370Z to G37？

TheGreatOne · 03-13-2012, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

CHANGE SUBJECT. Gripe & Rant.

I have a serious gripe with the Z though. Last night I'm driving on the 161 doing about 78 and I have the radio real low. I decided to lower it to 0 and here my exhaust. Guess what I heard??? Tire and road noise, a slight audibility of wind. NO EXHAUST sound. This fkin car doesn't even sound like a sports car at cruising speed. WTFF!!!!!! I already know this but I'm thinking in my head. You know how many 350z's pass me sounding Mad Brolic on the road on stock exhausts. And it kills me that the Z exhaust is basically... fkin wack!!! Its a terrible misrepresentation of a sports car exhaust. My old G37 had a REAL sports car sound. That sound adds to the driving experience. It really sucks the dedicated sports car can't hold a candle to the pseudo-luxury sports car. Sound is 35% of the sports car experience. And unless you smash on the gas for a complete 3mpg's the Z just doesn't sound good in terms of volume, stock. This is something nissan better fix in 2013. Make it sound like the old 350z again.

Totally agree with the above for the Z on stock exhaust. As mentioned in another post, there are 4 G37's in my condo building and it seriously bothered me that they all sounded more agreesive than my Z, they had that distinctive VQ purrrrr.....but the Z sounded limp

Thats why an upgraded exhaust was my first move when I didn't really plan on it.