I got my done at Advanced Car Care on Airline (right down the street from Royal). Those guys over there are awesome. It cost me $95 but it was worth every penny IMO.

Great news!

You're a brave man. No way would I get under my car with nothing but one or two of those jacks to hold it up.

So how does the non-resonated sound? Are you getting much drone? Did you end up cleaning it out or just letting the oil burn out?

:icon17: Well once i got the good jack under it i put four 3 ton jack stands to hold it up. I haven't noticed any drone, but i haven't got it on the highway and up to speed. Once i get a chance i'll let you know, i didn't clean the inside i just scraped that orange crap off and rolled with it. :driving:

haha sweet... can't wait to hear what you think about the drone at cruising speed. I can't help wonder how much louder yours is over mine. You need to come up for Cars & Coffee in BR next month.

It's deeper, but when it has warmed up it doesn't seem that much louder than my stocker. For some reason the stock catback i got from punk was super loud compared to any other stocker i've any heard.

Honestly, mine doesn't seem that much louder either. It just has a really deep tone to it now. For me, it's perfect. I don't want something that's crazy loud.

Plus it is lighter and it flows so much better than stock.

Absolutely... it's like 11lbs lighter I think? I'm kinda want to get it tuned now but I should wait until I get an intake.

I had the gen III's, i don't think i'll get them again unless i can find them for 150 like i sold mine for. I have the drop in's now and i'm good with that, a tune i'd be interested in though.

I'm starting to lean towards the K&N Typhoons for an intake. The Stillen G3 just seems like more hassle than it's worth.

For the tune, I'm thinking about spending a weekend in Houston so I can get an UpRev dyno tune done.

Ive yet to actually hear a FI exhaust in person but am quite anxious to. I used to run straight pipe from the headers back on my old car and that was crazy loud lol. So with the Z I wanted a nice sounding setup, something clean and to overpowering in sound. After reading much about the FI exhaust I was still torn between the non res and the 12" res. Many people say the non res are perfect and have little drone; then there are ones that say it to loud. I feel like I made a right decision with ordering the 12" res but only time will tell, come on November lol.

Too bad you can't come to Cars and Coffee, you could check out mine. Yours should sound exactly the same. In fact, if you want to hookup one day to check it out, just let me know.

Making the holes is no big deal, i just don't want to pay for them again. :p


I've got the non and worm has the 12 and paul has the 18, so you have a good shot at hearing them all before yours is ready. Me and worm have stock cats and paul has the FI resonated HFC's.

Yea that sounds cool man. I have one more week off before I leave to go back to work. Just let me know what days you have free and I can meet you somewhere. Im free just about any day of the week.

haha... I'm not as worried about the hole as I am about ******* with taking my bumper off every time I need to clean the filters.

From what I read, if you're running an exhaust and a tune, the difference between a CAI and something like the Typhoon is pretty minimal.