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Just did mine..Sounds great! I used three 7/16 washers. This will hold me over till I decide on the exhuast to get.

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Old 04-28-2010, 07:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Just did mine..Sounds great! I used three 7/16 washers. This will hold me over till I decide on the exhuast to get.
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Just did mine..Sounds great! I used three 7/16 washers. This will hold me over till I decide on the exhuast to get.
Take some vids!
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Just did mine..Sounds great! I used three 7/16 washers. This will hold me over till I decide on the exhuast to get.
Sounds awesome right??? Hehe! Post a video if you can even a picture will suffice.

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They call Carbon Monoxide the "silent killer"
I thought the job of the catalytic converters were to convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide? If I am missing something please, don't hesitate to educate me. Anyways, shouldn't the people with LTH, HFC, or Cat-delete worry more about carbon monoxide?
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I thought the job of the catalytic converters were to convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide? If I am missing something please, don't hesitate to educate me. Anyways, shouldn't the people with LTH, HFC, or Cat-delete worry more about carbon monoxide?
Reduces the levels. HFC's are not an issue.
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Thanks OP for taking your time and took those pictures !! Is it gonna do any damage in the long run having a gap there??

I would love to make my exhaust sound a bit louder too and don't really need power gain since 332hp is enough for me.

BTW - where do I get those spacers ? sorry I just wanna make sure I buy the right parts !!
They are just washers. No damage will be done
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First of all, great post, the sound is awesome and it's basically something I would consider doing myself

However:

what if water or dirt gets in the gap and builds up in the pipe?

Just wondering, what made you decide on 4 washers instead of 2? Would it sound any different?
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First of all, great post, the sound is awesome and it's basically something I would consider doing myself

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what if water or dirt gets in the gap and builds up in the pipe?


Just wondering, what made you decide on 4 washers instead of 2? Would it sound any different?
I was wondering this too, most likely the gases have enough pressure to keep most things out, but I'm worried about a little mud getting in there with the rainy season coming up...
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^Check on it every now and then. Rev it every now and then XD
I honestly am not concerned because the gap is little.

@alphaqb: I got this idea from ddharon. Since he used 4 washers, I used 4 washers , but you can experiment and see if 2 washers will sound any different. I would say that would be quieter since the gap will be smaller and the exhaust will flow through the muffler more.
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@alphaqb: I got this idea from ddharon. Since he used 4 washers, I used 4 washers , but you can experiment and see if 2 washers will sound any different. I would say that would be quieter since the gap will be smaller and the exhaust will flow through the muffler more.
Thanks, I'm gonna try it with 2 this weekend!
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^Cool! Please post a vid also
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^Cool! Please post a vid also
I did it over the weekend with 2 washers each bolt (8 total) and the sound is just right for me. See below for the cold start video (It is actually 5X louder in real life).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZP8gcfmHWOs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZP8gcfmHWOs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Sorry I did not want to rev it too much the rev was actually only up to around 4-5 RPM (the Z limits your rev when it's cold start). But just wanna say I'm extremely happy with the results for such a simple mod. Thanks Gunzero!
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Any thoughts on the Nismo upgraded exhaust? New to the Forum but not to the Z
Had a Datsun 240Z, Nissan 300Z, 350Z and now the 370Z......thanks michael
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Not worth the bother. Much better CBEs out there if you're looking for real gains.
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