I wish we had production data. I know that the majority of people here have RWD G35's, but where I live, 19 times out of 20 the G35 sedan you see on the highway is in fact an AWD model. But i bet if you go south, you'd hardly see an AWD model.

I wish we could see a breakdown of how many AWD, 6MT's and total production of G35 sedans each year.

 

awd FTW in the northeast...

same issue with sway bars... no aftermarkets for the the front

 

Prob has a lot to do with the principle that most people into performance are going to buy a RWD model and the AWD cars are more or less for the "commuters". The market for AWD performance parts is prob very small than not a whole lot of companies want to invest the R&D into it for little investment.

The vast majority of sedan performance parts probably stems from R&D into 350Z and G3 coupe performance parts since that's where the biggest market seems to be. We get the leftover byproducts that interchange.

 

this is what I see with the different Y-pipes...

my 04 G35x had the old school short runner y-pipe.. the dealer installed the "HR lookalike" Y-pipe without the pucks that he had laying around after an exhaust upgrade for another customer... I DID notice a deeper, louder sound, been very happy with it in combination with all the other intake/exhaust mods.

From the pics.. the X Y-pipe looks identical to the Z HR Y-pipe... minus the pucks... the G37 Y-pipe DEFINITELY is different.. the pipes are even thinner, verified by another member on a previous post.



07 Z HR Y-pipe


G35x Y-pipe


08 G37 Y-pipe


The first two are exactly the same length.. DaveB and I are running the same cat-back OEM exhaust setup, with the exception of the version of Y-pipe... they were both direct bolt-on, no clearance issues or modifications required what so ever! only difference is one has the vibration pucks.. and the other doesn't.<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

 

But are the pipes the same diameters? I thought I read that the HR was 2.5 and the X was 2.35. Something must be different because the HR definitely sounds different than my stock one (I had that same X Y-Pipe on mine before I switched).

 

Why doesn't the passenger side fit?

 

So based on reading this thread and others, since i have an 05x, buying an HR Y Pipe or Coupe Mid-pipe is a waste of money? Anyone want to confirm or deny?

 

need to measure the inside diameter of the tubing...but probably. coupe MP will drop a lot of weight though.