$1000 EXHAUST AND HEADERS
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Re: $1000 EXHAUST AND HEADERS
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3rd: The right ones: Stillen (best price/performance ratio and a VERY respectable performance gain), or Crawford (Also VERY good performance gain - but are much more expensive).
4th: You almost HAVE to get high flow cats with headers to uncork their performance, as well as a good exhaust (read "Stillen" exhaust).
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Actually, the best price/performance ratio is by far XERD long-tube equal length headers. They have longer tubes for more torque, less hard bends for more power and completely eliminate the cats, which are the most restrictive part of our exhaust. They are also cheaper and are more consistant than the spotty quality of Stealin'.
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3rd: The right ones: Stillen (best price/performance ratio and a VERY respectable performance gain), or Crawford (Also VERY good performance gain - but are much more expensive).
4th: You almost HAVE to get high flow cats with headers to uncork their performance, as well as a good exhaust (read "Stillen" exhaust).
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Actually, the best price/performance ratio is by far XERD long-tube equal length headers. They have longer tubes for more torque, less hard bends for more power and completely eliminate the cats, which are the most restrictive part of our exhaust. They are also cheaper and are more consistant than the spotty quality of Stealin'.
04' G35 Coupe(finally in the garage)
6-sp Diamond Graphite/Willow w/Premium
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Re: $1000 EXHAUST AND HEADERS
Loren
Youa re talking about apples and oranges here . I never considered having straight pipes... if I did , that would be my recommendation... As far as the quality of stillen - I assume you have seen these shorty headers - otherwise how could you tell that their quality is bad. And the quality of this stillen exhaust is BY FAR superior to the borla, and at worst rivals the quality of nismo/5-zigen.
Gurgen
Youa re talking about apples and oranges here . I never considered having straight pipes... if I did , that would be my recommendation... As far as the quality of stillen - I assume you have seen these shorty headers - otherwise how could you tell that their quality is bad. And the quality of this stillen exhaust is BY FAR superior to the borla, and at worst rivals the quality of nismo/5-zigen.
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Re: $1000 EXHAUST AND HEADERS
I have a very long history with Stealin'(as you call Stillen). It is a fact that there quality control is extremely lacking. With supercharger kits, they have habits of shipping parts short and mismanufacturing brackets. With their exhausts and Y-pipes they don't have consistant welds and aren't aligned the same from one to the next. I saw one Y-pipe that was shipped that had a weld going only halfway around a flange. There body parts aren't any better. They stopped making their Maxima rear spoiler becasue over 50% were coming back because they didn't fit right. If you check with the Z32 guys you will get the horror stories about the how they deal with problems when the body kits don't fit correctly. I have personally recieved a pair of rotors that came pre-warped from Stillen. I find it impossible to believe that a company that has spent many years repetitively putting out poor quality would all of a sudden improve on 1 product.
04' G35 Coupe(finally in the garage)
6-sp Diamond Graphite/Willow w/Premium
04' G35 Coupe(finally in the garage)
6-sp Diamond Graphite/Willow w/Premium
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Re: $1000 EXHAUST AND HEADERS
its also a requirement by law to drive under the speed limit. =)
and we all do that...
but if you get pulled over without cats and the cop smells it or sees it... you are screwed... especially in cali.
*** 2003 G35s 5a/t / Pearl White ***
~ Black Racing / Dunlop / Tein / Hotchkis / Blitz / Hks / Greddy / A'pexi / Sparco / Nismo / Alpine / Mb Quart / Sony ~
and we all do that...
but if you get pulled over without cats and the cop smells it or sees it... you are screwed... especially in cali.
*** 2003 G35s 5a/t / Pearl White ***
~ Black Racing / Dunlop / Tein / Hotchkis / Blitz / Hks / Greddy / A'pexi / Sparco / Nismo / Alpine / Mb Quart / Sony ~
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