Thanks Matt, I was gonna expound on those issues as well. We have a friend who is on their eighth (?) motordyne exhaust now, they keep cracking and breaking in different spots, sounds like marbles in a tin can.

Anyway, here's a vid for you to get an idea of the FI sound, this is my stillen g3/fi lth/ cf non resd cbe set up, and I absolutely love it. I get millions of compliments on it, and it's still a fairly unique setup since a lot of people want resonators or the SS cans or TPs. Also, you're somewhat local, so if you're ever in the brevard county area or if you come to one of our meets, we can go for a drive for you to hear it if you like. I'm sure I can make a Fast Intentions convert out of you yet :)

yeah. true dual exhaust. but even at that they are a bit pricey.

whatever you do though, don't mix and match parts, most set ups are optimized to be used with their matching parts - ie FI headers/TP/HFC/CBE, motordyne tp/cbe, ark cbe/tp/hfc etc. if you mix and match parts you will likely get some undesirable noises, but of course there are some mix and match set ups that compliment each other well also.

do it once, do it right. i tried saving money with my first set of intakes, hfc and exhaust and I just ended up replacing the whole set up after a year and a half, which just cost me more money in the long run.

dude I feel you, sad to say I came from the honda world where a good skunk racing exhaust would set you back a whopping $400, and DC sports headers were like $250-$300. My FI exhaust cost me like almost $3k with shipping :eek:

get this

http://image.importtuner.com/f/tech/...ck_exhaust.jpg

max is that what you're running?

I don't mind spending the money but it's totally different from my Evo and my STI.

$3K for an exhaust is crazy

I haven't decided on exhaust yet. I just have oem

Really? I thought you had a motordyne for some reason, it didn't sound stock at the track the other night.

Zdayz 2014!!

oh the G has stillen headers, no cats and isis exhaust .. the Z has stock exhaust

This is the FI? "370Z TDX Cat Back Exhaust System" on their website? I've run catless/non-resonator on my last two cars so I'm not particularly wanting to have either in this.

Floridian members!

I do have a Swift R spec springs used for about 15k miles.
Can be picked up for $200
Pm me if you need pictures.

That's a good deal!

Sold! PMing

Edit: Just kidding, live to far away.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm hoping to get a mean growling sound out of my car. Sort of a mix of good aggressive low end and track/drift car sounds.

the FI sounds too calm from the videos I've seen, the Invidia sounded the best (again, videos I've watched). I have considered both though, and I'm not sure which one to buy once I have a little bit of money again.

As far as headers, I don't have money/patience to look into headers. The manifold will hold up just fine until I can supercharge the car.

You pretty much grabbed my dreams and threw them onto a pit of spikes :ughdance:

Can the Invidia really be that bad?

What's that?

Yes, Invidia is ****. This isn't a Honda, it's a Z. If you want a good growl look at Hucks video with the unresonated FI exhaust

GTR oem exhaust

sucks that I hear so many bad things about it because I honestly think the invidia sounds real good

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I had an N1 Race on my STI and NOTHING sounded better.

it isnt bad in the sense that you will have problems with it. mine was perfectly fine and the fitment was perfectly fine. it sounded good without being too loud.. only downside was it wasnt fully polished like some other exhausts are.

I can grab the Ark Grip for ~$1,200 with free shipping. Anyone here have it?

I have an ARK Grip that I will be selling once I get my FI if youre interested

Invida isn't to bad. Every exhaust I have installed has it's own issues. The Invida exhaust is a 2.25 inch system, same as CNT fits tight under the car for a clean look. ARC / FI / Greddy / true 2.5 inch exhaust, some hang low and scrap after suspension mods. Rule is never go over 1/4 inch over stock in exhaust diameter, when you do your engine performance drops (unless your boosted of course). So get what you want, you don't need brand name to get the sound you want.

Buying exhaust is just like you said, getting the right combo of parts to get the tone your looking for. HP gains you wont even notice there so small. You get more HP gains buying light weight rims and tires. I had FI High Flow CATs and FI Carbon Fiber Cans. Loved the sound but couldn't here myself think on long drives. my car has 70,000 miles so i needed a quiet system but didn't want to loose low end torque.

1st - I swapped out HFC for ARC Test Pipes after hearing FootLoose's set up. It gave me a deeper growl.

2nd - Left test pipes on and researched the look and sound i wanted. I didn't want the Fart Can look some systems give our cars. I liked the resonated look and sound. I found 2 systems with that look and sound, ARC Grip and CNT. CNT uses cheaper material and cost 1/2 as ARC Grip. Both sound the same, quiet under normal acceleration but awesome when hammered.

My car is not boosted at the moment so 2.25 is good for me, I still auto cross and drive hard but I have better low end torque with the 2.25 tubing, stock motor. Not going over 55/65 on these courses, don't need 2.5 system (For me)

Buy what you want and get the sound you like. I am planning on building my own after my engine and turbo install. For the gains you get with 2.5 inch exhaust I spent my money on suspension parts that makes my car handle better & drive quicker.

My :twocents:

Well, if your selling yours for a FI sounds like I need to hop on the bandwagon here.

Sent them a PM

Why the shift to FI? The Ark is equally sounding great with FI.
Had mine with Ark hfc for 2 years now.
Still get great comments from car and non-car enthusiast.

I even remember one guy ridding a Hayabusa bike chased me just to ask what exhaust Im riding.

The Great one has spoken could not agree more than this.
Joe did you get my text? I finally got dialed in my coilovers and its working Great!
Bet you had a blast on your cruise saw the pictures at facebook.:tup:

Wow the CNT is very inexpensive. You've heard both back to back? I just want a nice clean/loud growl.

I miss the 100+ horsepower gains of a tune and a downpipe. :(

Lol man i drive all the way to Tampa just to buy a gum! :tup:

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I'm a sales manager for a Chevy dealership, I work so many hours that when I do have off I'm a potato.

I hear you man!:tup:
But I do...ask Nut n much!
And I'm not a couch potato either I work at times 7 days a week with a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy.:tup:

I'd rather work every day than 12-14 hour days. But I hear you!

I haven't been active in the car scene down here at all. I'd like to change that

Most of the guy's in the Fl. thread are Orlando based. You have a good crew out there. :tiphat:

Wait, that CNT exhaust is $600???? I'm so ******* tempted :roflpuke2:

Does it sound good? I like somewhat quiet (but gnarly) exhausts at low/idle, that sort of give a growl/track sound when on throttle.

Why should or should i not look into this one?

I didn't like the flanges, they are cast not plate steel. Also it's not a 2 1/2 exhaust. It's full 2 1/4 inch exhaust. Sounds good, sounds better with res test pipes.

Bottom of page is sound bites: CNT RACING 09-11 Nissan 370z Bolt on catback Exhaust system

I have had mine for about a year, doesn't drag on speed bumps. If i could afford it I would have a ARC Grip.

It sounds really really nice. Like stock but louder.

Do you know if there are any HP gains? I want to get the FI test pipes to avoid a CEL, I'm hoping they'll sound good together.

I'm tight on money but really aching to put stuff into the new whip, what do you recommend?

I'm planning a drop on Swift's, with 20MM spacers and some ARP extended studs. Does the exhaust really bottom out like that on these cars?

I may drop the extra on the ARK or FI depending on what I decide. I'd go non resonated test pipes preferably. I love loud but hate drone.

with the arp studs don't I have to get open and lugs because there so long??
curious..

Not to my knowledge because of the size of the spacer. Maybe if you were doing like a 10 or 15mm, but I don't think so on a 20mm.

I've had friends with non-ARP studs snap repeatedly, so I'm just doing a stud replacement to run through the spacers as opposed to bolt-on spacers that have their own built in lugs. It's a lot more money but the quality is significantly better.

O that makes sense, I only have 15mm spacers an arp was too long...
so I used the h&r replacement studs.
I hate whoever thought that washer style lugs were a good idea

I'm on Swifts with FI CBE and don't have any scraping issues with it....unless its a large speed bump. My front lip scrapes more than anything else

anyone looking for a head unit? i have 2

Kenwood's DDX7017

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kenwood dnx9140

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