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03 maxima aftermarket exhaust?
I have and 03 maxima and I wanted to get alittle more power out of it.I have the cold air intake on it already and now I was thinking of doing an exhaust either from the headers on back or just a cat back exhaust. I do not want the car to sound annoying so I thought I would do the aftermarket exhaust and instead of using a aftermarket muffler I could put on a stock one.My question is will doing this not let the car gain much or any horsepower or will it do some sort of damage to it. If you know of an aftermarket exhaust system that sounds nice kinda like on the G35 cars or a nice tone like some bmw's have then please let me know.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Most of the aftermarket exhausts you are thinking about in terms of noise levels use a :"straight through" design. These are going to be among the loudest of mufflers by design, becuase the exhaust gases go straight through the muffler with out hitting any baffles (which reflect and dampen the sound waves)....your orignal muffler is big bucks from nissan because it is specifically matched with that car to reduce noise.
The gains will be limited from exhaust modifications anyway. you may want to try using a chambered muffler from a company such as Borla or Magnaflow,.....This may let your max breathe out a little easier, while putting some meat into the exhaust note, without being obnoxious. You can get a unit like those for under $100 (try sumitt.com) and have you're local shop weld it up to your stock exhaust pipes (which on an '03 maxima may be mandrel bent from the factory) Tell them you want to save your stock muffler in case you end up never finding a setup you like, and need to reinstall it.
- 1 decade ago
well ur probably wasting ur time.....ur not going to get big gains out of an exhaust along anyway....alot less with out a new muffler, so i would just find a good one that u like.