Just installed a Y-Pipe
10-29-2008, 02:17 AM
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Just installed a Y-Pipe
hi there, I've just installed a Y-Pipe (an e-bay pipe) + headers and my exhaust sounds like a V8 at idle? is this normal or is there a good chance i haven't tightened something down properly?
10-29-2008, 04:23 AM
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sounds like it should , be prepare to smell gas burning if you did the cat also. sounds very nice and you will feel a BIG difference.
10-29-2008, 04:46 AM
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10-29-2008, 04:49 AM
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its going to sound like more beefy now cause i know once you do headers and y-pipe you eliminate the cats so you needan O2 simulator and then perhaps a little tune cause you are going to be running RICH
10-29-2008, 07:19 AM
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'Sounds like a V8' means absolutely nothing. Is it loping, as if it had a cam? Is it just plain loud? What exactly is different about it?
10-29-2008, 09:51 AM
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10-29-2008, 07:58 PM
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i've no idea this "cam" sound is because i've never heard a 4 stroke engine without cams before 
but yes, its similar sound to a car with an aftermarket cam, except with a more consistant idle...
Anyway, i think the problem was an exhaust leak. i redid the gasket on the cat converter. and put some exhaust putty on the EGR tube. which seams to help a lot. the problem was that the exhaust was too loud, way to loud for normal driving. but now its only a little louder than stock but the tone is transformed. must say, i like the noise.
but yes, its similar sound to a car with an aftermarket cam, except with a more consistant idle...
Anyway, i think the problem was an exhaust leak. i redid the gasket on the cat converter. and put some exhaust putty on the EGR tube. which seams to help a lot. the problem was that the exhaust was too loud, way to loud for normal driving. but now its only a little louder than stock but the tone is transformed. must say, i like the noise.
10-29-2008, 11:54 PM
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AH!, apparently i broke one of my ignition coils during the install. so I've replaced it and the car is 100% now ,feels a lot stronger, so i'm alot happier 
however when i step on i can still feel the exhaust pipe smacking against something in the "transmission tunnel". has anyone else had this problem with the SS autochrome ebay headers / Y - Pipe combo?
however when i step on i can still feel the exhaust pipe smacking against something in the "transmission tunnel". has anyone else had this problem with the SS autochrome ebay headers / Y - Pipe combo?
10-30-2008, 02:32 AM
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yeah, i guy i know had the same problem. maybe my fix that worked for him will help you too - go to a muffler shop and have them weld in an extra hanger. that'll stiffen it up enough to stop the banging.
10-30-2008, 08:47 AM
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he tried installing the pipe from the engine bay. I dont know how he did it, but some how he shimmied the pipe in between the rear of the engine and the firewall, tearing most of his hoses and wires including breaking his coil pack. It got stuck, and he had to take off the hood to sledge hammer it in to place.
10-30-2008, 05:12 PM
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he tried installing the pipe from the engine bay. I dont know how he did it, but some how he shimmied the pipe in between the rear of the engine and the firewall, tearing most of his hoses and wires including breaking his coil pack. It got stuck, and he had to take off the hood to sledge hammer it in to place.
then again...i tend to expect things like this from the org...
just in the past week....
the guys whose airbag went off taking his dash apart...
the guy whose PR style CAI was angeled to sit like an injen...
and the guy who spray painted his dash :-p
10-30-2008, 05:16 PM
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he tried installing the pipe from the engine bay. I dont know how he did it, but some how he shimmied the pipe in between the rear of the engine and the firewall, tearing most of his hoses and wires including breaking his coil pack. It got stuck, and he had to take off the hood to sledge hammer it in to place.
10-30-2008, 05:26 PM
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10-30-2008, 10:09 PM
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he tried installing the pipe from the engine bay. I dont know how he did it, but some how he shimmied the pipe in between the rear of the engine and the firewall, tearing most of his hoses and wires including breaking his coil pack. It got stuck, and he had to take off the hood to sledge hammer it in to place.
10-30-2008, 10:14 PM
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http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...bout-dash.html
http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...-question.html to http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...my-intake.html
http://forums.maxima.org/6682858-post23.html
Note these were all the same person. Link 4 is from the thread in link 1.
http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...-question.html to http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...my-intake.html
http://forums.maxima.org/6682858-post23.html
Note these were all the same person. Link 4 is from the thread in link 1.
10-30-2008, 10:16 PM
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10-31-2008, 06:35 AM
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i hope your not being serious....lmao
then again...i tend to expect things like this from the org...
just in the past week....
the guys whose airbag went off taking his dash apart...
the guy whose PR style CAI was angeled to sit like an injen...
and the guy who spray painted his dash :-p
then again...i tend to expect things like this from the org...
just in the past week....
the guys whose airbag went off taking his dash apart...
the guy whose PR style CAI was angeled to sit like an injen...
and the guy who spray painted his dash :-p
now we got another guy who admits he has a bad knock sensor but is replacing everything except the knock sensor to solve his problem.
10-31-2008, 01:25 PM
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he tried installing the pipe from the engine bay. I dont know how he did it, but some how he shimmied the pipe in between the rear of the engine and the firewall, tearing most of his hoses and wires including breaking his coil pack. It got stuck, and he had to take off the hood to sledge hammer it in to place.
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