Nope. Its kinda raspy though. Im thinking I may take them off and use some header wrap on them to help out with the rasp. It makes good power though. I will be dynoing here in the next week or so. Ill post up the results on my dyno thread.

That seems odd to me. I thought getting test pipes (non-resonated or even resonated) would cause a lot more rasp than hi flow cats. I was assuming more sound is being resonated in an actual catalytic converter.

there is definitely rasp if you add test pipes (resonated or not) or high flow cats to the nismo exhaust. i believe the H pipe is the culprit here. the new cats/tp's go from 2.5" pipe to the 2.25" flex pipe flanges, which end at 2" to the midpipe/resonators.

a member in the nismo forum said he added a custom 2.5" x-pipe which got rid of all his rasp. im determined to go this route as well...as soon as someone makes one!

What about those cheap Y-Pipes from Ebay coupled with the rest of the Nismo exhaust? I do not mind the rasp if it goes away upon warm up.

a Y-pipe will not work..only the stock Z has 2 catalytic converters joined to a single pipe. nismo owners will require an X-pipe

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I have the Nismo OEM exhaust with FI resonated HFC's and I can definitely tell you that my car does not have any noticeable exhaust rasp.

I also find it funny that everyone really gets on the piping diameters of the H pipe. Having stepped piping sizes is actually totally normal and can actually aid in the scavenging effect of the exhaust system. Think about this in terms of total cross-sectional area: passing the exhaust through two 2" diameter pipes is a greater cross-sectional area than passing through a single X or Y pipe.

The advantage of an X pipe has nothing to do with cross sectional area. It has to do with easier flow between the two sides of the exhaust due to a smoother transition compared with an H pipe. An X pipe will also have the effect of making the exhaust quieter from noise cancellation due to the easier cross flow of the two legs. The H pipe configuration is not a bad design in essence, which is why people have only seen small gains from other exhaust systems.

Here's a decent link about putting an X pipe exhaust system on a car:

Exhaust System Installation H-Pipe, X-Pipe,- Car Craft Magazine

this is fine by me! more power, less rasp, cant go wrong with the X-pipe..

Yes, that is my fault. It was totally obvious. I guess the late shifts I had this week is taking a toll on my brain, lol.

Which is why if I were to recommend an aftermarket exhaust, it would be the Fast Intentions (even though I really hate the look of having the visible polished/angled mufflers under the car). All I'm saying is that even with the H-pipe in my OEM Nismo exhaust, I'm not getting any raspiness. This may be because of my resonated HFC's, which as far as I can tell I'm one of two people on this forum to own, the other guy being in Australia. Perhaps removing either the cat part or the resonator part (which would describe the setup that 99% of the people here have) induces some raspiness that I'm not getting.

yea..ive already approached fast intentions in hopes that they will create an X-pipe for us nismo owners :tup:

I had the Nismo S-tune exhaust with both stock and Berk cats for about 10k miles. It's a well made piece, but overall I was disappointed with it. Sound wise it's just barely louder than stock, a tad deeper only when it warms up. I was mostly let down when I went to the Berk cats though, power improved a bit but the sound level was still far too quiet... I'd say the same type of sound level increase from stock to S-tune. I must say when I switched to the FI exhaust I had an immediate noticable power increase. When you sit the OEM and S-tune exhausts side by side, the S-tune is essentially just a polished version of stock, with "slightly" larger piping. Good for those who would want a shiny muffler and some bling, but no way worth the 1500+ they ask. Considering I ran almost every Nismo part for my old 350Z, the current 370Z line parts are a let down. The 350Z S-tune exhaust was far superior in performance/sound/cost IMO.

When you say "immediate noticable power increase" did you run it on a dyno and verify?

Ive gotta disagree on the piping size, the s-tune is much larger that stock, especially at the y-pipe choke points and flex pipes.

^^ true it is larger

Actually an X pipe works as a vacuum on the exhaust side. The crossover helps pull the exhaust out. Kinda like using vacuum on the intake side to run power brakes or opening up throttle bodies. It helps helps pull the oxygen through the engine. (Add's power)