1" front and back

^agreed, I will not be lowering mine either...stock height is optimal for most driving conditions as is...any lower would be sacrificing overall ride quality...

Until someone actually installs this on a lowered car, I don't think we'll get a definite answer. I just installed Eibachs on mine so if anyone else that's on the list is lowered and installs the exhaust before me, then please update us. If not, my install is on August 7th, and we'll know by then.

I am PO# 003 and I am very low on BC coilovers. I will post up how I deal with ground clearance with this exhaust after it is installed and i drive around for a while.

Im on the list for PO2. I'll wait for the definite 411 on this before I make a move on the KWV3's.

I will really appreciate you guys with lowered Z's do what you have volunteered to do..

To be honest, I love the way the Z looks a bit more lower and I just wanna make sure what the clearance would be like because of the crappy streets we have in many parts of my country.. I'm still not sure about lowering the car anyways because I feel the car is pretty low on stock height.. Probably I would be better off just improving my handling by adding the Hotchkis swaybars and leaving the stock suspension..?? :ugh2:

I will not be tracking my Z or doing any autocross.. Probably very little drag racing once every couple of months but that's about it.. I rather have some upgrades like intake, exhaust, short shifter, pulleys, and probably a nice set of wheels/tires... This is a daily driver also..

Anyone has an idea or pictures on how would 20" wheels/tires setup would look on stock height..?? :ugh2:

It's all personal feel and looks, if you aren't going to track the car. But be prepeared, your going to need to purchase rear carmber/toe arms and maybe adjustable caster. Then have the car realigned, which could take hours. You may think oh $500 for the springs, then after alignment and arms. you may be at 1500.00 Just food of thought. Me personally it's not worth the headache. Plus if you have crappy streets as it is, and don't track, I think you already answered your question.

I do not feel even lowering the car will be an issue. The owner of my test car beats the crap out of his. Less than 10,000 miles and the tires look like they have 60,000 on them. I also drive very aggressive and have had no issues. I feel lowering the car 1-1.5 inches will not create any issues. The only point of the entire exhaust system that is low, is the front of the rear cans.

BTW, the video with the HFC's and the cat back combo is complete. It just need to br formated and we will post it around lunch time today. We could only get interior sound clips rolling through the tunnels because there was still too much traffic. However, we made it work, we always do.


I know I have some PM's to return and I will get to them today. Please stay patient...

Thank you, Tony

The 370z has 4.84 inches of ground clearance and it's been noted that the FI exhaust has 5 inch of ground clearance. So if you lower your car an inch you're looking at 3.84 inch of ground clearance.

This pic gives a good idea of how low mine is. I think I will still be worrying about the front lip more than anything else even with the FI catback on.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...stunes/002.jpg

Beautiful car and yes I would worry more about the front lip than your mufflers.

Where's the vid Tony! :)

A slight delay, we will have it up tomorrow, sorry!

video! video! :driving:

alright wakeup Tony, wheres the tunnel video?!?

As a matter of fact, not only do i beat the sh!t out of it, but I take it on super long road trips as a part of the Fast Intentions "Intensive Training Unit" hahaha. I just came back from an approximate 800 mile round trip and all I have to say is; Anyone worried about this thing bottoming out and smashing/scraping into the ground, worry not. I took the 5 north all the way to San Francisco, and the 101 south all the way back ROUND TRIP only stopping to pick up a "package" ;) (and re-fueling on some 91 octane, beef jerky, starbucks, and Gatorade lol) , and NO ISSUES AT ALL. And I mean man I hit the craziest dips, potholes, while having unexpected road kill having to go under the car since I couldn't swerve to avoid it :eekdance: (like a cows leg....don't ask.) So over all, unless you are hitting a dip at 50 MPH ON THE STREET like I did, then there is NO WAY you are scraping this exhaust. ALSO I attended Super Car Sunday this morning along with Mr. Jay Leno and a few other 100's of Socal residents and their corresponding supercars and as EVERYONE that was there can back me up: Every other supercar exhaust "woah" Fast Intentions Exhaust with FI High Flow Cats "WOAH WTF!!?!?!?!?" :tup:

Overall after one whole month of research/development/and extensive testing this exhaust IS the sickest sounding/performing/looking out there on the market, hands down. And Tony and I have all the proof and EXTENSIVE (too extensive maybe) video to back it up. Anyway, now that the exhaust testing is done.........time for the Fast Intentions TWIN TURBO KIT TESTING TO BEGIN!!!!!!!! :happydance: .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................woops, maybe I wasn't supposed to mention that yet?........;)

nice

What happened to the vid that was supposed to be up sometime to day? Your killing me! :)

We were in the process of formating and doing the editing and the computer froze up. We will have it up tomorrow evening. Please, just bear with us a little longer.

No rush, i'm sure it will be worth the wait :driving:

BTW, If everything goes well tomorrow I should have anywhere between the first two and four in the mail. Now, everything does not always go according to plan and I am jumping the gun by writing this but I just wanted to give updates. #5 is being installed Thursday.

All PM's replied.

Stealth Ceramic coated
 

Hey Tony, is it possible to have the exhaust ceramic coated in black high temp paint or something stealthier?

Wow. That exhaust sounds great!

Thanks Tony.

I quite like this idea as well actually. Although I'm thinking about the CF muffler and would like the CF to contrast against the Tips etc..

CF muffler sounds soooo goood. you got to get it.

I definitely plan to, as they should show up nicely from behind against the Chicane Yellow of the car.

Does the CF muffler change the sound significantly?

(BTW Shumby, XKCD is awesome!)

^^ makes a deeper sound

ya the sound is a bit more exotic and deeper. real nice

how do the CF mufflers produce the different sound like that? different design? its not just the CF outside and thats it lol.

it is just that. sounds reflects (bounces) different in different materials.

sound is made by vibrations

Awesome... hopefully mine arrives as early as this week so I can get it installed ASAP. I need to get around to so making some before videos this Wednesday along with an '06 Z owner (he's getting NISMO exhaust).

Cant wait for my non resonated X pipe and CF muffler FI catback :)

The CF mufflers are lighter than the steel ones, so I assume from that the CF is actually structurally replacing the steel, not just a layer on the outside. Hence the sound change.

^yup and cool to the touch after running the vehicle...

Any vids today??? :)

i too am anxiously waiting for a video

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