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haha, yes same, i was expecting a longer list of mods :thumbsup:

Pretty much as you said Steve.

Although i would just get 3.5" from the outset personally. Once day you might decide to get slightly bigger turbos etc and a tad larger exhaust could offer benefits.

Certainly no need for a 4" unless you are planning on a 400rwkw+ sorta build.

Also some merge's actually go to 3.5", i know the trust ones do... so certainly not all front pipes end up 3" @ the merge.

The trust ones do? The trust ones I had were 80mm, so I guess there must be a couple of different sets? They were all sorts of old though. I don't know the merge size on their new stuff

agreed on the 3.5" now but only if definatly going bigtime powerwise in the future ;)

Oh and something else Ash and I will agree on, got some money you just have to spend? Call RacePace for a custom exhaust. No one has done more RB development in Australia than them

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My cat back is xforce. Yeah, huge suprise it hasn't been a restriction yet.

Tomei dumps. Hks front pipes.

As Ash said, list everything first

Interesting, it supports the theory that the exhaust is much more critical towards the front and less so at the rear.

Interesting, it supports the theory that the exhaust is much more critical towards the front and less so at the rear.

Who's theory is that?

I'd argue it's equally as important the whole length. No point having a great front section if the back end is junk

Yeah actually, he spent 45 mins with the microtech the night before driving it to Victoria due to a faulty ecu another forum member sold me.

Yavuz wasn't happy with the tune but he said it's enough power for a weekend of fun but super safe so nothing will happen. On 98, 371rwkw 18psi. No mechanical changes the next tune was 403rwkw, maxed injectors changed to ID2000's and then tuned as is. Wait until my new exhaust is done, I'll be straight back to Yavuz for another tune with more boost etc

Edit; sorry, that was 3L. No one in Sydney ever tuned it while it was 2.6L, I misread your question, sorry. Also it's an 87mm bore, so a tad more than 260cc, but who cares it's splitting hair. Sorted out your pipes?

Ahh sweet. Do you know where Yavuz set the cams to? (thats if you have adjustable cam gears)

Re the pipes. I went to Westside exhuast on Friday. They quoted me $600. Went for a drive to Hypertune today and they said "a couple hundred". However they are in the middle of moving so they said to come back in a few weeks and they will have a better look. Just off first impressions I dare say i will get hypertune to do it.

No. 3.5" should do it. 4" if you want to be sure.

If I can make 455 with a barely 3" anyone can make 500 with a 3.5" IMO

+1 I make 330 with 3" dumps into 4 inch and am looking to make a tad under what N1GTR has without changing it.

if you can fit 4" it will save you from the "is my exhaust a restiction" dilema further down the road once the wick is turned up.

3.5 to 4" is not much cost differance either, 4" is more common in pipe size if you going to get one made.

Anyone know roughly what a 3.5" catback custom exhaust costs? Just a ballpark figure. I have a great exhaust setup from the turbo rear to a massive high-flow cat, but after the cat, it's shit (just reflanged to fit on to the cat until I can get something made up).

Ahh sweet. Do you know where Yavuz set the cams to? (thats if you have adjustable cam gears)

Re the pipes. I went to Westside exhuast on Friday. They quoted me $600. Went for a drive to Hypertune today and they said "a couple hundred". However they are in the middle of moving so they said to come back in a few weeks and they will have a better look. Just off first impressions I dare say i will get hypertune to do it.

They're adjustable but set to zero still

you know if hypertune do it the welds will be perfect

im not looking for outright power at the momemen, i just want to highlite that charactaristic rb sound.

what will give me that? are dump pipes needed? do dump pipes change exhaust note?

some gtr's i hear are quiet, even with exhaust. some are too loud. i want a medium volume with that rb hum (if you know what i mean)

the car will stay standard at the moment, i just want a nice sounding exhaust.

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