Have a (used) cattman y-pipe on the way, and just found out my muffler rear section pipe has rusted through. Already have a Frankencar b-pipe.

Anyhow, I'm debating on whether to get a used 5th gen OEM muffler or to order the FC muffler.

The OEM has the advantage of being lighter and quieter (especially with a y-pipe).

I like it to be fairly quiet, so I'm wondering if the FC muffler combined with a ypipe is pretty quiet. All the local guys with FC catbacks have no y-pipe....so never heard one in person...

thoughts......ONLY on intake + ypipe + frankencar catback...not interested in other catbacks/mufflers....

 

hey irish,

I like the stock rear section on the 5th gen... heres a link to the article that convinced me to stay stock on the rear and get aftermarket everything else..

about 5 paragraphs down under "Precision Performance"

http://www.nissannews.com/site_libra...ma/index.shtml

My .02

 

yeah...I like the stock muffler too - except for the fact that it ISN'T stainless steel....I am happy with the stock muffler completely, except for the fact that it freaking rusts too easily (like most other OEM exhausts).

if a SS version of our stock muffler was made (perhaps with larger tips) I would buy it in a second!

 

If you want great looking Stainless Steel with low tone go with the FC, I don't think it will sound too loud with the y-pipe as long as you keep in the resonator.

 

i have injen, cattman Y, and FC catback. very quiet. you really only hear the intake. i HATE loud exhausts. that should explain the sound of the FC.

 

thanks Marco, that's the kind of answer I was looking for.

 

I got budget Y, stillen I, and frankencar catback. Mine car has gotten louder since I got my catback installed. I wish it was little quieter but it's fairly quiet under normal driving condition. WOT is different story though. I cant hear my intake; instead, I hear my exhaust.

 

I can attest to this.

 

i also have the FC cattback even at WOT i dont hear that exhasut its VERY quiet !

 

intake+warpspeed Y+Frankencar catback=sound kinda like a stock 350Z imo

 

i was just wondering, with the franken car catback, how does it sound from the outside. I have been told that it sounds kind of like the g35.

 

i have just the catback, and no, it doenst sound like a G or a Z. i think if you add the y-pipe to it, then the sound should be close. right now, my PR cai is louder than my exhaust, so FC is really quiet, unless you floor it. then youll hear it a lil bit, but my intake is still louder.

 

3.0 and 3.5 will sound different w/ mods

 

Very correct.

 

I might sway away the topic, just bought and install the Cattman exhast (including b-pipe) and is really loud. My girlfriend is on the fritz about it and wants me to go back to the quiet exhast. Does anyone know if the Cattman b-pipe (that came with the exhast kit) will hook up to the stock exhast? Any replies will be great help. My girlfriend is really upset about this mod.....

 

yes, it will hook up. The cattman muffler is definitely louder than the frankencar (I am getting my FC muffler from Puppetmaster, who is buying a Cattman for more "sound")

 

if only oem's were cheap like aftermarket....i think a lot of us would jump on it like flies on a pile of poo

 

Not exactly MORE sound... but a more pleasing tone to me ... and not to mention the .00005 more hp I'll get with the less complicated internal design.... although I have to say that the Frankencar still looks the best.... I'm gonna miss her...

 

Damn, I was just about to buy a system this week, then I come and read this post about the frankencar. I have been debating whether to get the frankencar for a couple of weeks and then finally I said no. But now I want it. lol. Is it even worth it to get an exhaust on an auto?

 

It depends on what ya wanna achieve.... HP gains? Looks? Sound?

Cat-backs on the 02-03s won't give much gains... but they sure do look & sound nice...

 

they sure do. i just put off the axle back because i'm not ready to start getting pulled over yet

 

i'll trade my OE muffler for frankencar

 

i'm talkin CHEAP...like...what theyre really worth lol