SOund comparison?
 

ive been reseaching almost all the exhuasts out here when it comes to HP and sounds..also looks...im just looking for some opions on which exhuast people think sound more aggresive and muscle like opposed to a more ricey sound..im looking for a deep sound rather then a g37 sound...any opions are welcome..im completely stock as of right now..

There's a whole thread devoted to your question with audio clips of each one where people have commented.

I dont know how you do your research, but its a sticky in this very forum section

http://www.the370z.com/intake-exhaus...data-base.html

Cheers :)

I settled for the NISMO. They look like howitzers from the back.

Aggressive and muscle? Wrong car duder, this car sounds more exotic than it sounds muscle lol

The 2.5" AAM exhaust has an awesome sound. Its deep and aggressive sounding. It sounds just like the Stillen exhaust system but its better made with all pure stainless steel. I pre-ordered it from AAM today along with some high flow cats. This is stage 1 upgrade before they install twin turbos.

^ Did I miss something? Is the Stillen exhaust not made of SS? 'Cause I'm pretty sure it is "pure" SS.

I think some people confuse stainless and polished. The whole Stillen exhaust is stainless, but not all of it is polished.

Yo its better made yo. Please state how the AAM exhaust is better made if you are going to make claims. Otherwise :gtfo2:

Uggggg, Stage...whoever decided to relate those to car mods should be shot :-/

No problem. The Stillen kit the piping and silencers are stainless however thier flanges are not. I am told this is very common with cat-back kits. The AAM kit is 100% T-304 Stainless, even the mounting hangers are stainless. AAM does not cut corners on any of thier products. Add to the fact that the AAM kit is a couple of hundred dollars cheaper.

Got dyno numbers? Baseline vs w/ catback?

you dont have to have a mustang to sound aggressive/muscle like last time i checked...

Aggressive, sure.

Muscle, you're missing a couple cylinders. I have NEVER heard anything less than an 8-cylinder that sounded "muscle".

^ I don't know about that. Because, of the longer rods in the VHR it sounds alot like a big V8. With the right exhaust tunning we could get a corvette-ish sound (minus the extra 2 pops). That being said, it's not so much the number of cylinders that give a car a "muscle" sound it's the cam. Big Cam=Big Lope. Lope is muscle.

You will just have to visit thier website. They sell both the Stillen, HKS, as well as thier own. Thier AAM 2.5" exhaust is very similar in design to the Stillen kit. They post a 12-16 rwh gain and then another 8 if you use the hi-flow cats.

Oh, in that case I'm happy I picked the Stillen, since it is 370Z proven to make more power than that.

I'd say the VQ sounds a lot more like a low-displacement, high-compression V8 than a high-displacement, lower-compression (although, is 11:1 or 11.5:1 really "low"? lol) V8. By no means do I find the VQ a displeasing sound at all by the way, I like it a lot.

Although, saying a big cam = big lope isn't QUITE correct - lope is much more dependent on LSA. My 224/224 cam in my LS1 is a baby cam really, yet it had quite a bit of lope since I opted for the 112 LSA instead of, say, the 114 LSA. But, it is true that bigger cams tend to have a nice lope to them more often than not :tup:, and that noise is always music to the ears...

There is nothing wrong with the Stillen kit. It was right up there at the top of my choices. I chose the AAM exhaust because it will match up best with thier twin turbo kit becasue its a true dual exhaust. The Stillen exhaust has a bit more back pressure becasue of the Y pipe. This feature makes the Stillen exhaust better for stock engine.

That's a good point. Yeah the backpressure from the Y-pipe is a good thing if you plan on going the NA route, but if you are planning to go FI, then AAM would probably be a better choice.

Cool, good info to have thanks 2fast.