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Old Sep 23, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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Best exhaust system from headers to tail pipe?!

Looking for the best performing exhaust system mods available for a 4 gen maxima. From the exhaust manifold to the muffler. Looking to change out my whole exhaust system. Looked thru all the FAQ's and could find anything. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 10:11 AM
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mine. hahah look at my vids and you'll see
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 10:22 AM
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mine. hahah look at my vids and you'll see
post them. what do you have?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by usmcbigguns
Looked thru all the FAQ's and could find anything
What did you find?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 10:39 AM
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nadda...........you got a link to a FAQ i missed feel free to post it.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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Exhaust System

Cattman ceramic coated headers,w/y-pipe and Pacesetter catback exhaust. My '98 GXE GTR dynoe'd out at +39 HP with the 3A Racing muffler on.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:23 AM
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nadda...........you got a link to a FAQ i missed feel free to post it.
Not a matter of best, its what you want.

Go to the dyno page and read the results, do some homework and see which gives more power. . .yes your comparing different cars, but you're sking us, and we all have different cars.

And read what you typed a LITTLE more CAREFULLY. . . .
Originally Posted by usmcbigguns
Looked thru all the FAQ's and could find anything.
Originally Posted by brd98maxima
Cattman ceramic coated headers,w/y-pipe and Pacesetter catback exhaust. My '98 GXE GTR dynoe'd out at +39 HP with the 3A Racing muffler on
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:47 AM
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you want to answer my question or preach about doing a more thorough job when i search the FAQ's. At least brd98maxima is giving me info on what i am asking about.
If it helps i have a 99 auto.... looking for the most power.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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I don't think that you will find an exhaust that will really yield big numbers. The exhaust for our cars usually show numbers at the dyno about 4-8hp (and that's pushing it).
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:54 AM
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He's lying thats why I was laughing because you cant have headers, AND a y-pipe together, nor 39 extra horses with that set-up, I believe he might have been being sarcastic. .

Cat backs do virtually nothing for our cars in terms of performance, 1-3 fwhp besides look good, and have different sound, y-pipe OR headers will help performance a lot, 12-15 or so fwhp, via our dyno pages, other than that, its all a matter of looks and sound. test pipe wont do anything but screw the environment up or make you lose a little low end, so dont get an aftemarket cat unless yours is clogged because hi-flow cats have yet to be dyno proven here, mufflers are all for sound/looks, not performance on 4th gens.

Look at Nealoc, fast as Christ Maxima, no cat-back. . .but yes y-pipe.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Thanx for the info. I found some headers and y-pipe deal on ebay from
xs-power.com . Has anyone dealt with these before?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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y-pipe = from exhaust manifold to the cat-converter.
Headers = from engine head to cat-converter.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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my exhaust set up is that current vid that's going on. the sp2 one.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:53 PM
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I'm a big big fan of Cattman. Here are a couple links to my car with Cattman headers, Cattman Cat-back, Injen intake and the MEVI.

http://www.azmaximas.org/steve/album...lbum_1_023.mpg

http://www.azmaximas.org/steve/album...lbum_1_024.mpg
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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What about these i found on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
any feedback would be appreciated.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by brd98maxima
My '98 GXE GTR

Your what?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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What about these i found on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
any feedback would be appreciated
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:20 PM
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I'm going with a Warpspeed setup. Y-pipe all the way to the tip of the muffler.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxima Mike
I'm going with a Warpspeed setup. Y-pipe all the way to the tip of the muffler.
what are u picking up on hp ?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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My '98 GXE GTR
Hahahahahahahahah. . . . . I have a 1997 SE R-tune GTiR


Cattman seems to make the best quality exhaust stuff, all stainless steel and their products fit great.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:28 PM
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Steve, that setup sounds totally BADASS.
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