Hey Anthony, yep, the "option" of no secondary cats. I know Fast Intentions---haven't met Tony personally though. Will have to check them out. Primary cats (on the manifolds) will still be there regardless. To be honest, the stock cats (4 on the M45) probably do not flow that bad. 2 1/2" in and out but the Y pipe, all the changes in diameter especially on the bends, have to significantly reduce upper RPM flow. If you come up to the valley let me know and we'll hook up. I may have to go down to Irvine in the next two weeks--I'll let you know.CPJ LB wrote:What up Dean!! So no cats..? is that right?? Damn, that car is going to FLOW!!! I'd love to hear the exhaust, too....it will sound like a beast
BTW, are you in Woodland Hills?? If so, you should stop by Fast Intentions and talk to Tony about any exhaust questions...he's knowledgeable...I was gonna have a full custom set up done by him, but it's hard for me to find time and make the trip up there from Long Beach....
But it sounds like you got the skills to weld, so you are saving a boat load of $$$...
keep us posted
thanks man,
Anthony....
Cal is rough on emissions. There should not be a check engine light because the O2 sensors are before the main cat and after the main cat. There is no O2 sensor after the secondary cat (in the Y pipe)hows emissions in california?? and does a check engine light come on? if it doesnt im def gonna do this ASAP!!!!! lol
Combined 24! im at 16.x combined and once I qualify for my paid BMW I'm probably going to jump on the E92 M3. So for a few more months I'm still interested in improving my MPG. What have you done to hit 24mpg?
+1DeanM45 wrote:The next thing we need to do is get some headers done but the space is REALLY tight in the M.
06M4.5 wrote:custom y-pipe while still running the oem cats sounds a bit louder but it's a low sound (hot a high pitch). Sorry at this time I have no pics of the new y-pipe.
only sound clip I have for now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcwZbidpXzI
The good thing about keeping the oem cats is no rasp, no bad smell & no lights on the dash (cel).
Looking at the y-pipe you have and removing the oem cats all you need is to make 2 test pipes which will fill the missing space that you'll have.
As long as you keep the primaries in place the rasp/smell shouldn't be bad at all, and there will still be plenty of back pressure. You will definitely need a tune to take advantage of it all though.06M4.5 wrote:you'll still get that nasty smell by removing the rear cats, even more if removing the primary cats on the M45
and keep in mind that the M45 needs to have some kind of back pressure in order not to lose it's lower end torq. unlike the 350z or G35's that can run straight pipes from the headers back and still produce around 300hp to the rear wheels (have you smelled one lately??).
Deleting the rear cats influences how the primary cats function, and can throw a check engine light. Remove that extra bottleneck and the exhaust is going to flow better and faster through the primaries, which the sensor can detect as an abnormality and throw the code. The CEL doesn't mean that its not running right, just that the sensor detected something outside of its preprogrammed parameters. I've seen it many times on titans with modified B-pipes.DeanM45 wrote: There will not be a CEL with the rear cat delete -- the ECU does not know if they are there or not. The 35 folks delete their primary cats which is the reason for the CEL and the bad smell. This should not occur on the M45 because the primary cats are still in place.
The vast majority of them, and EVERY G35 coupe ever built have the DE.06M4.5 wrote:correct, 350z V6 HR motors
Yep, experienced that on the Lexus as well hence the reason for the "standoff" O2 bung on the test pipe. We'll see if it throws a code in a few hours.seymore4 wrote:Deleting the rear cats influences how the primary cats function, and can throw a check engine light. Remove that extra bottleneck and the exhaust is going to flow better and faster through the primaries, which the sensor can detect as an abnormality and throw the code. The CEL doesn't mean that its not running right, just that the sensor detected something outside of its preprogrammed parameters. I've seen it many times on titans with modified B-pipes.DeanM45 wrote: There will not be a CEL with the rear cat delete -- the ECU does not know if they are there or not. The 35 folks delete their primary cats which is the reason for the CEL and the bad smell. This should not occur on the M45 because the primary cats are still in place.
Absolutely no reason to go with a motec unless you're making a full out race car... Uprev is more than capable of handling everything you need it to and more. Plus with the motec you'll lose a lot of the functionality/ safeguards of the factory ECU, one of the reasons its the best tuning option for (most) 03+ nissan's % infiniti'sDeanM45 wrote: UpRev or Motec is in the near future. I just "won" a spare harness should I decide to go Motec but UpRev looks much more appealing in my old age, LOL.
Its not all about maximum HP... our V8's produce waaaay more TQ than they do, and that's what scoots you back in the seat. HP is just an extrapolation of TQ at a certain RPM, and a number on a piece of paper. We win the TQ game hands down. But you can rev an HR out to 7800 all day long, so it will make more HP.06M4.5 wrote:whats funny to me is that on the same dyno a HR V6 can produce more power than the M45 V8
maybe if someone would convert to a 6-speed man. trans on a M45 will we ever see 300hp to the rear wheels
seymore4 wrote:Absolutely no reason to go with a motec unless you're making a full out race car... Uprev is more than capable of handling everything you need it to and more. Plus with the motec you'll lose a lot of the functionality/ safeguards of the factory ECU, one of the reasons its the best tuning option for (most) 03+ nissan's % infiniti'sDeanM45 wrote: UpRev or Motec is in the near future. I just "won" a spare harness should I decide to go Motec but UpRev looks much more appealing in my old age, LOL.
Shoot me a PM if you have any specific questions about it
I just ordered one today from summit too!DeanM45 wrote: I'll probably do that next weekend as I just got my Transgo kit from Summit (only $230 right now) and will have the car up on stands for that anyway.
yes you can. Titan guys call it the "line pressure mod". There's also a good deal of responsiveness to be gained by fixing the electronic throttle, it never even opens 100% in stock form.DeanM45 wrote:can UpRev increase line pressure in the trans? I'd like to get a bit more when on the performance map. If not I'll probably throw in a thin washer on top of the main regulator piston.
You're going to like it, I only played around with mine for about 15 minutes and it really woke up.DeanM45 wrote:And thanks to Seymore4 UPREV has begun!
Soon.mexillis wrote:So when will you post up a sound clip?