Can a Solara V6 sound like a 350Z or G35?

[solaratony]

lolz..... just go buy the Z or the G then it will look and sound like one

Haha, yeah If I could afford one, I wouldn't be driving a nearly 8-year old Solara!!

Thanks for all the input, I was mainly just curious. Most likely if I ever do get one it will probably just be the Greddy, for ease of installation. Thanks again guys!

[hari-bhari]

get the custom cai like me. when you open it up it does sound a bit like a g35 beleive it or not

[kwyse]

i have the injen w/ cae and my buddies say it sounds like a g35. it sounds real mean when u rev it.

[Wang2k]

Huh?

I dont know...maybe i do
your post looked
just like weirdly spaced
and choppy and the ending.
Which i Like.

[Hefty]

Hey, I was just wondering if it is possible for a Gen. 1 SLE V6 to sound similar to the 350Z and G35?, cause I love the way they sound. I would like to get an exhaust for my car(course I gotta get a new job first!!!), but I don't want to be too loud and buzzy or obnoxious. Any ideas?? I would also love to hear some sound clips if possible. Thanks!!!!

Tony

Nissan spent alot of time and money developing the sound of those cars. I believe the basic hardware you would need to even come close would be true dual from the headers to a H or X pipe, dual cats, dual resonators and dual mufflers. Oh yeah, it wouldn't hurt to have a VQ35DE under your hood either. You'd spend alot of money and time swapping exhaust parts to try and get that sound. Then your car would technically be heavier...and there is no guarantee that our 1MZ could ever make those sounds anyway. The design of the engine and its operating characteristics have alot to do with the final sound also.

Good luck, if you succeed let me know what it took, I'd like that sound too.

I'm not certain why we'd need to go to true dual to sound like a 350z considering that the 350z doesn't even have true dual exhaust. It is a split tip with a relatively large single pipe running from the headers. I think the main pipe is a 2.5 inch pipe (Track & Grand Touring) and 2.25 (for all other). As far as sounding like the 350z I just don't see how it could happen because they are 2 entirely different cylinder heads, displacements, exhaust manifold runner lengths, and resonator/muffler sizes. I would agree also that Nissan spent a lot of time getting the sound of that exhaust just right to add to the all around "on the edge" driving experience that the Z has to offer.

I would say from experiencing dropping the resonators on my '95 Mustang made a huge difference in the overall volume. It seems to me that the large size of our mufflers has a lot to do with our subdued sound as well. I would say get larger diameter pipe as well but that may possibly upset the back pressure which may reduce torque with little to no gains in HP if your not careful.