Looking for informed opinions on exhaust choice for MT Z

[rorikjal]

Hello folks,
I was looking a few cat back options for my Z. I initially looked at the japanese manufacturers but they all seem to comply with JASMA noise levels, and I am thinking i would be underwhelmed with buying a rather expensive japanese exhaust for not much change in experience at all. Any thoughts on this?

Looking at the other manufacturers, Borla and Stillen come to mind. Any folks with these exhausts care to chime in about their experiences?
I am mainly looking for tone and quality of sound but i want to be able to hear the exhaust too as it is important part of the overall experience for me.


Thanks for your thoughts

 

[VegasDan]

I bought a totaled Z and come to find out, it has a 3 inch MBRP catback and full B6A fatty 3.5 inch race down pipes. The sound is deep when it idles and starts up and I hear that the z has a normal rasp range from 2500-3500 rpm so I do get that rasp. Wide open throttle sounds amazing. I was also thinking of getting the Tomei but would definitely increase sound since the MBRP has its own muffler system. I like it as is

 

[rorikjal]

thanks I will scope MBRP out. I would like to keep the LDPs though, so that i dont mess around with the warranty

 

[VegasDan]

 

[VegasDan]

Here’s a sound clip while she’s getting tuned

 

[rorikjal]

Sounds awesome. Thanks for the clip

 

[Jah_Happy]

AWE or Boostlogic are the best sounding exhausts for the new Z. Also downpipes are a must to really get a good tone in my experience for these cars.

 

[rorikjal]

AWE or Boostlogic are the best sounding exhausts for the new Z. Also downpipes are a must to really get a good tone in my experience for these cars.

Thanks. My worry with doing the downpipes is to deal with the incompetent dealers here if there is a warranty issue. But I will take a look at AWE and Boostlogic

 

[Who.Am.Eye.2716]

I was looking at the MBRP and HKS Superturbo.

If you do anything, you want a resonator to remove most of the rasp at 1800-2100 rpms. In a manual, youre typically above the 2200 rpms while cruising and wont hear it as much.

Going 3" straight pipe is asking for drone/rasp

 

[KrackaC8]

AWE, Borla, or Magnaflow.

 

[rorikjal]

Thanks for your inputs. It seems like some folks are cancelling the active sound enhancement along with getting the exhaust? Is this something the dealer can do?

 

[KrackaC8]

Thanks for your inputs. It seems like some folks are cancelling the active sound enhancement along with getting the exhaust? Is this something the dealer can do?

Yes, absolutely. I had my dealer disable ASE but leave ANC enabled.

 

[rorikjal]

thats great. I never really liked the ASE anyway. Now for the dreaded chat with the dealer

 

[KrackaC8]

thats great. I never really liked the ASE anyway. Now for the dreaded chat with the dealer

Should be fairly easy... Mine did it no questions asked for no charge. The service writer was clueless but the technician knew exactly what I was asking for.

 

[Osage]

I’ve ordered the Magnaflow Speq for the Nismo MT, which I’m told is the best combination of non-raspy tone without any drone. There’s very little to find about it online so I’ll try and do some videos of how it sounds once installed—along with the AMS intake.

EDIT: I also don’t think ASE or ANC mods will be necessary with the Magnaflow but TBD.