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Originally Posted by FuszNissan I had bad drone with my stillen CBE. Mainly highway cruising in 5th or 6th gear. Had??? so what did you do?

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Old 10-26-2009, 08:00 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I had bad drone with my stillen CBE. Mainly highway cruising in 5th or 6th gear.
Had??? so what did you do?
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I had bad drone with my stillen CBE. Mainly highway cruising in 5th or 6th gear.
Argh? I have the Stillen CBE with no other significant mods and there is no drone at all. Overall, it's not really THAT loud unless you're flooring it through 4k rpm. The only time I've ever noticed any kind of drone was my last track day while I had the windows closed and a helmet on. The combo with the helmet made it really loud inside the helmet, but sans helmet it's just a fantastic sound that never drones and has no rasp. JB1 can also attest to this.

As for install price...I had a reputable installer put my Stillen exhaust on in 30 minutes for $47. $250 is a rip-off.
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Nismo is heavier and doesnt improve Performance but does mean you can hear the engine note! I havent had experience of the Stillen but seeing as its cheaper, gives a decent note and slight performance improvement id go with that!
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Nismo is heavier and doesnt improve Performance but does mean you can hear the engine note!
Doesn't improve performance? The NISMO has 18 HP over the standard with this exhaust and a tune. I'd assume it's close to 50/50 on where the extra HP came from. Doesn't match what Stillen gets but certainly does improve hp.
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Had??? so what did you do?
Sold the car it was on and ordered FI exhaust. Plus it rattled like hell, due to Stillen's bad fit and finish.
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Old 10-27-2009, 12:30 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Sold the car it was on and ordered FI exhaust. Plus it rattled like hell, due to Stillen's bad fit and finish.
IIRC, those issues have been resolved in recent production, correct?
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Old 12-24-2009, 10:18 PM   #22 (permalink)
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The two choices that you posted will keep your Z with a stock look. The others are a little more obvious. The Greddy's are y-pipe back. HKS is nice.
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I had bad drone with my stillen CBE. Mainly highway cruising in 5th or 6th gear.
Oh come on! I have the Stillen CBE and I'm a baby when it comes to drone. This exhaust doesn't even come close to droning. It's near silent on the highway except for a bit of a rumble when you accelerate in 5th or 6th.

If you truly had drone, you had something else going on.
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Greddy TI-C drones. The other's don't drone. Maybe FI a little bit.
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The two choices that you posted will keep your Z with a stock look. The others are a little more obvious.
The Stillen 4.5" tips don't look very stock. The Berk, FI, and Nismo look more stock than Stillen. You'll see the mufflers with the FI though.
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Argh? I have the Stillen CBE with no other significant mods and there is no drone at all. Overall, it's not really THAT loud unless you're flooring it through 4k rpm. The only time I've ever noticed any kind of drone was my last track day while I had the windows closed and a helmet on. The combo with the helmet made it really loud inside the helmet, but sans helmet it's just a fantastic sound that never drones and has no rasp. JB1 can also attest to this..
Yep, I can attest to this. Spearfish has the Stillen CBE with stock cats and it sounds really good, both from inside the car as well as outside. I the car at the track and it sounds great, not to loud but a nice, deep tone. The car should have sounded like this stock. And from inside of the car it sounds way better then my HFC's
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if you would spend that much (1700) for the stillen one.. it has a stacked muffler setup... the big mufflers... you should go with MXP then... nice rumble and stacked round cans instead... there's also berks.
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I can't be bothered reading through this thread, but I believe the nismo exhaust only had gains of ~4 hp.
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nismo exhaust is a waste





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