Christian370Z's Progression Thread

[christian370z]

Hey 6spd, I do not have any right now apart from a few cold and warm starts with my current exhaust setup. Once I get my new video camera, I will be taking a bunch of high quality videos and will post them. Also, I got an offer from a professional videographer to have a free pro-level video of the car in action so I will post that if it happens too!

[6spd]

Wow, lucky man! I cant wait to see what happens, youve got the exact mod line-up I would love to have one day!

[christian370z]

This is more of an excuse for me to test out my new phone's video quality but it pretty much gets the exhaust note down well on the cold start.
If you want to cheat and skip to the exhaust section, that starts around 0.50 seconds.

[nurseryboy]

Nice! So this is the stock muffler with the HFC's and Y-Pipe?

Is there any rasp to it? It's a little difficult to tell from the video. (It sounds like there might be, but it might be that the phone's mic just distorted some of it because it was loud.)

Great quality video by the way! What kind of phone?

[Boost_lee]

good stuff Christian!

[christian370z]

Originally Posted by nurseryboy

Nice! So this is the stock muffler with the HFC's and Y-Pipe?

Is there any rasp to it? It's a little difficult to tell from the video. (It sounds like there might be, but it might be that the phone's mic just distorted some of it because it was loud.)

Great quality video by the way! What kind of phone?

Thanks for the comment! It is stock muffler and headers with the HFCs and the Y pipe. There is not a lot of rasp at all, it is essentially has the stock exhaust tone but amplified in volume by 2-3 times. The Y pipe did deepen the tone slight as well. The sound was slightly distorted but that actually sounds very similar to how it is in real life to be honest!

It is a Samsung Vibrant by the way, I absolutely love it so far. My car mount got here so I am going to test out how well suited this phone is for capturing video while driving!

Originally Posted by Boost_lee

good stuff Christian!

Thank you Lee, I am working on my full brake upgrade right now so it is really just coming together piece by piece!

[nurseryboy]

Originally Posted by christian370z

Thanks for the comment! It is stock muffler and headers with the HFCs and the Y pipe. There is not a lot of rasp at all, it is essentially has the stock exhaust tone but amplified in volume by 2-3 times. The Y pipe did deepen the tone slight as well. The sound was slightly distorted but that actually sounds very similar to how it is in real life to be honest!

It is a Samsung Vibrant by the way, I absolutely love it so far. My car mount got here so I am going to test out how well suited this phone is for capturing video while driving!

Awesome! I was pretty sure that was the setup but I wanted to make sure. I actually like the stock exhaust note, but would like it a little louder, which is exactly what you've been able to do! HFC's and a Y-Pipe have been on my list of things to get, and now I'm confident about getting them

Nice phone by the way. The video quality is great Enjoy your car mount, and post some vids if they turn out!

[370zHawaii]

My hats off to you, on everything you have done so far, you are doing it good and doing right I absolutely love your set up, and it's funny I never would have thought of powder coating the intakes, here in Hawaii it's a real PiA to get a safety without recon permits for our cars to be modified. So I thank you for this awesomeness you have displayed and I am stealing you idea and powder coating mines... When I get them

[christian370z]

I decided to do a drive around Malibu to show how my current setup sounds and performs since I have recieved questions about it recently. Sorry about all the sitting in traffic, I did some editing but I think it shows what the car sounds like in almost every type of driving condition. I still need to work on my phone mount though!


I do want to point out that my 1-2 shift was not the clutch slipping, but the joys of my open differential allowed one wheel to spin freely!

[nurseryboy]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make one

I'm sold!

[370Z JT]

holy mackerel its loud at WOT. pretty tamed at low RPMs though.

[Boost_lee]

sounds great at wot

[christian370z]

Originally Posted by nurseryboy

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make one

I'm sold!

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help since I always appreciate being able to gather as much information as possible before making purchases or upgrades myself.

Originally Posted by 370Z JT

holy mackerel its loud at WOT. pretty tamed at low RPMs though.

It definately gets up there in volume above 3,000 rpm, but everything below is almost like stock. It is about as loud as a FI headers/CBE car I hear when revving which I was surprised at personally.

That said, I would like a nice Tanabe y pipe back exhaust at some point.

Originally Posted by Boost_lee

sounds great at wot

Thanks Lee, I will try to do some windows up runs since the wind definately distorted the mic a good amount! Is there a way to stop that by applying something over the mic?

[nurseryboy]

Originally Posted by christian370z

I will try to do some windows up runs since the wind definately distorted the mic a good amount! Is there a way to stop that by applying something over the mic?

I have one of these for my actual video camera (TheWindCutter.com, Professional Microphone Windscreens) and it works great, but I don't think it would work too well for a cell phone, haha.

[christian370z]

I just ordered sport package spoiler today, I ultimately would like to pair it with a Mines carbon add-on. I will be ordering the factory chin spoiler shortly as well.