Anyone removed stock resonators? Straight pipe?
 

Has anybody cut off the the two resonators on the mid pipe and made it a straight pipe? I'm considering it.. My friend works at a custom fab shop and said he will do it for free. I already have AAM short tails so I'm thinking this is going to be ridiculously loud. :icon18:

I've removed the stock resonators on my last car (c280) and on my previous 350Z.
No hurt in trying, it takes like 5 minutes to do and you can hold on to your resonators in case you want to weld them back on later.

It wont affect the sound as much as you think it does.. just gives it a little bit more rumble. I ran straight pipes without cats, it was wayyy too loud.

Well I had a full Gthaus exhaust with HFC and that's pretty much strait pipes and it was extremely loud.

Do it, film it, then post it :)

That's the plan.. lol :tiphat:

Subscribing to this thread for shenanigans.

quick vid of how it is right now.. please excuse the dirty car. It's been raining up here.

AAM short tails 370z - YouTube

I like it, can't wait to hear w/o the resonators. I'm on the fence on getting the AAM's. I bit concerned with the LEO's. They blanket the area and I drive up hill getting home, thus on the throttle. For $350 it's worth a shot!

GL - Cheers.

Just got the mid-pipe welded up. It'll be going on tomorrow morning after I paint it. I'll keep everyone updated.

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Might be going on later today if all the family ever leaves..lol
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^ lol. Just tell them to leave. haha

Put the pipe on early today and it sounds awesome. I'll try to get a video tomorrow.

That was fast. lol

Is this the prelude to the GTHaus? Look forward to the A/V. - Cheers.

^ The mid pipe and y-pipe I have are pretty much identical to GThaus. I've had both on my car now and the Gthaus rear is a slightly different sound...sounds more like a ferrari or Porsche while my setup is more of a raw sound..it would be amazing if I was boosted.
The video is uploading now :tup:

I want a video!!! :tup:

Here it is. Cold Start AAM Shorty Exhaust with resonator deletes.
Cold start 370z AAM Short Tails Exhaust & Resonator Deletes - YouTube

Wow, there is a huge difference in tone. Sounds much higher now...I like it.:tiphat:

Thanks :tup: It's awesome because you can control whether it's loud or not. Not very much drone either.

Damn sound really good!!!! I think I'll steal your Idea! Lol

hmmm, any rolling video? I've contemplated having a X-pipe welded up and run a true dual exhaust from the cats back to the short tails.

I'll try to get one. It sounds great rolling...but the wind is blowing 60mph today so a video probably wont happen.

That's cool, I'm in no hurry. I'm actually still waiting for my short tails to get here. I'm hoping to have them on by next friday though. I know video doesn't do any exhaust justice, but just how big a difference am i going to see in volume? I'm expecting a pretty large difference

did you notice any gains with your short tail or are they mainly just for sound? Will the car pass on e check with no mufflers? I don;t think it will in ohio but i might be wrong

Depends on whether local law requires a muffler. Technically a muffler isn't doing anything to reduce emissions, so it shouldn't impact your emissions. The only problem you should run into is a ticket for a loud exhaust.

muffler does exactly what the name says...muffles. The cat-converter is what reduces emissions along with the factory tune

There is a gain up top and quite a bit of weight shaved off. The Short tails increased the sound about 50%. Not enough to get you pulled over or in trouble in any way, but paired with the resonators deleted it's about an 85% increase in sound. Which will defiantly catch everybody's attention...even if they are 4 miles away lol me and my friend tested how far he could hear me.

Haha, sounds as if it will be about as loud as my old MR-2. You could hear it for a couple miles if i was getting on it. I'm going to try getting before and after videos so people can compare stock to muffler delete using the same recording device in the same location.

damn, that's loud.