I want the loudest, richest sound possible so would i achieve that through this setup? -stillen headers, motor dyne shockwave v2, fast intentions resonated test pipes, nismo CAI, motordyne spacer, MREV2. Also should i go with the v1 or v2 which is louder and should i go with resonated or non resonated test pipes since if I go with the v2 it already has the built in resonators. Am I missing anything!? What should I add.

 

Here's some inspiration.

 

Open y-pipe.

These cars surprisingly have zero rasp under heavy throttle with the midpipe unbolted.

I'm actually just playing, by the way. The VQ sounds nasty with a straight pipe on it, though.

See:

My old Maxima...



Second video is inside my car, with the camera stuffed between the passenger's seat and headrest. The microphone was partially covered.

 

Does "richest" define as the cleanest sound? Obviously you want it to be loud but not all exhausts sound good when you go with straight pipes IMO.

I think this is the only vid of my old setup (first minute or so), but I still miss the sound of the exhaust note. It had a higher pitch then most setups, didn't have any rasp, and was a "clean" sound that didn't resemble a fart can. It did drone quite a bit at highway speeds but that didn't really bother me. Mods at the time: Injen CAI, Strup headers, Kinetix HFC's, and the HKS dual. It was still fairly loud at WOT.

 

I'd recommend a tune. With all those breather mods the cars probably not running that great, and from what I've heard in person they always seem to sound meaner and more crisp

 

At what point with breather mods is a tune required? Just Spacer and Ztube?

 

Its never "required" but will make it run SO much better, more responsive, alive, powerful, as well as last longer. The stock fuel maps are pretty crappy. I have a good friend who was tuned with just a z-tube and axle-back muffler and gained like 15whp and 19ft/lbs of torque, not sure of the exact numbers. Check out his thread here: https://g35driver.com/forums/tuner-d...heets-ftw.html

 

Im running the v1 shockwave with megan test pipes, kinetix ssv, and aem cai and my car is pretty loud with no rasp

 

required in the sense of long term damage relating to running lean?

 

A tune isn't really necessary with basic bolt-ons (intake/exhaust). The car's ECU can adjust for minor mods like that. If you start going crazy and do things like, say, long tube headers, then I'd say consider a reflash or a tune.

I have test pipes on my car, and I'm considering a tune to lean out the A/F ratio, because the VQ runs pig rich from the factory, so my car likes to smell like a gas station sitting at a red light.