tonsoffun300zx

hey i finally got my z up and running but it sounds funny to me like it's not running properly could anyone post any vids that have how the car should sound like please

NismoPick

https://www.zdriver.com/forums/showt...t=21977&page=4

That's a 280z tho. Have you heard of GOOGLE VIDEOS? Or YouTube??? Or StreetFire????

tonsoffun300zx

thanks mine sounds kinda the same it was just scaring me the way it sounded but i guess it's all good thanks

snwbrderphat540

makes no sense, in what way does the sound of these vehicles scare you? haha, i am so confused and curious, have you never heard anything but a V8 in your life or a 4 banger? lol.

tonsoffun300zx

i've never heard a car like this so it was new to me

snwbrderphat540

hmmm.. i think they sound normal yet awsome, one of the better sounding motors ive heard in my life time. one of the best even. you should post a video/sound clip of your car sometime, im surious as to how your car sounds now.

tonsoffun300zx

i'll try tomorrow cause idk how to work my gf's camera it takes vids and **** but i'll ask her to help me

tonsoffun300zx

ok here it is this is my car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyTLnwDd9lk

snwbrderphat540

something does sound funny there. its got a wierd wuuurrrrr/sputter. could be missing or just a very leaky exhaust. or just needs tuning, kinda hard to tell from the inside car view, but idk... do any sorta tune up on it?

tonsoffun300zx

not yet but my uncle says that my exaust is way to small here are some pix the exaust:

snwbrderphat540

thats stock for yah... but it is to small, go get a full exhaust, u know header and then all the way back.

tonsoffun300zx

how much would that cost cause my uncle has these that he wants to put on my z:

snwbrderphat540

f those, they wont do ya squat. go to thezstore.com and find their MSA headers and then exhaust, or you can just get teh headers and go get a custom exhaust/muffler setup. i did it and got full 3" but im also turbo S30 so i needed it, you should stick with 2.5" piping. cost me 50 for the muffler, 151.53 for the creation of the exhaust.

tonsoffun300zx

how much would headers cost and my uncle wants to go with 2.5' piping all the way through and have one of the mufflers that i have in the pic. he also said that i need two headers idk wtf is going on

snwbrderphat540

2 headers? wtf is that supposed to mean? lol.

heres the link to the exhaust and header page, browse away chief

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/PEC

tonsoffun300zx

thanks and the headers are kinda expensive my uncle told me to just replace the exaust not the headers

Black260z

They are expensive, but totally worth the money. Ill try to post a video if mine soon. I will never own a car without headers again..

NismoPick

Tonsoffun... I say this in a nice way, but apparently you don't know much about the Z cars. I suggest buying (or borrowing from the library) some books on the Z. Such as:

GTR

Headers are like totally awesome, sound soooooooo sexy, and you only have one exhaust bank (hence the one exhaust manifold) so obviously you'd only need one header. but yeah, do your own research, buy books, and have fun ^.^ and parts for this car aren't as common as say like a camaro or mustang so yeah, they are going to be a little pricyier.....hehe, just my two cents :P.

snwbrderphat540

i have all those books and more. im awesome i guess. oh yeah but never used one. lol. my dad does though.

tonsoffun300zx

do you mind selling them to me then i'll pay good and i'll pay for shipping to

snwbrderphat540

lol, i would if they were mine to sell, im sure you can find them on the internet, my dad had to some how. search around on google using the titles. you'll find them.

NismoPick

www.amazon.com , www.ebay.com , www.half.com , www.thezstore.com

All good sites to buy Z books.

tonsoffun300zx

thanks and what do you think about dual exaust on a 240z?

snwbrderphat540

i think people use em for V8's and have no benifits over a single pipe exhaust. and would require some good amount of unecessary work.