i got a 1981 datsun 280zx nonturbo.

im looking to invest in a good sounding and performance offering exhaust system...

i want to get a full system, headers all the way back.

anything that i should avoid or not look into as far as certain brands?

i was considering monza, but first i want to ask around about it...

thanks for all the help guys. appreciate it.

 

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w00t!

 

A header with 2 1/4 - 2.5 in exhaust with a resonator and nice muffler and your golden. Borla makes nice note, just look up 280zx exhaust vids on youtube to get an idea.


and stickies are your friend

 

whats a resonator?

 

something my car doesn't have lol it just makes the exhaust not resonate like these motor's are prone to doing

 

like a muffler, just keeps the noise down. A header with 2.5in exhaust and just a muffler is LOUD. So much so that you cant have a conversation in the car.

 

I can have a conversation in my car! Just not when I'm accelerating...

 

lol


before the turbo I had 2.5in with just a muffler and it would set off car alarms just pulling into a parking lot

 

but each alarm set off is points!

 

alright cool,..i definatly want some good exhaust note, but i defenatly dont want it to sound like ****, or have no back pressure.. im looking to get overall good performance and sound. but thanks for your help so far.

 

so im thinking a full monza exhaust,...headers all the way back.

worth it or no?

 

how much are you spending?

 

sound wise, a header is a header, so heres a clip of a monza muffler on a Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOXcMG58O7E


sounds pretty good imo

 

heres what mine sounds like... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-GrnPkaCkI

MSA 3-2 header, cat delete, and a magnaflow... sounds ricey because it is


its better than a leaky manifold and y pipe

 

I didn't like how the earlier 280ZXs' had that useless pipe that made it come out on the passengers side, so I chopped it off and trimmed the body so I cant have it straight out of the muffler. That was worth the 30 min of work lol

I have stock everything sept I don't have a cat and I like how it sounds so far.