Straight piped for power

Tadpole

Loosing your stock exhaust for a better flowing one does help considerably. My best 1/4 mile time was a 13.3 with the stock exhaust and a 13.4 with my dual. Difference being is the 13.3 was in October with cooler weather vs May with high humidity and higher temperatures. I'm hoping to run a 13 flat here in a few weeks with cooler weather heading here. Will post up times in a few weeks

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Masterbeatty

Put up a video too! This sounds like it's a monster.

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FPenvy

i agree with the OP. straight pipes does feel like you're missing some TQ on the bottom.

on top however it feels like it pulls harder than when i have my mufflers on.

running full 2.5" Fast Intentions non-res TP and non-res CBE with custom short tails to match up with the FI system. with FI tips of course

been running mine since march, with a small exception of putting the mufflers back on for inspection.

have not been on a dyno nor re-tuned. everything runs great but the butt dyno does report a slight delay/tw loss on the bottom. WOT feels great so i dont see a AFR issue.

i mean i do have my own personal uprev i guess i could fire up the laptop i test it out lol

Custom Short Tails for Fast Intentions Exhaust

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Shawa

I'm a little confused on this one like the OP, currently I'm running only aam short tails and k&n drop ins with z1 post maf tubes. From what I understand the short tails causes a loss in back pressure which takes away some low end torque, which honestly my butt dyno didn't notice lol but I did notice a small gain up top because it revs easier. My plan is to pick up the AAM s line midpipe to go along with the short tails. Now they claim that is pretty much an increase in 20whp and torque, but from reading this thread it seems like I would lose power? Isn't the AAM s line and short tails combo pretty much a straight pipe catback I guess? Thanks fellas

bryan_Z34

Nope, to my amazement no check engine light lol. Only the windshield washer fluid from the INjen 😂😂

FPenvy

with my regular set-up my only backpressure was my mufflers and it was a monster.....still is

i was tuned at AAM with my original set-up (in sig still) at 324whp and 258wtq.

i feel that now without the mufflers is the only reason i feel the slight loss in tq. and again it's butt dyno and it may be my ears playing tricks on me.

i say this since now with it being so loud so quick my brain may be telling me i should be going faster than i am based on pure sound......if that makes sense?

i have ran the 1/4 in back to back weekends with and without mufflers recently and saw no real differnce in my ET's and other numbers soooo idk.

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bryan_Z34

How would I post a video ??

FPenvy

like this lol

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Shawa

haha I was gonna ask you for a video of your car, good looks it sounds insaneee. Anyone know any good tuners that do uprev in Jersey? Probably going to be a while before I tune it tho, still have a lot of modding to be done. Envy, big difference in how the car ran before and after a tune? I know with my Talon heavily modded, it ran lean and like **** before a tune.

bryan_Z34

Dude! You hit the nail on the head! that's rxsctly what I predicted. When I was stock muffler I felt slow since it didn't sound like I was going fast. With mufflers on I felt way fast since I heard the engine revving, and now I'm straight piped I still feel fast but when I rip it , it feels like my car is going to go to the moon, But it's not any faster than before.

bryan_Z34

I was just open mid pipes for like s week . I felt no difference at ALL. and when I crafted my own short tails with helmholtz, I must note that now is when I feel the loss.

FPenvy

where in jersey are you?

R/T tuning is in the Philly area. they are well known for 370Z tuning and have a fall special right now.

and where i went AAM Competition is in the Baltimore area.

as for the before and after on the tune. YES lol

i put my full exhaust on (with mufflers) and my intakes so i was due for a tune.

pre-tune i baselined at 309whp/250wtq
post tune was 324whp/258wtq

plus i had them bump up my redline, remove speed limiter, raise my transmission line pressure, etc...

it made a difference for sure. went out the next day while still in the area to Capitol Raceways and ran my PB 1/4 mile ET of 12.89 @ 111mph.

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Shawa

North Jersey in Wayne, so not toooo far from Philly. I plan on getting the aam s line midpipe, then after that maybe nst pullies. Still researching on the FI long tube headers, and not sure if I am going to be going with test pipes of hfc. I think the car will be too loud with those options, especially with my short tails and midpipe setup lol. Any advice or recommendations on mods bro?

Thanks for all the info I appreciate it.

FPenvy

i ran FI non-res TP and non res CBE with the carbon fiber mufflers for arounf 30k miles and loved it. that is pretty much the loudest set-up you can buy from them considering the LTH give a little more depth to the sound but performance wise there's not a major difference between the LTH and TPs since the real power come from the cat deletion.

AAM makes some good exhaust pieces as well. i've heard good things about them and plus ive been to AAM's shop and its a nice operation.

NST pullies i know not much about them besides a issue they had with a group buy i believe a while back.

i will suggest after the exhaust mods are done to just finish off the breather mods with a set of intakes as well. then tune.

intake choices are really up to you and there are many lol

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Shawa

With the short tails, I know a lot of people find it too loud and don't like it. I think it's a deep low growl while normal driving, then spirited it sounds good. You don't even hear the tails while cruising on the highway.
With the midpipes though I have no clue how much louder they get besides a couple of crap quality YouTube videos lol. Lets say I go with the tails, midpipe, and hfc but resonated. Would the hfc's make the car scream even though they are resonated? I don't know anyone on the forum running this current setup, not many people have the midpipe with tails. Sorry for all the questions man.

and my bad OP! I just realized I jacked the hell out of your thread haha can't help it, love learning about this sh**!