----------- 2006 M45 Element 114 Exhaust Install -------------

[imsello]

wow your crazy with that statement. I was driving the other day doing about 12-15 mph and then floored the gas and roasted my tires for like 10 feet. I dont see where this car lacks power at all. for a luxury sedan it is very fast. I mean come on now your being ridiculus. i made a brand new GTI the other day look pretty bad. I think maybe there is something wrong with your car. Are you using 80 octane gas or something

[Bob24]

The car is powerful but not super fast. I use 92 octane fule and the car does rock and roll a little bit for a luxury ride but that is all.

Roasting a GTI which cost less than half what an M45 does is no great feat. It is like beating the piss out of a guy that is 68 and weighs a buck thirty...kind of a hollow victory.

[M4T5]

Bob, these cars were never intended to be raced or to called a sports car either.We can improve them, but not by much. You knew what you were buying before you bought it.

J

[wizard8873]

I personally don't think I lost any power, but I do not find the M45 to be that fast of a car. It certainly lacks the snap of the G35.

My old BMW had 173 horsepower and the M is not noticeably faster in the low end and passing gear ranges than it was. Sure it was a lighter car, but still. My other car is an Altima with a four banger and I feel it could hold it's own versus the M.

I am sure the M would blow both cars away if you raced from 90 to 130 mph, but in the ranges that most people actually need/use the power, the M is lackluster IMO.

wow your crazy with that statement. I was driving the other day doing about 12-15 mph and then floored the gas and roasted my tires for like 10 feet. I dont see where this car lacks power at all. for a luxury sedan it is very fast. I mean come on now your being ridiculus. i made a brand new GTI the other day look pretty bad. I think maybe there is something wrong with your car. Are you using 80 octane gas or something

The car is powerful but not super fast. I use 92 octane fule and the car does rock and roll a little bit for a luxury ride but that is all.

Roasting a GTI which cost less than half what an M45 does is no great feat. It is like beating the piss out of a guy that is 68 and weighs a buck thirty...kind of a hollow victory.

i'm agreeing with both of you but in different areas. around town in low rpm's, the M does seem to lack power. once it gets to about 3k+, i really starts to take off. sure, flooring it makes it go but that's not how you drive the car around town.

on the highway, the things power is explosive in almost any speed. took my parents altima out on the highway and i remember the thing being fast back in the day, it's an 02 and i didn't get my 3.5SE until mid 06, but i can feel its lack of power. the 3.5SE did great in city and highway but there were times when i could feel that the V6 in it was running out of power. here, i just drop it a gear or two (if i need to) give it gas and off it goes.

as for the Altima vs the M, sorry bob but it may keep up in regular driving but stands no chance if you were to aggressively drive it. parents own two 2.5S altimas and i moved up from a 3.5SE one and this thing is noticeably faster. it could be the way that the transmission is geared, more for comfort here as opposed to neck snapping power.

so for me, the thing is great in aggresive driving in the city and any driving on highway but for relaxed city driving, it doesn't have the oomph i expected.

[M4T5]

The cam profile has a lot to do with the lack of lower rpm power. Thank goodness for the high stall converter engagement. If it didn't have this we would really be crying......These things really need a turbo or super charger to compliment the engine. Nothing extreme, just a broad torque band from idle to redline.

J

[ken in az]

Actually o

The cam profile has a lot to do with the lack of lower rpm power. Thank goodness for the high stall converter engagement. If it didn't have this we would really be crying......These things really need a turbo or super charger to compliment the engine. Nothing extreme, just a broad torque band from idle to redline.

J

ur stall is quite comparable low if you are comparing it to performance oriented vehicles.. the G/Z/Altima have higher stall converter and higher gearing in the drive axle givving the feeling of taunty accelleration, but in reality, it is just a sense of speed and just there to blind the other senses into thinking you are fast. The reality is when you set these side by side, the M45 is quite fast for what it is.

[M4T5]

I guess your right on the lower stall on the verter. At least in 1st gear that is. The remaining gears tend to have a high stall to them. Does that have anything to do with the Rev matching technology?

J

[ken in az]

I guess your right on the lower stall on the verter. At least in 1st gear that is. The remaining gears tend to have a high stall to them. Does that have anything to do with the Rev matching technology?

J

converter stall is constant, it cannot change depending on gear

[M4T5]

I thought it was simulated with the electronically controlled lock-up or un-lock. Can't that feature simulate different stall rates?

J

[weeeeeman]

I'm selling one of these. Perfect condtion, used for 6 months then I sold the car. Was installed on a 07 M35.
Asking 350.

Located in Maryland, DC Metro Area.

Anyone interested please contact me at: [email protected]

[dvan]

I'm selling one of these. Perfect condtion, used for 6 months then I sold the car. Was installed on a 07 M35.
Asking 350.

Located in Maryland, DC Metro Area.

Anyone interested please contact me at: [email protected]

Just bought these off Weeeeeman, gonna install them tomorow. Cant wait

[dvan]

I know im a lil late to the game and im reviving an old a** post, but i had to post my sound clips. After seeing the video i realized I should rev'd a lil higher, oh well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjsADcgRMA

[Q45tech]

Save your oem exhaust just in case future buyers demand oem [deduct for lack there of ] or systems rust thru after 6 years.

I tend to keep my cars 20+ years so oem parts always get reused.

[dvan]

Thanks for the advice, i am picking up the oem exhaust now

[x53m6002]

Hey let me know if anyone needs an OEM 2006 m35/45 EXHAUST. Im going to sell it locally but I can ship it. thanks

Do you still have the OEM exhaust for sale? Sorry if i already asked you this question. Thanks.