Y pipe
 

Hey guys thinkin of gettin a y pipe cause full exhaust is to much right now. I recently bought top speed pro test pipes and haven't put them on yet. I herd that just with these test pipes, the car sounds good. Now, I don't want my car to have a different sound just maybe a little deeper or louder. What y pipe would u suggest. Thanks in advance.

Install the test pipes and see how it sounds and go from there.

k thanks for the response

My opinion from personal experince don't want to install those pipes and y with the stock muffler. I did it and I hated the sound especially highway. Sounds like a 1990 honda accord with fart can. Just with the pipes it will be same tone but amplified and little raspy. I totally agree with jaycz install those and go from there thats what I did. This is my opinion.

k thanks alot.

M2R Y pipe on ebay for $60 ,I few guys over on Myg37 have them. Nice piece.

Do they have the top speed test pipes on there too (with the M2R Y pipe)? I would like to hear it if u had a sound clip please.

They do not, Only Y pipe,

jic magic, tanabe and mototrdyne all have good Y's it will not change your sound too much. once you install the Test pipes though, its gonna sound way diff

K cause, I herd what they sound like on youtube and I thought it didn't sound to much different with these pipes just deeper and louder.



Thanks again for the responses guys.

I have...

Surewin Y pipe
muffler deletes
stock everything else...

I think my car sounds better than some cars that have full cat -backs. I don't have a cat-back simply because I haven't heard one in person that sounds better. I would LOVE to change setups mainly for the power increase, but I know once I change out my cats to test pipes, or go to a new mid pipe, I'm going to loose my sound.

I'll post another sound clip of what it sounds like... I love it.

This is what it sounded like before I added the Y pipe.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...h_6ba35a28.jpg

Hey yea that does sound good. Do u feel it pull a little harder with the y and the muffler deleted?

This is what mine sounds like with the stock cats, surewin y, and custom muffler deletes.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

This is just the test pipes.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...&v=fMqVey7ANTc

I did the test pipes, y, and muffler delete. For me was BIG! NO!!! Way too loud for the street and significant power loss. Didnt record it, didnt even think about it, it was on for a total of 10 min. Mine is similar to typeOne.

Carfull with TP or HFC's and the stock system, I had this and my muffler rattled alot( Tips I think)

I could feel a difference with the Ypipe for sure. Once I put the intakes on it realllyyyy woke the car up.

I think I'm going to get the Top Speed cat back... since I already have the Y pipe, I'm ready for a little more power. I don't like the way it looks so I'll likely just paint it black.

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Just my :twocents:

If I'm gonna spend $30k+ for a car... I'm not gonna look for parts for it on ebay... :ugh2:

That being said, if you're looking to change the tone, and gain some power then go for a full CBE and save for it. You'll be much happier in the end with the gains in both sound/power you get.

If you go the route you're talking now, yes the sound will be different and a lot raspier. However on the performance side of the house, anything you do to the front end to allow it to flow better you will negate with the stock system. If you put in test pipes you're still gonna have the same bottleneck in the Y pipe. If you replace the Y pipe you'll still have a bottleneck in the muffler. Either way all of the 'improved flow' you gained will still eventually get stopped and you'll lose performance at the expense of rasp. Not exactly what I think you're going for.

All in all there are several different CBE's out there to choose from, and each have their pro's/con's and are in a wide expense bracket. Surely one from a good name at a slightly higher premium will give you what you're looking for without any negative side effect.

Not sure who that directed towards, but I can think of many expensive a$$ CBEs that sound like a$$.

There are only a few that DON'T sound like complete crap and still give great gains. In the grand scheme of things, I'm with you on spending money on the right parts the first time.

Besides, most exhausts come from and/or made all in the same place overseas anyway. :-X

Type, it wasn't Directed at anyone. Just kind of an overall statement. Sorry if anyone too personal offense to it. :icon14:

I agree there are some overly expensive ones in my opinion that do sound like garbage. The happy medium is usually the best bang/$$ :tup:

LoL I would agree with that on most of the big named exhausts. But I can say for certain I know exactly where and WHO made my exhaust cause I watched them build them. :tup:

The biggest bottleneck of the 370Z exhaust is the CATs and that awful Y-pipe. Everything past the Y-pipe is actually pretty decent, since it opens up to a true-dual and just flows straight out.

The 370Z is unlike the 350Z, which had a heavily restricted exhaust all the way back.

Just because its a 'true dual' when you have a Y pipe... which doesn't make sense anyways, but still... If you've seen the inside of the muffler, there are a lot of bends. Not to mention its heavy. Cat's are going to be a bottleneck on any car... I figured that was a given so it was ommitted. And have you seen the inner diameter of the Y pipe? It's TINY!!! :eek:

I did not say it's a true dual when you have a Y-pipe...I said past the Y-pipe the exhaust is dual. And yes, the OEM Y-pipe is horrifically restrictive.

ebay test pipes will make just as much power as any other (Art pipes may make a little more) -- BUT, if the rasp will bother you, get a set of resonated ones.

You still call it a dual even if both pipes go to the same muffler?? :confused:

Really, if you have two banks, they have two exhaust paths. Even if they merge somewhere, it's technically a dual exhaust.

If you think about it, the two exhaust manifolds are what really matter. Everything after that is a compromise between a whole host of factors aimed at where the motor will be able to best take advantage of the piping diameter, scavaging, noise modulation, and emissions.

Even the so called "true duals" usually have some sort of a connector pipe between the two paths, and on the single muffler, dual outlet, you still have two paths; it only joins at the Y for purposes of scavaging and noise modulation.

If you have a motor with one bank that splits into two paths is that more of a "true dual"? Does it matter?

K thanks for all the responses guys