:)i know he will say yes...he pretty much told me that if i didnt like the non resonators that I could send them back for res...im sure i will be happy though! loud exhaust is music to my ears

I think I love this guy. Once I recover from my weekend in Manhattan I am going to pull the trigger. :tup:

shootem up

Are there any vids on the CBE with original cats and 18" resonators?

are the stock cats really considered high flow? if so, are they as high flow as the fast intentions cats?

Stock cats are definitely not High flow. FI, Berk, Stillen, all make high flow cats that are pushing quite a bit more HP through the tubes than the stock cats.

if i were to buy the FI carbon fiber catback exhaust system with the FI hfc's and stillen headers, would you recommend getting the 18 inch resonators rather than the 12 inch to quite the car down considering the headers will make it louder? will the 18 inch res. keep rasp at a minimum compared to the 12 inch?

Sorry guys I've been out all weekend enjoying my new FI exhaust setup! It sounds better and better each day I drive.

I took the pics of my car up on the lift at FI with a friend's camera, so I gotta wait for him to get me the pics.

As for vids, all I got is a lame Cannon Powershot A2100 that takes vids, this is gonna make the setup sound shitty. I'm not sure how to get vids for you guys.

If anyone in the San Fernando Valley area in CA wants to meet up and check it out in person and take pics or vids I'd be down to meet up and show you the pimpness that this setup is :tup:

Depends on your taste in sound. I have HFC, and GEN3 intake, and I know that it would sound obnoxious (personally), and that is why I went with the 18" res. I still want a nice sound but don't need the typical fart can racer noise.(not refering to the FI 12" res ) Not appealing to me...just my :twocents: I have the Berk HFC's with stock exhaust and it's on the louder side of my taste. But I still don't know how they will sound, who knows, maybe they will be too quite. Different strokes for different folks. I think that is the beauty of Tony's system, you can custom tailor it to your liking.

Will the 18" resonators have less ground clearance (read closer to the ground) than the 12" resonators..???

Ive been told by tony that even the non resonated x pipe and CF mufflers wont be nasty raspy sounding.. it will have a very nice exotic sound to it.. I guess ill just have to wait till i get mine lol.

tony, i would be great if you can answer the question i posted earlier, and this one. which one is louder, the resonated test pipes or the hfc's? thanks alot man.

I'm with Fusz here, all I have on my car right is the Berk HFC's and I love the sound. Sounds stock with gentle driving, but gets pretty damn lout and aggressive at WOT. :icon18:

Pics are up in my albums.

Looks good!

Are those 18" resonators?

Yes sir.

Test Pipes will always be louder than HFCs. HFC have a core, a cat is still there. Test Pipes are just hollow pipes. Nothing to interfere with the flow. Test Pipes will be louder, maybe not by a huge amount, but louder still. They will also net more power, not a LOT more power, maybe just 1-3 or 4 more HP but still more...

Stock Cats are NOT considered high flow. They are nearly the exact opposite. Anyone else's HFC (Stillen, Berk, FI, AAM, Zele, Amuse, etc.) will flow better.

From what has been said by Tony and others, this system doesn't seem real prone to rasp. With HFC and any resonator, 12" or 18", you shouldn't get rasp. It has even been said that the Straight X will not rasp either but we're yet to hear a sound clip.

If you are trying to "quiet the car down" because you are running HFC and a set of headers, yeah 18" might be better. It will just be a deeper sound.

will a larger resonator take away any hp? will the bigger resonator also affect ground clearance?

but im not talking about the open test pipe, im talking the resonated test pipe. the resonated test pipe will still be louder than the HFC?

Won't effect your ground clearance because the resonators run parallel to the ground but will just be 6" longer. The resonators are just after the X pipe and before the cans. They are straight through resonators so I don't see how you'd lose any HP.

A resonated test pipe is the same as a test pipe in design and lack of core with the exception that it has a section that is flared into a larger piping to help eliminate rasp. It'll will still be a straight through shot, no core, louder than HFC.

When I said Test Pipe in my post i was refering to either RTP or TP. RTPs should rasp less, TPs should more.

the resonators both up right after the mufflers correct? in this picture these are the resonators right? Nissan 370Z Forum - dszombiex's Album: Fast Intentions Exhaust Install - Picture

No, they bolt up before the Mufflers (Cans).

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/IMG_5036.jpg

You can see them here. They are right there by the X pipe. It starts with the flanges that bold to the HFC or RTP then it moves to the X pipe, then to the resonators, then to the Muffs/Tips.

right, that picture i showed you are the resonators then. the resonators are the part the botls up right after the cans, which mean they are in the picture i showed you. if those arnt the resonators then what are they? i know its not the mufflers or hfc's lol.

They're the resonators :tiphat:

Its part of the name of the pic you linked. :tup:

lol, thought so, i was starting to get confused lol.

there are resonators and mufflers in the pic you posted.. resonators come before cans.. as i said.. :D


:ninja3: I see the confusion.. when I said No it was in reference to "the resonators both up right after the mufflers correct?" because the resonators come before not after hte mufflers.

in this picture these are the resonators right? - Yes the things right in your face in that pic are the resonators. :D

Hope that clarifies.

the resonators in this picture looks much smaller than the resonators in dszombiex's picture. is that because dszombiex's resonators are the 18 inch and in the other picture they're 12 inch?

That is correct.

The pic I posted was the 12" res so I'd assume yes then dszombiex's are 18"

would u consider you exhaust system considerably louder than the stock system with the 18 inch resonators?

I think so, but then again you have to take into account that I'm pretty scared of the po's stopping me like a few days after I got it installed so thats gonna skew my opinion a little. Thats California life for ya.

I thought the stock system was pretty weak. This exhaust has got way more attitude than the stock by far, along with a healthy volume increase. I wish I had a decent camcorder to get vids for you guys! All I can say is that I'm absolutely loving it so far.

too bad u didnt get the cf mufflers, they would go great with ur color.

any news as to when the next vid will be up?! :driving:

I thought they said last week it would be two weeks so maybe next week sometime...?

Ah ok, i haven't been on the site in a few days so I didn't see that sorry. Any news as to what the next vid will be? I'm hoping straight X, HFC's, and carbon cans! :tup:

The next vid that was asked for a lot, that I saw, was the Straight X and they mentioned that might be like 2 weeks away. I'm not sure if they are making another one to follow the 12" Res Tunnel Vid they just posted or not. My comment above was in reference to ETA of the Straight X.

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