AIGHT guys I went and got my car tuned and dyno'ed





I have stock cats with a M2 exhaust (hks replica)

The guy there said it was leaky and i need to get a new exhaust and art pipes to get more power. So i am 100% getting art pipes, but my question is what exhaust???

I am stuck between the Bassani and Motordyne. Obviously everyone is going to say motpr dyne, but what kind of HP gains will i show over a bassani for 500$ more?

will these exhaust give more power gain over my m2>>?


p.s. i know i spelt the title wrong "question"



i heard the bassani in person and LOVE the low groul v8 and its 500$ cheaper, but if the motordyne will give me a significant hp increase over the bassani then i will go for that.



if niether will increase hp over my m2 i might just go with bassani anyways because i know what it sounds like and its not that expensive once i sell my M2 for 300$ ish


PLZ PROVIDE YOUR ARGUMENT TO help me choose!

 

Get the bassani unless you are worried about a couple hp. Get it for sound, if you like it, buy it! Your not going to be missing much hp, if any.

 

perfect thats the kind of answer i needed, straight to the point. You think the bassani will increase hp over my leaky m2?

 

Hard to say but most likely, yes. Exhaust just don't do much for these cars but once you throw those art pipes on, you should see better results. Most of the restriction is in the stock cats.

 

Honestly, there wont be much gains with the bassani over the m2, if any at all. I would go MD the entire way.

 

But if there are no gains on hp I should go with what I know and I know nassini sounds good. Ideally someone with a md should come to my house and show me lol anyone in bay area with md exhaust?

 

You will never have to question the quality of an MD exhaust, Tony, who engineers the systems for our cars is on here all the time, and personally answers the phone to talk if there are any questions. He offers one of the best performing systems and the best looking IMO and there are plenty of people who will agree.

 

Max I've heard the Motordyne dual in person and loved it! Is it worth the extra $$ for a few more RWHP that's up to you. I feel sorry for our members that buy knockoff systems and they turn to **** but that's one of life's lessons, "you get what you pay for!"
Gary

 

Bassani isn't a knock off. X02 is a knock off. Md is a good company though so if you have money to throw away... You know the deal. Either way, it's up to you. Maybe go to a meet and see if you like the md exhaust sound better. Don't buy for hp gains bc our cars don't respond well to bolt ons.

 

I have a Bassani and that's precisely what cameto mind when I read this thread. GL with your choice.

 

i have the motordyne with megan resonated test pipes, and ive yet to hear another g35 in new mexico that sounds as clean as mine. No rasp at all and the exhaust is unbelievable quality

 

Is there any dynoed proof that our cars don't...? I don't mean that in a harsh way. I'm just curious.

Any high compression motor is going to respond well to bolt-ons. The more air you can move through the motor, the better...

Coming from a Maxima, I can say that headers are one of the best bang-for-your-buck mods you can do to a VQ outside of spray...but headers are a whole different animal compared to a catback.

Like most everyone else said, you'll see the most gains not from either catback, but from putting on a decent set of test pipes...I've still got a stock catback, and the first thing I did when I got my G was put test pipes on it. I picked up a good bit of midrange torque. Or, at least, that's what my butt dyno told me. I have yet to actually get to a dyno.

 

With every bolt on and a tune most are lucky to hit 290. That's proof in itself especially since that's thousands of dollars for maybe 40-50 hp gain. Plenty of people think this. And headers are not the best bang for buck, hfc or test pipes are. Headers install cost is insane.

 

We'll good info. So many peeps have md while very few have bassani. Tells a little something

 

Yes, test pipes are a good bang for your buck, too, I agree.

But at the end of the day, if you install the headers yourself, it's definitely one of the best, cost-effective mods you can do to a naturally aspirated motor. If you look at the stock exhaust manifolds on the G, at the point where they connect to the catalytic converters, the ID of the piping looks like it's about 1.75", no joke. It creates a bottleneck effect, and therefore reduces horsepower.