Exhaust Advice

b15

Volume and drone. The latter will have less.

The Chicago Z crowd is pretty dead. I just attend Sunday cars and coffee. Great guys abd great mix of cars. Nothing is really happening now until spring though. Everyone has their car in storage. I'll be putting mine away shortly as well.

Array

Not dead just hiding in Aurora

OP, for the money, performance and sound you cant beat FI. Throw on some nice HFC (assuming you dont want to swap test pipes all the time) and the sound will be amazing.

I've heard it on a nismo once around here, managed to chat with him at a Chili's and he had a FI 18 res, Berk HFC and G3's. I nearly melted.. Never thought I would hear it before I had it

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2012 370z 7AT- ES2 with PSS, K&N Drop-ins, LED's all around, Berk HFC, FI CBE non-res, KW V1's
2003 A4 5MT- The Beater

osbornsm

I refute that comment.

I have Blizzaks on and ready to rumble !!!

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kenchan

thought u lived in texas.. lol the one guy with snows in texas.

Breadz

I have fi with no resonators and love it. Can be loud sometimes though id suggest the 18 inch resonators for you

Trips

Op,

This can give you an idea of the varoius exhausts setups.

I strongly suggest hitting up a local meet so you can get first hand experience with how they look and sound.

Videos sometimes doesn't do them justice.

370Z Exhaust Sound Clip data base

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~37oZ~

Honestly, The Tanabe Medallion exhaust is amazing. It's like the stock exhaust tone from a 350Z/G35 but louder and more aggressive. Zero drone or rasp. Very high quality as the rest of the products.

kenchan

no it's not. get your ears cleared or stop drinking or something...

~37oZ~

What don't you like about it? It has the stock VQ hum just louder with no drone??

kenchan

I like the medalion's tone that is not the issue. (i run it on my dd even).

but even on the Z, it DOES NOT sound like the factory G35C's exhaust note. I know cause i still have my 04' G and ive heard sounds clips of the tanabe on a Z.

~37oZ~

Maybe it has something to do with the 3.7L? It does sound different in person from any clip I've heard, that VQ hum is too deep to pick up on a video clip unless you're using a high end mic. I run this exhaust on my 370Z, i can tell you IT DOES have a very noticeable VQ hum when going through the gears ESPECIALLY in a tunnel or passing other cars. I do have the Ypipe and intake if that matters but IT DOES has at the very least a very similar note!

kenchan

^^ maybe.. not sure. but then again i dont need to replicate a G35C tone since i have the real thing.

my Z runs the fujimura. sounds great.

yah, +1 on blip throttle in tunnels and underpasses!

~37oZ~

That G35 tone is the VQ tone, which I also have the real thing lol my exhaust is also brand new like 60miles on it so maybe it changes after break in. Hopefully not! I love this tone. JDM exhausts for the win!

kenchan

cool then u and i knowz wat a real factory G35C sounds like it is the only factory exhaust note i like from japan besides the LFA

BlackZMamba

Thanks for all the great advice and links guys. It sounds like I will have to go with either a 12" or 18" resonator but I'm now leaning towards the 12" resonators to still get a nice louder deep tone note. I won't mind a little bit of drone. It is not really my daily driver but do drive it more often in the Spring and Summer.

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