here. later

 

Well i can tell you since i did my ypipe before catback that the ypipe will make a little more noise itself and through the muffler. Then the catback depending on which on one will either be loud and annoying or deep and intimidating.

 

I am wondering on how would a Budget Y-pipe sound with stock exhaust on 5th gen?

 

to all you guys keeping the stock exhaust: it is a very good compromise to do so. you still get a loud growl from the outside. inside, it sounds close to stock. i'm sure a majority of maxima owners will like this setup the best because you can still hear your intake, the exhaust works better than stock (but not as good as 2.5" straight through muffler), and the exhaust now has an audible growl to it at lower speeds. in my opinion, if you look at my old posts adding a borla muffler with a stock cat will be the ideal. even better, i think borla makes an SUV muffler which has a much larger canister to silence the exhaust. if my theory is right, you'll still get the "straight through" borla burbling sound with a lower volume than with a standard proXS muffler. what do you guys think?? bigger canister = deep, but subdued tone?

 

ur probably right, no actually u are right about the bigger muffler. but the problem is there isnt too much room down there for a proXS muffler. i was gonng go y-pipe, RTcat, and after that 3" pipe w/o res and a straight threw borla 3" muffler. all i have to say is im happy i didnt. i have a y-pipe, with stock cat, cattman b-pipe with res and a magnaflow muffler and its loud/very deep! i dont even want to know how the first setup was gonna sound.

 

I just added one. It sounds pretty good! RPMs climb pretty rapidly, and it it does have some resonance which grumbles a bit. I'm interested in picking up a B-PIPE. If you have an aftermarket intake, it will be louder than your Y-Pipe.

 

i have the proXS muffler. it's the same exact thing as the borla "turbo" model only it said "proxs" on it. maybe the extra large canister might sound better. maybe i'll experiment with that in the future. as for the magnaflow, i'm sure it sounds the same as the borla since they are almost exactly the same design. you probably can't go wrong with either.

 

well just out of curiosity how loud is that setup? mine sounds like a v8 when idling and get extremly deep until the rpm go above 1900. but light accelerating get very anoying due to how deep the exhaust note gets. the only problem i had with the magnaflow is i wanted to get the 1 with dual 3.5" tips and was not able to do so because of the stillen body kit, which allows only for a 7" opening. i have dual 3" tips and it clears be about 2mm on each side. if i can find a muffler thats quiet when driving but gets loud(not ricey loud) when i get on it, im basically sold. mine is just too damn deep, i want something quiet and only to get loud when i want it to. if that somewhat descirbes what ur setup is like the can u give me the model # ext... of the borla muffler u got. thanx

 

your setup sounds similar to mine. mine is only 2.5" though. i found it mellow enough with the stock cat. when i took it off, it sounded a little more raw with exhaust crackles when lifting off the throttle. my borla setup isn't exactly the "quiet" you are looking for. you might want to try the bigger SUV mufflers made by borla.

 

Thats what i figured was the case. btw mine isnt 3" i said i was gonna go for 3" piping but i just got the cattman b-pipe with a resenator instead. i had the RT, but removed it and kept the stock due to no felt gain in power. i do however have a few exhaust crackles here and there but not that bad at all. thanx for the info though.

 

yea man, when i'm on the hammer my car is downright intimidating. i pass people and i can see them eyeing me down out of the corner of my eye. maybe that's just me being in a hurry though . from 40mph and below i get that deep bellow; 50-60 medium growl. from a 60mph cruise and beyond it sounds pretty quiet kinda like the stock exhaust. from 90mph and beyond i feel like a racecar driver lol since it gets aggressive sounding as long as the throttle is wide open!

 

Although not the tone I am going for right now...but the Fierce growl of a good intake, and Intimidating Rumble of a good Exhaust is music to my ears

 

if intimidating is what you want go with a mandrel bent bpipe from anyone of the few companies plus a borla proXL/XS or magnaflow. test pipe is optional. it's not too hard on the ears either. has anyone tested a flowmaster delta 60 series with a bpipe?

 

Damn, now that i didnt expect. u just described perfectly what mine is like. below 40(deep) 50-60(med) after that if the rpms are above its totally quiet like stock. but after 90 or anything above 2800rpms in last gear the exhaust isnt loud at all just the intake roar could be hear. i love that WOT sound...mmmmm frankencar!