Pissed!

[LA_phantom_240]

I just threw money down the toilet! I have an s14, and I got a 3" catback (XS-Power. Shut up, I know it sucks) for free from a friend. Its stupid loud and raspy, and I liked it at first... now it's just annoying and makes my car uber conspicuous. So I measure the muffler tip, and come up with 4.5". Okay, that's cool. Go on teh interwebz, and buy a silencer for a 4.5" tip muffler. I pull up to my house after work, and BAM it's there. Pull it out, and go to test fit it... and it doesn't fit! The outside diameter of the silencer is the same as the outside diameter of my muffler! Bullshit! Gah! Looks like I have to take it to work tomorrow and see if I can machine it down enough to make it fit.

Fuckin silencers...

[wgJoY]

this isnt too bad really. I mean you got the exhaust for free right? you can always return the silencer, and not run your xs-power exhaust ^^

[Brian]

Yeah man!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

stupid metal!

[LA_phantom_240]

this isnt too bad really. I mean you got the exhaust for free right? you can always return the silencer, and not run your xs-power exhaust ^^

Exhaust has been on there like this for like 6 months now. The stock exhaust is LONG gone... plus it was rotten as hell.

The silencer isn't even worth trying to return.

[lysticalz]

it'll probally sound worse with the silencer :cops:

[SidewayZ-s14]

it'll probally sound worse with the silencer :cops:

LOL. :Owned:

[Dousan_PG]

back to stock!

[LA_phantom_240]

back to stock!

Stock is gone. Stock was rotten. Stock is sitting in a scrapyard somewhere. There's no going back to stock.

it'll probally sound worse with the silencer :cops:

With my luck, probably.


I'll just go to work, chuck up a piece of 4140 on the lathe and make a bushing for another silencer I have laying around. It's for a 4" tip, so I can take a caliper to measure my ID on my muffler, and make a steel 'bushing' so to speak to fit around the smaller silencer.

Fail at it's finest.

[Matej]

Sell it and buy a stock exhaust.

I sold my Ebay exhaust for 150$.

Bought a stock exhaust for 30$.

Stock exhaust still had a cat on it, so I took it to a place that buys them and got 100$.

So afterward I was left with 220$, and now I can understeer through people's front yards all night long.

[MikeisNissan]

this pisses you off?

[Om1kron]

you can throw some more money down the drain and buy my used top fuel 3 inch catback lol... no silencer, and just as annoying but at least it has jdm points or something. Maybe BH will tell you how cool you are for rocking it, I promise, lol well not really.

[Bigsyke]

Sell it and buy a stock exhaust.

I sold my Ebay exhaust for 150$.

Bought a stock exhaust for 30$.

Stock exhaust still had a cat on it, so I took it to a place that buys them and got 100$.

So afterward I was left with 220$, and now I can understeer through people's front yards all night long.


How did you like the stock exhaust vs the 3"?

KADE right?

[OBEEWON]

Sell it and buy a stock exhaust.

I sold my Ebay exhaust for 150$.

Bought a stock exhaust for 30$.

Stock exhaust still had a cat on it, so I took it to a place that buys them and got 100$.

So afterward I was left with 220$, and now I can understeer through people's front yards all night long.

Hahahahahahaha

YESSSSS!!

[LA_phantom_240]

you can throw some more money down the drain and buy my used top fuel 3 inch catback lol... no silencer, and just as annoying but at least it has jdm points or something. Maybe BH will tell you how cool you are for rocking it, I promise, lol well not really.

I don't do JDM, unless it has a definite advantage over USDM.

Sell it and buy a stock exhaust.

I sold my Ebay exhaust for 150$.

Bought a stock exhaust for 30$.

Stock exhaust still had a cat on it, so I took it to a place that buys them and got 100$.

So afterward I was left with 220$, and now I can understeer through people's front yards all night long.

My s14 didn't have a cat on the stock exhaust. It did on the header. Mine had a dummy cat in the place of the second cat. Factory too. There's no stock s14 exhausts around here... and shipping that heavy bastard... .ugh.


Any idea if maybe I can have a muffler shop weld like a magnaflow muffler inline on the piping somewhere? well... I know I can, but you think it will sound better?

[Maiku240sxS14]

all this work for a shitty exhaust...just sell the exhaust and get a stock one!

[wgJoY]

sound better than it is now with the xs-power? i would think so.

one can only try.

and if your going to go that route, and you cant return the silencer..

punt it out your front door and forget about your worries.

[lysticalz]

Any idea if maybe I can have a muffler shop weld like a magnaflow muffler inline on the piping somewhere? well... I know I can, but you think it will sound better?

my brother went to midas for them to custom make and weld a full exhaust onto ghey ebay tips. although ghetto. it sounds good pretty good imo.

but this was for a v6 accord tho. and it was about $200

[LA_phantom_240]

my brother went to midas for them to custom make and weld a full exhaust onto ghey ebay tips. although ghetto. it sounds good pretty good imo.

but this was for a v6 accord tho. and it was about $200

Say NO to crush bends.


Anyway, FUCK STOCK EXHAUST. Jesus. No I'm not going stock. I just need it less loud and less raspy, without breaking the bank. I love the way a good exhaust sounds... and this isn't good. lol.

[wgJoY]

go the new muffler route.

[LA_phantom_240]

go the new muffler route.

Now, new muffler period, or muffler inline before the fart cannon?

[Bigsyke]

You have the 95 OBD1 s14, so do I,

Do you have an aftermarket header?

If yes, the best option would to get a high flow from an s13 DE, because once you remove the exhaust manifold your going to have nothing but noise.

Screw the silencer, it disengages any benifits you had with the 3"

Weld in a flex pipe=====Cat=====Resonator, best setup possible.

[LA_phantom_240]

You have the 95 OBD1 s14, so do I,

Do you have an aftermarket header?

If yes, the best option would to get a high flow from an s13 DE, because once you remove the exhaust manifold your going to have nothing but noise.

Screw the silencer, it disengages any benifits you had with the 3"

Weld in a flex pipe=====Cat=====Resonator, best setup possible.
Um... I dunno if its OBD-I or OBD-II (Long story short, it's both). Yes I have a DC header. I'll just hit up a muffler shop and see what they say.

[Bushido]

cut the muffler off the xs power and weld on dual 4in pipes.

[seto_s14]

did you buy the silencer on ebay? the same exact thing happened to me with like a 4.5" tip silencer i bought on ebay that had the same outside diameter on the silencer as the exhaust tip. i thought how hard would it be for the taiwanese factories to fuck up a silencer? apparently, not that hard. i said fuck it and just went back to stock.

[HS13KLS]

i cant say i feel that bad for you..

lol

im running a buddy club spec 2 with no scilencer on a ka24de..

i just learn to drive slow.

my girlfriend still hates it though.. :/ lol

[nzmoman]

Exhaust has been on there like this for like 6 months now. The stock exhaust is LONG gone... plus it was rotten as hell.

The silencer isn't even worth trying to return.

If you didn't really lose that much money then what is the problem! a little work and you will be all good!:confused:

[clark]

bro bro,

the silencer is just going to make your shit raspier anyway.

if you really want i'll just give you my xs-power silencer. i don't use it.

pm me if your eally want me to go measure all the specifics.

[LA_phantom_240]

If you didn't really lose that much money then what is the problem! a little work and you will be all good!:confused:

because, like Seto said... how hard is it to fuck up a silencer? And I paid for it. I worked for it. And it does nothing. I could have bought like 3 packs of smokes with that money! At least the smokes kill me isntead of just taking up space and mocking me.

[Bigsyke]

amen! since i was 15, the past 10 years of smoking cost me a new g35.

[LA_phantom_240]

amen! since i was 15, the past 10 years of smoking cost me a new g35.

Hmm.... wow.

[JVD]

Give up on cars if this is a serious setback for you...

Talk to me when your engine blows.

OMG my silencer doesn't fit in my FREE exhaust. Real heartbreaker.

[LA_phantom_240]

Give up on cars if this is a serious setback for you...

Talk to me when your engine blows.

OMG my silencer doesn't fit in my FREE exhaust. Real heartbreaker.

I've blown an engine or two. My first S13... I spent countless hours cleaning it, fixing the motor when I got it, sanding and painting it... then three months after I put it on the road, it grenades from a problem unrelated to what I fixed. Pick up a motor for it, and it blows so much smoke and runs on 2 cylinders I give up on it cause I'm 16 (at the time, fucktards) and move on.

Its not a serious setback, its just gay that I bought something that's supposed to work, and totally doesn't. Like how the fuck are you gonna sell something that doesn't even come close to fitting?

[wgJoY]

you can just shave that ho down like you stated. You just bought from a lame ass manufacturer i guess.



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/wgkilljoy/The_More_You_Know.jpg




Lesson learned ;)

[Bigsyke]

your 16? or you were 16 when it happened?

[LA_phantom_240]

your 16? or you were 16 when it happened?

When I blew a motor and got sold a bum motor and told it was a good running motor? Yes.

Reading is obviously > You.

SO I made an adjustment.

[Pho Man]

Dude i have the XS power exhaust on my S13 SR and it's not that loud at all. Hell I thought it was quiet compared to my S14's true N1. But yeah it says N1 dual knock off on the reciept but if you put it side by side with a real N1 it's way smaller. I can't wait until I can sell it to get something better.(Was on a budget when everything went it). Like a blitz nur spec or if could find one a Veilside teardrop exhaust! But yeah just use that silencer as a paper weight or something. A. either go down to monroe and get an exhaust made up will be around 200-300 ponies or just go junkyard shopping and try to find a used exhaust!

[punk138]

you should buy my apexi n1 3"

it doesnt sound stupid.

[LA_phantom_240]

Dude i have the XS power exhaust on my S13 SR and it's not that loud at all. Hell I thought it was quiet compared to my S14's true N1. But yeah it says N1 dual knock off on the reciept but if you put it side by side with a real N1 it's way smaller. I can't wait until I can sell it to get something better.(Was on a budget when everything went it). Like a blitz nur spec or if could find one a Veilside teardrop exhaust! But yeah just use that silencer as a paper weight or something. A. either go down to monroe and get an exhaust made up will be around 200-300 ponies or just go junkyard shopping and try to find a used exhaust!

Turbos make exhausts quieter.

[Pho Man]

Punk138:
I would love to buy your your N1 right now I actually miss the sound it made on my S14 nice and deep. Got any pics of the exhaust? and what's the condition on it?

La Phantom 240:
True it doesnt make them as loud compared to a N/A car. I had a buddy walk into monroe with a N1 style muffler and they mad him a full three inch exhaust for 250-300ish was for his turbo SE-R 92 Sentra, it sounded really good.

[timtiminy]

chop that muffler off and get yourself a magnaflow, itll make it sound way better. so you spend $100 big deal, you go the piping for free... I did this to a OBX catback on a honda and it sounded unbelievably better.

[brunswick240]

stop whining. shove a potato in there. itll be quieter.

[veeates36]

stop whining. shove a potato in there. itll be quieter.

LOL.. You are hilarious ^^^

[LA_phantom_240]

chop that muffler off and get yourself a magnaflow, itll make it sound way better. so you spend $100 big deal, you go the piping for free... I did this to a OBX catback on a honda and it sounded unbelievably better.

That's what I'm thinking. $100 isn't much to spend. I mean, I already have all the piping, I just need a muffler welded inline, or a new muffler in place of the fart cannon.

[S14DB]

Yeah my header sounded like crap till I got a resonated test pipe. Does your exhaust have a resonator in the stock location?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Exhaust/TestPipeInside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Exhaust/TestPipeInstalled.jpg

Man I should start selling all these S14 exhausts I have...

[renegade_ewok]

Buy an HKS Hi-Power... so nice and quiet till you get on it.

It has a HUGE resonator in the middle but still screams when you get on it.

[LA_phantom_240]

Yeah my header sounded like crap till I got a resonated test pipe. Does your exhaust have a resonator in the stock location?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Exhaust/TestPipeInside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Exhaust/TestPipeInstalled.jpg

Man I should start selling all these S14 exhausts I have...

I got one like that... unfortunately it's a cheap-o megan racing....

No other resonators on the piping.

[Matej]

Hey, where did you guys buy those resonated test pipes? That looks nice.

[S14DB]

Yeah that's why it sounds like shit. Weld in a resonator in the stock location. Bigger the better. SR's can get away without one. KA's sound like shit without one.

[LA_phantom_240]

KA's sound like shit without one.

You don't say?
:hahano:

Any suggestions on who makes a good resonator that won't create too many clearance issues?

[S14DB]

Hey, where did you guys buy those resonated test pipes? That looks nice.

ProjectSilvia Straight Pipe 240SX '89-'98, Maxima '97-'03, Sentra '91-'99 - ProjectNissan.com (http://www.projectnissan.com/shopping/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=591)

Really impressed with the quality. Thick SS body and flanges. Have had it for at least 4yrs. Took it off recently and it's a nice golden color with no corrosion. Packing is all intact too.

[Matej]

ProjectSilvia Straight Pipe 240SX '89-'98, Maxima '97-'03, Sentra '91-'99 - ProjectNissan.com (http://www.projectnissan.com/shopping/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=591)

Really impressed with the quality. Thick SS body and flanges. Have had it for at least 4yrs. Took it off recently and it's a nice golden color with no corrosion. Packing is all intact too.
Thanks, I ordered one!

[S14DB]

You don't say?
:hahano:

Any suggestions on who makes a good resonator that won't create too many clearance issues?

I like the magnaflow ones. Measure the distance of the straight section between the cat and the swaybar. Get the longest one that will replace that section.

[LA_phantom_240]

I like the magnaflow ones. Measure the distance of the straight section between the cat and the swaybar. Get the longest one that will replace that section.

Cool. I can't find the magnaflow ones anywhere online. The biggest inlet I've found is only like 2.5"... and the 3" were offset. Fail!

[LA_phantom_240]

Nevermind, found one.

[S14DB]

Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030 (http://www.summitracing.com/)

[LA_phantom_240]

Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030 (http://www.summitracing.com/)

They'z out of the size I need. Oh well, I found another I can use.

[LA_phantom_240]

Last question. Round 'can' style resonator, or Oval type?

[brunswick240]

The oval is really kinda tricky sometimes when trying to fit it with 3" pipe. I say go with a 5" round (body diameter) and maybe something 12-17" long. That's what Im doing, Ive got straight pipes to 2 tips and its the loudest muther exhaust I've ever heard/had. Magnaflow makes these exact ones...check out summit MagnaFlow 14419 - MagnaFlow Performance Mufflers - summitracing.com (http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MPE-14419&N=700+4294923429+4294922711+4294922710+400636+115&autoview=sku)

[jskateborders]

potato silencer

[honeybadger]

Yes, just hollow out a potato and you can have a free silencer with your free exhaust ;)

[LA_phantom_240]

Yes, just hollow out a potato and you can have a free silencer with your free exhaust ;)

Then I'll have vodka exhaust!

Take THAT, onion-ring scented biodiesel exhaust!