Fast Intentions exhaust is here! (continued)

TBatt · 12-28-2015, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barncobob

what # were u? my girlfriend is from AL. i have to watch ALL the games..its like a religion down there Yall.

#1284

The car is on the lift right now. Bolts are soaking in PB Blaster. I'll be installing the front sway bar while the bolts soak up the penetrating oil.

FYI: Harvest is just outside of Huntsville

cooltoy · 12-28-2015, 01:17 PM

You need a bigger tree.

barncobob · 12-28-2015, 01:21 PM

happy wife, happy life,,,,,,she did buy it didnt she?

TBatt · 12-28-2015, 02:49 PM

No, she doesn't buy car things and I don't buy jewelry. Sounds fair to me! So far this arrangement has worked well for the 35 years we have been married.

When I told her I was planning on installing a supercharger on my Z she just shook her head and walked away mumbling something about me and my "toys".......

The SC is planned for late spring.

barncobob · 12-28-2015, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBatt

No, she doesn't buy car things and I don't buy jewelry. Sounds fair to me! So far this arrangement has worked well for the 35 years we have been married.

When I told her I was planning on installing a supercharger on my Z she just shook her head and walked away mumbling something about me and my "toys".......

The SC is planned for late spring.

im about the same years..paybacks can be hell..but it all works out in the end

Elmo370z · 12-29-2015, 03:35 PM

Once again F.I. proves again why they will always get my business. I like to thank Kevin for taking time out his day to personal call me about the rust around the welds i had posted earlier. It was nothing to worry about. Thank you again.

GordoNx3o9 · 12-29-2015, 04:49 PM

And the wait begins! #1347.

Thanks Kevin.

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TBatt · 12-29-2015, 06:16 PM

It's installed! WOW, WOW, WOW! The first cold start could be felt in your chest! WOW, what a sound. On a cold start it sounds like the engine grew about 2 liters. It has a new deep rumble that sounds just incredible! Once the engine warms up it mellows out but it still has a much deeper tone, not loud but deep.

So we checked for leaks (none) and let the engine warm up while we lowered the car from the lift. Cleared out the lift and backed it out of the garage to let it burn off the oils that are on the inside of the pipes. It does smoke quite a bit at first. After the car had warmed up I shut it off to let it cool (what the instructions said to do) while we picked up tools and got cleaned up before the test drive.

Fired up the engine and just sat there for a short while grinning from ear to ear. My buddy who drives a GTI was green with envy! So, we took off to a local pizza joint so I could buy him lunch for helping me. Not a lot of help is needed but it is very helpful to have someone help hold things in place while your wrestling with bolts and nuts and pipes. BTW: The install was super easy. The only fiddly thing I had to do was put one washer shim adjustment on the passenger rear exhaust hanger to get the two tail pipes balanced on the spacing. I'm talking about 1/16 of an inch, yes I'm anal.

Off to the pizza place and the car has been totally transformed. Between the sweet sounding exhaust and the new Hotchkis sway bars it feels and sounds like a new car. What you will notice most is the way the exhaust changes tone with RPM and load. Under 2500RPM and light throttle it has a very deep almost rumble to it. The guys with V8s will be impressed with the 3.7L V6 sound. Once the throttle is increased the rumble also increases up until you get to 2500RPM and then the sound changes again to more of a sweet straight line six sound (Austin Healey-ish). When you get up to 4000RPM the sound changes once again to a very exotic car sound (think Ferrari-ish). This sounds stays all the way to red line and believe you me, you WILL be visiting the red line often,,,,,,,,,,OMG! Like a drug, addicting!

So we get to the pizza place and have lunch. Once done with that I ask my bud if he would like to go and checkout the new gun store. Well, HE77 Yeah! So we head to the gun store which gets us on the interstate highway. Taking the entrance ramp at near the century mark and being very impressed with the new sway bars and loving the new sound we're off to the store. Slowing down to the speed limit of 70 and engaging the cruise control we were very impressed at how quiet the 18" resonator exhaust system is. Actually it sounds almost stock except deeper, very nice!

We get to the gun store and are impressed at all of the stuff they have. Enough of that, time to ride. We took off in a cloud of tire smoke (VDC off) and got back on the highway. The exit ramp is rated at 45 so 90+ seemed appropriate. After coming out of the turn my buddy says we could have taken that much faster.....I just grinned. He is used to a GTI, not a bad car, just not a Z.

We get back to my house and he hops in his GTI and it sounds like a weed whacker compared to my Z.

I'm thinking that it is 52 degrees, partly clouding and a great time to go and scare the ricers. So for the next two hours that is what I did!

After coming home and pouring myself a Gentlemen Jack on the rocks I sat down to write this report (reps welcome).

For those of you yet to order your exhaust, just do it! You are just wasting the wait time which is long but can be survived (barely). For those of you on the wait list, your time is coming and you will NOT be disappointed! The system looks fantastic and sounds even better. My calibrated butt dyno can feel the difference especially once the RPMs get above 6000. The install is brain dead easy. The system was expertly packaged and arrived early, a single day early but man did that feel good!

Thanks Tony and Kevin and the whole crew!! You guys are awesome! Best Christmas present ever!

As promised, I'll be working on a video/audio feast for your eyes and ears very soon, maybe tomorrow if the weather will let me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and ROLL TIDE!!!!!

F.I. Inc. · 12-29-2015, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBatt

It's installed! WOW, WOW, WOW! The first cold start could be felt in your chest! WOW, what a sound. On a cold start it sounds like the engine grew about 2 liters. It has a new deep rumble that sounds just incredible! Once the engine warms up it mellows out but it still has a much deeper tone, not loud but deep.

So we checked for leaks (none) and let the engine warm up while we lowered the car from the lift. Cleared out the lift and backed it out of the garage to let it burn off the oils that are on the inside of the pipes. It does smoke quite a bit at first. After the car had warmed up I shut it off to let it cool (what the instructions said to do) while we picked up tools and got cleaned up before the test drive.

Fired up the engine and just sat there for a short while grinning from ear to ear. My buddy who drives a GTI was green with envy! So, we took off to a local pizza joint so I could buy him lunch for helping me. Not a lot of help is needed but it is very helpful to have someone help hold things in place while your wrestling with bolts and nuts and pipes. BTW: The install was super easy. The only fiddly thing I had to do was put one washer shim adjustment on the passenger rear exhaust hanger to get the two tail pipes balanced on the spacing. I'm talking about 1/16 of an inch, yes I'm anal.

Off to the pizza place and the car has been totally transformed. Between the sweet sounding exhaust and the new Hotchkis sway bars it feels and sounds like a new car. What you will notice most is the way the exhaust changes tone with RPM and load. Under 2500RPM and light throttle it has a very deep almost rumble to it. The guys with V8s will be impressed with the 3.7L V6 sound. Once the throttle is increased the rumble also increases up until you get to 2500RPM and then the sound changes again to more of a sweet V6 sound ( think Aston Martin-ish). When you get up to 4000RPM the sound changes once again to a very exotic car sound (think Ferrari-ish). This sounds stays all the way to red line and believe you me, you WILL be visiting the red line often,,,,,,,,,,OMG! Like a drug, addicting!

So we get to the pizza place and have lunch. Once done with that I ask my bud if he would like to go and checkout the new gun store. Well, HE77 Yeah! So we head to the gun store which gets us on the interstate highway. Taking the entrance ramp at near the century mark and being very impressed with the new sway bars and loving the new sound we're off to the store. Slowing down to the speed limit of 70 and engaging the cruise control we were very impressed at how quite the 18" resonator exhaust system is. Actually it sounds almost stock except deeper, very nice!

We get to the gun store and are impressed at all of the stuff they have. Enough of that, time to ride. We took off in a cloud of tire smoke (VDC off) and got back on the highway. The exit ramp is rated at 45 so 90+ seemed appropriate. After coming out of the turn my buddy says we could have taken that much faster.....I just grinned. He is used to a GTI, not a bad car, just not a Z.

We get back to my house and he hops in his GTI and it sounds like a weed whacker compared to my Z.

I'm thinking that it is 52 degrees, partly clouding and a great time to go and scare the ricers. So for the next two hours that is what I did!

After coming home and pouring myself a Gentlemen Jack on the rocks I sat down to write this report (reps welcome).

For those of you yet to order your exhaust, just do it! You are just wasting the wait time which is long but can be survived (barely). For those of you on the wait list, your time is coming and you will NOT be disappointed! The system looks fantastic and sounds even better. My calibrated butt dyno can feel the difference especially once the RPMs get above 6000. The install is brain dead easy. The system was expertly packaged and arrived early, a single day early but man did that feel good!

Thanks Tony and Kevin and the whole crew!! You guys are awesome! Best Christmas present ever!

As promised, I'll be working on a video/audio feast for your eyes and ears very soon, maybe tomorrow if the weather will let me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and ROLL TIDE!!!!!

Great review Tim. I like the 90+ in the 45 part the best.

Enjoy the exhaust man. It will only start to sound better with time. If you have any questions feel free to give us a call.

Happy New Year!
-Tony

littlejuanito · 12-29-2015, 07:53 PM

Each and every one of these reviews fills me with lots of excitement. Too bad I'm still at least 2-3 weeks away from getting my CBE fabricated sitting at #1312

I Can't wait to have to have my system installed at the Fast Intentions shop.

TBatt · 12-30-2015, 04:23 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of the audio and video setup. I just got back from about an hour of driving while videoing the drive. Unfortunately the mountain roads were still damp from last night's rain so I had to back it down quite a bit. Also I have managed to warp the front brake rotors, again. I guess the next upgrade will be putting the sport Akebono system on. I have the base brakes and they are not up to my style of driving.

For the in car camera, I decided to go with my Drift Stealth 2 camera because it is very lightweight and should stay in place during the high speed turns.

The microphones were placed under the headrest in a binaural configuration. The audio will sound best with headphones as you will hear almost exactly what I experienced.

The cold start video was shot from both behind the car at ear level and from inside the car.

Enough of the technical stuff. I need to start editing the video.

Sales@F.I. Inc. · 12-30-2015, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBatt

Here are a couple of pictures of the audio and video setup. I just got back from about an hour of driving while videoing the drive. Unfortunately the mountain roads were still damp from last night's rain so I had to back it down quite a bit. Also I have managed to warp the front brake rotors, again. I guess the next upgrade will be putting the sport Akebono system on. I have the base brakes and they are not up to my style of driving.

For the in car camera, I decided to go with my Drift Stealth 2 camera because it is very lightweight and should stay in place during the high speed turns.

The microphones were placed under the headrest in a binaural configuration. The audio will sound best with headphones as you will hear almost exactly what I experienced.

The cold start video was shot from both behind the car at ear level and from inside the car.

Enough of the technical stuff. I need to start editing the video.

Very cool! Glad to hear that you are enjoying the exhaust system.

Can't wait to see your video once it's finished.

- Kevin

TBatt · 12-30-2015, 09:52 PM

You guys that are on the long waiting list are gonna' hate me.......

Here is my video. For the best sound use headphones. Enjoy the ride!

The video is around 14 minutes long. I did this to try and show how the exhaust sounds in a wide variety of conditions from slow cruising to wide a** open balls to the wall. If you listen carefully you can hear the tires squealing in some of the turns. Dang, that was fun. I normally don't drive like this but Tony and Kevin made me do it! That's my excuse...officer.

A good portion of the video was shot on Bankhead Parkway on Monte Sano Mountain inside of the Huntsville city limits. Back in high school, we would run up the mountain slowly at around 2am looking for cops. If none were found we would haul A** back down playing follow the leader. Yes, we were stupid! By the time we reached the bottom we had no brakes. None! You could press as hard as you could on the brake pedal and nothing. You could see them glow! We would then all head in different directions, just in case, and end up at the local Krispy Creme for hot off the rack donuts. Boy, those were the days! And we all survived!

Yeah, I'm on my third mid-life crisis. I think I'll add the Stillen SC to my fourth.......

I have fallen in love with my Z all over again!

#1284

Sales@F.I. Inc. · 12-31-2015, 01:07 PM

Great video TBatt! Gives a very accurate assessment of interior volume and sound.

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying and it sounds like the exhaust system has given new life to your Z.

- Kevin

TBatt · 12-31-2015, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sales@F.I. Inc.

Great video TBatt! Gives a very accurate assessment of interior volume and sound.

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying and it sounds like the exhaust system has given new life to your Z.

- Kevin

Thanks! Yes sir! I'm loving it!!!

12-28-2015, 01:17 PM	#5087 (permalink)
cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 13,973 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243722	You need a bigger tree. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang.

12-28-2015, 02:49 PM	#5089 (permalink)
TBatt Track Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 832 Drives: 2019 GT-R Rep Power: 20168	No, she doesn't buy car things and I don't buy jewelry. Sounds fair to me! So far this arrangement has worked well for the 35 years we have been married. When I told her I was planning on installing a supercharger on my Z she just shook her head and walked away mumbling something about me and my "toys"....... The SC is planned for late spring. __________________ RJM pedal, Hotchkis Sway Bars, FI TDX, FOG Light, Z1 Slotted Drilled rotors, Stillen SC, Quaife ATB, Z1 Oil cooler, AEM Gauge Set, Galeforce gauge mount, Avant Garde M590 Hypersilver w/RE-11, TopgunZ A2A kit., ECUtek tuned by Seb: ROLL TIDE!

12-29-2015, 03:35 PM	#5091 (permalink)
Elmo370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: st. petersburg Posts: 5,709 Drives: 09 nissan 370z Sp M6 Rep Power: 295378	Once again F.I. proves again why they will always get my business. I like to thank Kevin for taking time out his day to personal call me about the rust around the welds i had posted earlier. It was nothing to worry about. Thank you again. cooltoy and Sales@F.I. Inc. like this.

12-29-2015, 04:49 PM	#5092 (permalink)
GordoNx3o9 Base Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: NYC Posts: 52 Drives: 370z Roadster Rep Power: 10	And the wait begins! #1347. Thanks Kevin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sales@F.I. Inc. likes this. __________________ Fast Intentions \| Injen \| Nismo \| OnEighty \| Vossen \| Nitto \| Fujimura \| Carbon Signal \| RJM \| Swift \| SPC \| StopTech \| H&R \| Greddy

12-29-2015, 06:16 PM	#5093 (permalink)
TBatt Track Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 832 Drives: 2019 GT-R Rep Power: 20168	Super easy install It's installed! WOW, WOW, WOW! The first cold start could be felt in your chest! WOW, what a sound. On a cold start it sounds like the engine grew about 2 liters. It has a new deep rumble that sounds just incredible! Once the engine warms up it mellows out but it still has a much deeper tone, not loud but deep. So we checked for leaks (none) and let the engine warm up while we lowered the car from the lift. Cleared out the lift and backed it out of the garage to let it burn off the oils that are on the inside of the pipes. It does smoke quite a bit at first. After the car had warmed up I shut it off to let it cool (what the instructions said to do) while we picked up tools and got cleaned up before the test drive. Fired up the engine and just sat there for a short while grinning from ear to ear. My buddy who drives a GTI was green with envy! So, we took off to a local pizza joint so I could buy him lunch for helping me. Not a lot of help is needed but it is very helpful to have someone help hold things in place while your wrestling with bolts and nuts and pipes. BTW: The install was super easy. The only fiddly thing I had to do was put one washer shim adjustment on the passenger rear exhaust hanger to get the two tail pipes balanced on the spacing. I'm talking about 1/16 of an inch, yes I'm anal. Off to the pizza place and the car has been totally transformed. Between the sweet sounding exhaust and the new Hotchkis sway bars it feels and sounds like a new car. What you will notice most is the way the exhaust changes tone with RPM and load. Under 2500RPM and light throttle it has a very deep almost rumble to it. The guys with V8s will be impressed with the 3.7L V6 sound. Once the throttle is increased the rumble also increases up until you get to 2500RPM and then the sound changes again to more of a sweet straight line six sound (Austin Healey-ish). When you get up to 4000RPM the sound changes once again to a very exotic car sound (think Ferrari-ish). This sounds stays all the way to red line and believe you me, you WILL be visiting the red line often,,,,,,,,,,OMG! Like a drug, addicting! So we get to the pizza place and have lunch. Once done with that I ask my bud if he would like to go and checkout the new gun store. Well, HE77 Yeah! So we head to the gun store which gets us on the interstate highway. Taking the entrance ramp at near the century mark and being very impressed with the new sway bars and loving the new sound we're off to the store. Slowing down to the speed limit of 70 and engaging the cruise control we were very impressed at how quiet the 18" resonator exhaust system is. Actually it sounds almost stock except deeper, very nice! We get to the gun store and are impressed at all of the stuff they have. Enough of that, time to ride. We took off in a cloud of tire smoke (VDC off) and got back on the highway. The exit ramp is rated at 45 so 90+ seemed appropriate. After coming out of the turn my buddy says we could have taken that much faster.....I just grinned. He is used to a GTI, not a bad car, just not a Z. We get back to my house and he hops in his GTI and it sounds like a weed whacker compared to my Z. I'm thinking that it is 52 degrees, partly clouding and a great time to go and scare the ricers. So for the next two hours that is what I did! After coming home and pouring myself a Gentlemen Jack on the rocks I sat down to write this report (reps welcome). For those of you yet to order your exhaust, just do it! You are just wasting the wait time which is long but can be survived (barely). For those of you on the wait list, your time is coming and you will NOT be disappointed! The system looks fantastic and sounds even better. My calibrated butt dyno can feel the difference especially once the RPMs get above 6000. The install is brain dead easy. The system was expertly packaged and arrived early, a single day early but man did that feel good! Thanks Tony and Kevin and the whole crew!! You guys are awesome! Best Christmas present ever! As promised, I'll be working on a video/audio feast for your eyes and ears very soon, maybe tomorrow if the weather will let me. HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and ROLL TIDE!!!!! F.I. Inc., Sales@F.I. Inc., Memphis370Z and 5 others like this. __________________ RJM pedal, Hotchkis Sway Bars, FI TDX, FOG Light, Z1 Slotted Drilled rotors, Stillen SC, Quaife ATB, Z1 Oil cooler, AEM Gauge Set, Galeforce gauge mount, Avant Garde M590 Hypersilver w/RE-11, TopgunZ A2A kit., ECUtek tuned by Seb: ROLL TIDE! Last edited by TBatt; 01-04-2016 at 09:28 AM.

12-28-2015, 01:21 PM	#5088 (permalink)
barncobob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: hangtown, CA Posts: 1,164 Drives: 16 370Z auto Rep Power: 590	happy wife, happy life,,,,,,she did buy it didnt she?

12-29-2015, 07:53 PM	#5095 (permalink)
littlejuanito Track Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 812 Drives: 2014 Touring Sport Rep Power: 419	Fast Intentions exhaust is here! (continued) Each and every one of these reviews fills me with lots of excitement. Too bad I'm still at least 2-3 weeks away from getting my CBE fabricated sitting at #1312 I Can't wait to have to have my system installed at the Fast Intentions shop. Sales@F.I. Inc. likes this. __________________ Fast Intentions Non-Resonated Carbon Fiber CBE \| Berk Non-Resonated HFC \| Powertrix Coilovers \| RJM Clutch Pedal \| LatheWerks Shift Knob \| Stillen Sway Bars, \|SPL Parts \| Enkei RS05RR \| Fujimura Diffuser \| Ecutek Tuned by Seb \| 308whp

12-30-2015, 09:52 PM	#5098 (permalink)
TBatt Track Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 832 Drives: 2019 GT-R Rep Power: 20168	You guys that are on the long waiting list are gonna' hate me....... Here is my video. For the best sound use headphones. Enjoy the ride! The video is around 14 minutes long. I did this to try and show how the exhaust sounds in a wide variety of conditions from slow cruising to wide a open balls to the wall. If you listen carefully you can hear the tires squealing in some of the turns. Dang, that was fun. I normally don't drive like this but Tony and Kevin made me do it! That's my excuse...officer. A good portion of the video was shot on Bankhead Parkway on Monte Sano Mountain inside of the Huntsville city limits. Back in high school, we would run up the mountain slowly at around 2am looking for cops. If none were found we would haul A back down playing follow the leader. Yes, we were stupid! By the time we reached the bottom we had no brakes. None! You could press as hard as you could on the brake pedal and nothing. You could see them glow! We would then all head in different directions, just in case, and end up at the local Krispy Creme for hot off the rack donuts. Boy, those were the days! And we all survived! Yeah, I'm on my third mid-life crisis. I think I'll add the Stillen SC to my fourth....... I have fallen in love with my Z all over again! #1284 SwissCheese, NoHyperbole, TheohmegaHz and 4 others like this. __________________ RJM pedal, Hotchkis Sway Bars, FI TDX, FOG Light, Z1 Slotted Drilled rotors, Stillen SC, Quaife ATB, Z1 Oil cooler, AEM Gauge Set, Galeforce gauge mount, Avant Garde M590 Hypersilver w/RE-11, TopgunZ A2A kit., ECUtek tuned by Seb: ROLL TIDE!

12-31-2015, 01:07 PM	#5099 (permalink)
Sales@F.I. Inc. The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Simi Valley, Ca. Posts: 426 Drives: 2008 G37S Coupe Rep Power: 9218	Great video TBatt! Gives a very accurate assessment of interior volume and sound. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying and it sounds like the exhaust system has given new life to your Z. - Kevin __________________ *Follow us on Facebook: Fast Intentions Inc. / Instagram: @FastIntentions* Phone: (805) 522-FAST (3278) Email: kevin@fastintentions.com www.fastintentions.com "FUELED BY PASSION"

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