I've messed around with engineering my own exhaust as well. Final version: Mild steel dual exhaust with H crossover, stock cats (CA!) 2 louvered resonators (super cheap) to lower pitch, and 2 vibrant ultra quiet mufflers. Sounds like a v8. Pulled up on a corvette, couldn't tell our exhaust notes apart. Easy, inexpensive. No trumpet, no drone.
Nice! Do you have vids? Also why did you go with an h pipe instead of a x pipe or after market y pipe? I’ve always wondered this bc the nismo comes with an h pipe
@kapow_g37 do I keep the stock resonators and install the vibrant resonators with it or do I remove the stock resonators and only install the vibrant resonators?
@kapow_g37 my current setup is resonated y pipe resonated test pipes n muffler delete do I keep the stock resonators and install two more with it or replace the stock resonators with the vibrant brand resonators
Im running the dc headers, isr resonated test pipes, tanabe y pipe, isr blast pipes. Its pretty loud and under full acceleration sounds like pure performance🎉
Damn that’s pretty sweet. I’ve considered going with the DC headers, but I’m just gonna get rid of my resonated pipes and go along two headers for that little bit more of performance.
Ppl talk so much shit of the “trumpet” sound. But vq’s are the nicest sounding v6 ever made. That’s just ppl hating. They only sound bad when it’s straight piped or no resonators
As a VQ owner honestly I was straight piped at one point and yeah it sounds pitiful, but I do like that It has its distinct sound. You can tell it’s a VQ, which I think is pretty cool if u get an exhaust
Headers, High Flow Cats, Z1 Resonated Y-pipe and OEM mid pipe and muffler. Retain the real VQ sound the engineers created, but deeper and amazing under WOT. Anything else doesn't sound like a VQ anymore. No drone, no buzzing, no trumpet, and not obnoxiously loud around town at low RPMs.
I had to engineer my own equal lenght system on my Frontier as the stock system and all aftermarket kits keep the truck routing (unequal lenght) So I engineered mine and now my truck has that Z car / VQ sound
Best setup ive ran is my current one. Stock headers, z1 non resonated TP, 3" y pipe, and AP muffler. The agency power muffler kills a lot of the rasp. There's still some on the higher end but not terrible. Resonated y pipe would probably take care of that but i like a little rasp.
Sadly Im not able to buy a g37 rn. I plan on buying one in the next 2 years. Hopefully I can get a g37 stick In California. Idk why but I’m worried it’s gonna be hard to find one. Thanks for the video
I know, but i found that larger diameter piping increases more rasp. Also, if there is anything more than 2.5 inches of diameter piping, you will lose power and torque. The original diameter piping is perfectly fine as long as you're getting rid of the stock cats.
so ive also been thinking that keeping the resonators is the best way to go. i just really want a tomei since when i first saw the G that made me want a G. it had a beautiful tomei exhaust. so i want just the catback part and ima leave everything else stock and see if the natural stock restrictions are enough to keep it quiet on the low rpm side until you floor it
A HKS hi power cat back exhuast with high flow cats sounds great the cat back exhuast was $1800 but was worth it with the high flow cats it's not crazy loud it's just right and do3snt sound like crap
💯 I have this same setup. Super quiet unless you are on the throttle. On the throttle it sounds throaty. I saved for mine then got it when my tax return came in.
I have the z1 cai that wraps into grill, oem cats, oem resonator and muffler delete with 4 inch tips. Sounds really good and not like a trumpet but man the shit drones lol
#1 -always check fb marketplace u could find a nice exhaust that’s used but still great. #2- without sounding awful, best to just get an aftermarket axleback or muffler delete. I can’t remember names but one being the beluga racing. There’s multiple just like it but good ,sound not raspy ,and cheap
The stock setup sounds good as it is with the resonators that are already on there don’t ya think? I have a 09 m35 with the HR engine and will be installing Megan mid pipes ( has resonators) and keeping stock mufflers. Been told it sounds better than going with the Megan mufflers as well.
I don’t doubt it sounds good, but I like to hear my car and honestly would like it as loud as possible, but it’s hard for it to be loud and sound good so I try to find a healthy balance.
i have a muffler delete on my 13 g37 sedan i kinda wanna leave the stock resonator and x pipe. i like the sound while im taking off but i want a little more of a growl and i want to be able to here it while im idling still any suggestions?
Honestly anything else u do will sound worse if you don’t have aftermarket exhaust. Muffler delete does sounds good but if u want to get test pipes and maybe add some resonators it could get louder but still keep away the rasp and a little bit of trumpet
Well, adding resonators is going to make it quieter I would say resonated test pipes is always the way to go because you can make money by selling the cats and with the money you make then add the resonators on top of the resonated test pipes
Would u recommend keeping stock resonators or getting bigger ones? Everything is stock on mine besides a resonated axle back but, I still hear rasp at a high rpm.
I mean theoretically u want an entire aftermarket exhaust especially provider flow, but if what you’re wanting to do is eliminate rasp you can have some different resonators Weldednin somewhere in ur exhaust and keep the stock ones or just cut out the old one and weld new ones in(vibrant are great)
Mines all random, starts with ART pipes to custom Megan racing Y pipe then 3inch motordyne resonator then a z1 muffler (which drones super bad) I'm gonna back to a hks and hope it get rid of cab drone
I got downpipes, isr y pipe, muffler delete and stock resonators and it sounds good up until around 3k or 4k rpm there is some rasp and im not sure how to get rid of it. Im not sure if getting vibrant resonators would help
@@codygarcia9007 vibrant resonators would 1000% help. I feel like they could almost eliminate that rasp completely or tone it down enough to where It’s not so unbearable.
@@kapow_g37 so should take off my stock resonators and put on the vibrant resonators or keep my stock ones and add the vibrant ones? i still want it to be loud but i just want to get rid of that trumpet sound
@@codygarcia9007 that’s exactly what I wanted and to be honest it’s hard to achieve. You can check out my entire exhaust video if you want more, but basically I have aftermarket exhaust with resonated test pipes, and the resonators that came on the exhaust and then I had vibrant resonators welded in keeping those ones, but I cut them open and took out the sound deadening. It eliminates rasp but doesn’t quiet it down too much
@@kapow_g37 if i cut the vibrant resonators open and take off the deadening it was still take down some of the rasp right? im thinking on keeping the stock resonators and getting the vibrant ones and doing what you did when you cut them open and taking off the deadening. If the vibrant ones still take off some rasp without the deadening i feel like it would be perfect
@@codygarcia9007 for me after I cut them open it still left like a little bit of rasp, but it blends in more with the engine sound and isn’t so abrupt then I have resonated exhaust tips that I think gives out the perfect tone. I will say it is a pretty annoying process cutting open the resonator because there’s fiberglass in the sounding and that shit gets everywhere. and I will also say there is a little bit of trial and error in this so what I did was buy exhaust clamps so that I could remove and put back the resonators and tips every time I changed it to hear the sound then eventually got them welded in once I liked the sound
I have aftermarket mufflers and took off the resonators and I’ve gotten nothing but compliments on the sound and tone of my setup but I do want to get high flow cats and I’ll probably end up putting resonators back on if it’s too loud or raspy
True, I guess if you keep some kind of muffler and then take off the resonators, it would still sound decent, but if you’re running, no muffler and resonated elite shits gonna sound awful
I ran that same thing for a bit yes very raspy. Don’t know how much money you would have, but I would try to find a cheap cat back off Facebook marketplace and then get some resonators welded in or just get some resonators welded in. That could definitely eliminate the rasp
@@kapow_g37 thanks, I have a 2015 q60S limited. It comes with a chrome sport muffler with big tips. I have a short ram intake installed. I'm going to add on vibrant resonators and the y-pipe. Later down the line I'll add kinetics high flow cats. That should do it for me.
Depends on how you get the muffler delete. You can go to a shop and have them simply cut the old one off and weld some piping in the place or you can get pipes online that just replaced the fitment of the muffler.
If u want to sound good gotta get that money up Motordyne exhaust Ppe headers is the way to go if u just want some sound just do muffler delete but it will sound trumpet ash
lemme start out stating i dont know shit but i need to replace a rusted out y pipe because its embarassing af, stock everything just really looking to replace the y pipe, when there was a small leak it didnt sound awful but curious what my options are. might just be a lame and get regular oem but i liked when i had a bit of noise but nothing crazy, even kapows is a little much for me. TIA
To my understanding X pipes tend to give a little more of a high-pitched sound and h pipes give a lower growl so if you were to get one, I think I’d recommend an H pipe but also depends on what other exhaust components you’re running
Im gonna switch up my exhaust forsure I have non res test pipes paired to Z1 Y pipe I picked up a stillen dual catback for my awd sedan I love the sound but the stillen resonators are awful and rattle like tin cans im gonna swap them for vibrant resonators
@@kapow_g37 hopefully the vibrants fix the issue only reason I jumped on the Stillen is because the guy was selling it for 500$ basically brand new I couldn't resist but yeah very unique I didn't use the Stillen Y pipe so I sold it for 200$ and made some money back
@@CobbG37x vibrant will FOR SURE help it and not rattle there very compact and good quality. And ya exactly an aftermarket exhaust used for cheap with some other custom parts, it’s really the best option
How to make it sound good: Sell it. It's a V6, it's ALWAYS going to sound bad. the rasp comes from poorly sized exhaust, the trumpet sound comes from poor muffler selection.
Honestly, it’s a distinguished sound and different than most V6 is so I don’t hate it but also doesn’t really compare to something like a V8 personally
You made this more easy to understand to understand as I’ve only been in the VQ family for 9 months and still didn’t know about exhaust stuff till now
Preciate it man. Glad I could make it easier!
I've messed around with engineering my own exhaust as well. Final version: Mild steel dual exhaust with H crossover, stock cats (CA!) 2 louvered resonators (super cheap) to lower pitch, and 2 vibrant ultra quiet mufflers. Sounds like a v8. Pulled up on a corvette, couldn't tell our exhaust notes apart. Easy, inexpensive. No trumpet, no drone.
Love it man that’s definitely a unique setup
Did u use the one that came in with the car?
@EveryThing-no4is sorry, I mentioned alot of parts. Did you mean the cats? If so yes, Nissan oem. Price I have to pay for living in CA.
@@supraguardian salute for ur attempts to mod in Cali 🫡
Nice! Do you have vids? Also why did you go with an h pipe instead of a x pipe or after market y pipe? I’ve always wondered this bc the nismo comes with an h pipe
Ark exhaust with oem cat sounds great. No drone, no rasp, no trumpet, no BS
Yes sirrrr
@kapow_g37 do I keep the stock resonators and install the vibrant resonators with it or do I remove the stock resonators and only install the vibrant resonators?
@@AldoGarcia-f3q is that the only part of your exhaust you’re changing is resonators?
@kapow_g37 my current setup is resonated y pipe resonated test pipes n muffler delete do I keep the stock resonators and install two more with it or replace the stock resonators with the vibrant brand resonators
The best setup I found for me is motordyne exhaust, ART pipes, and motordynes resonated muffler delete that they offer it sounds fucking insane
Damn that’s a solid setup
I got ISR longtube headers motordyne resonated y pipe & hallbuiltperformance super single with a vibrant resonator welded on & it sounds beautiful 👌🏼
That’s a crazy setup damn
Im running the dc headers, isr resonated test pipes, tanabe y pipe, isr blast pipes. Its pretty loud and under full acceleration sounds like pure performance🎉
Damn that’s pretty sweet. I’ve considered going with the DC headers, but I’m just gonna get rid of my resonated pipes and go along two headers for that little bit more of performance.
Im no youtuber but i do have a short of my G with this setup on my channel if u wanna hear it sometime.
Ppl talk so much shit of the “trumpet” sound. But vq’s are the nicest sounding v6 ever made. That’s just ppl hating. They only sound bad when it’s straight piped or no resonators
As a VQ owner honestly I was straight piped at one point and yeah it sounds pitiful, but I do like that It has its distinct sound. You can tell it’s a VQ, which I think is pretty cool if u get an exhaust
Bro you do seem like a pretty chill ass guy
@@runupdembandsjay9566 y thank you sir
@ I would love to rolls with you one day , imagine that both our Gs one road
Headers, High Flow Cats, Z1 Resonated Y-pipe and OEM mid pipe and muffler. Retain the real VQ sound the engineers created, but deeper and amazing under WOT. Anything else doesn't sound like a VQ anymore. No drone, no buzzing, no trumpet, and not obnoxiously loud around town at low RPMs.
wait so keep on stock resonators and mufflers ? or ?
@@Unknown-uy6mj resonated y-pipe
I had to engineer my own equal lenght system on my Frontier as the stock system and all aftermarket kits keep the truck routing (unequal lenght)
So I engineered mine and now my truck has that Z car / VQ sound
Bro is the king of meeting word requirements
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Looked like the dude in blue for a sec lol
Best setup ive ran is my current one. Stock headers, z1 non resonated TP, 3" y pipe, and AP muffler. The agency power muffler kills a lot of the rasp. There's still some on the higher end but not terrible. Resonated y pipe would probably take care of that but i like a little rasp.
Pretty solid setup tbh send me a sound clip on insta im curious @kapow_g37
@@kapow_g37 sent
Sadly Im not able to buy a g37 rn. I plan on buying one in the next 2 years. Hopefully I can get a g37 stick In California. Idk why but I’m worried it’s gonna be hard to find one. Thanks for the video
I'm running the Invidia Genesi catback and it sounds decent. a little quieter tho but it sounds good.
Yeah, not a bad sound but just a little too quiet for me
Same, a lot of people think it’s quiet but it’s good volume for me and no rasp. Had mine on for like 8 years at this point as a DD
Best exhaust set up is ISR testpipes stock y pipe magna flow resonators and a muffler delete.
Stock y pipe is a pretty small diameter though as compared to aftermarket ones so flow is not near as good
I know, but i found that larger diameter piping increases more rasp. Also, if there is anything more than 2.5 inches of diameter piping, you will lose power and torque. The original diameter piping is perfectly fine as long as you're getting rid of the stock cats.
@@victorraymond5211 never heard that about the rasp before that’s interesting
so ive also been thinking that keeping the resonators is the best way to go. i just really want a tomei since when i first saw the G that made me want a G. it had a beautiful tomei exhaust. so i want just the catback part and ima leave everything else stock and see if the natural stock restrictions are enough to keep it quiet on the low rpm side until you floor it
Not a bad idea tbh
nice video, i got my custom exhaust done and i think it sounds great. very similar to yours, i uploaded some exhaust clips.
A HKS hi power cat back exhuast with high flow cats sounds great the cat back exhuast was $1800 but was worth it with the high flow cats it's not crazy loud it's just right and do3snt sound like crap
Not a bad set up unfortunately I ain’t got $1800 to spend but if you do then I don’t blame ya
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I have this same setup. Super quiet unless you are on the throttle. On the throttle it sounds throaty. I saved for mine then got it when my tax return came in.
full isr resonated single exit, isr hfc, sounds deep no rasp & a very aggressive growl
Solid ass setup
I have the z1 cai that wraps into grill, oem cats, oem resonator and muffler delete with 4 inch tips. Sounds really good and not like a trumpet but man the shit drones lol
Forgot to say 3 inch ypipe with flex pipe and 2.5 out the rest of the way
Yeah, not a bad set up, but I will say mine drones unbelievably bad as well
@@kapow_g37I’m about to put flow fx on it since I have to renew tags. Wonder if I should go quad tip or single. I like the quad tip look
Recently got a 2013 g37x AWD limited and im trying to figure out any cheaper exhausts that wont break the bank. Any recommendations?
#1 -always check fb marketplace u could find a nice exhaust that’s used but still great.
#2- without sounding awful, best to just get an aftermarket axleback or muffler delete. I can’t remember names but one being the beluga racing. There’s multiple just like it but good ,sound not raspy ,and cheap
The stock setup sounds good as it is with the resonators that are already on there don’t ya think? I have a 09 m35 with the HR engine and will be installing Megan mid pipes ( has resonators) and keeping stock mufflers.
Been told it sounds better than going with the Megan mufflers as well.
I don’t doubt it sounds good, but I like to hear my car and honestly would like it as loud as possible, but it’s hard for it to be loud and sound good so I try to find a healthy balance.
i have a muffler delete on my 13 g37 sedan i kinda wanna leave the stock resonator and x pipe. i like the sound while im taking off but i want a little more of a growl and i want to be able to here it while im idling still any suggestions?
i wouldnt mind changing my resonators out ngl but other than that i dont really want to go into changing the stock x pipe system
Honestly anything else u do will sound worse if you don’t have aftermarket exhaust. Muffler delete does sounds good but if u want to get test pipes and maybe add some resonators it could get louder but still keep away the rasp and a little bit of trumpet
And I think u could def keep these stock like you want
I have a HKS axle back but I want it a little louder. What is your recommendation? Maybe add the vibrant resonators?
Well, adding resonators is going to make it quieter I would say resonated test pipes is always the way to go because you can make money by selling the cats and with the money you make then add the resonators on top of the resonated test pipes
so i should just get some 40$ resonators off amazon and it’ll sound the same if i paid more for the vibrant ones?
I haven’t heard them, but I honestly think it shouldn’t be too much different but really can’t say for sure
Great video man
Would u recommend keeping stock resonators or getting bigger ones? Everything is stock on mine besides a resonated axle back but, I still hear rasp at a high rpm.
I mean theoretically u want an entire aftermarket exhaust especially provider flow, but if what you’re wanting to do is eliminate rasp you can have some different resonators Weldednin somewhere in ur exhaust and keep the stock ones or just cut out the old one and weld new ones in(vibrant are great)
Mines all random, starts with ART pipes to custom Megan racing Y pipe then 3inch motordyne resonator then a z1 muffler (which drones super bad) I'm gonna back to a hks and hope it get rid of cab drone
Ya I think drone is really hard to get rid of with the exhaust note from this car for some reason. But that is a pretty interesting set up.
i got a straight pipe on mine and i hate how it sounds under 2.5k -3k but imma just run non-resonated test pipes with the vibrant resonators
Sounds like a solid idea
Please turn off the fake depth of field filter on your phone the next time you record a video. It is *extremely* distracting.
I got downpipes, isr y pipe, muffler delete and stock resonators and it sounds good up until around 3k or 4k rpm there is some rasp and im not sure how to get rid of it. Im not sure if getting vibrant resonators would help
@@codygarcia9007 vibrant resonators would 1000% help. I feel like they could almost eliminate that rasp completely or tone it down enough to where It’s not so unbearable.
@@kapow_g37 so should take off my stock resonators and put on the vibrant resonators or keep my stock ones and add the vibrant ones? i still want it to be loud but i just want to get rid of that trumpet sound
@@codygarcia9007 that’s exactly what I wanted and to be honest it’s hard to achieve. You can check out my entire exhaust video if you want more, but basically I have aftermarket exhaust with resonated test pipes, and the resonators that came on the exhaust and then I had vibrant resonators welded in keeping those ones, but I cut them open and took out the sound deadening. It eliminates rasp but doesn’t quiet it down too much
@@kapow_g37 if i cut the vibrant resonators open and take off the deadening it was still take down some of the rasp right? im thinking on keeping the stock resonators and getting the vibrant ones and doing what you did when you cut them open and taking off the deadening. If the vibrant ones still take off some rasp without the deadening i feel like it would be perfect
@@codygarcia9007 for me after I cut them open it still left like a little bit of rasp, but it blends in more with the engine sound and isn’t so abrupt then I have resonated exhaust tips that I think gives out the perfect tone. I will say it is a pretty annoying process cutting open the resonator because there’s fiberglass in the sounding and that shit gets everywhere. and I will also say there is a little bit of trial and error in this so what I did was buy exhaust clamps so that I could remove and put back the resonators and tips every time I changed it to hear the sound then eventually got them welded in once I liked the sound
How do u pass inspection with no muffler?
Live in Texas, they don’t really check for anything
I have aftermarket mufflers and took off the resonators and I’ve gotten nothing but compliments on the sound and tone of my setup but I do want to get high flow cats and I’ll probably end up putting resonators back on if it’s too loud or raspy
Keep in mind coupes are naturally louder than sedans just fyi
True, I guess if you keep some kind of muffler and then take off the resonators, it would still sound decent, but if you’re running, no muffler and resonated elite shits gonna sound awful
Im ngl it still sounds very trumpy but that's just how VQ's sound.
It sounds a lot better than most VQ's tho fo sho!!! Solid sound
Ya def still has the trumpet at heart but it’s at least a lil diff I think. And I appreciate that!!!!
i have berk resoanted test pipes and a muffler delete and it is extremely raspy after 4k rpm what would you recommend ?
I ran that same thing for a bit yes very raspy. Don’t know how much money you would have, but I would try to find a cheap cat back off Facebook marketplace and then get some resonators welded in or just get some resonators welded in. That could definitely eliminate the rasp
Should replace my stock y-pipe as well?
If u can definitely cuz the diameter is pretty small
@@kapow_g37 thanks, I have a 2015 q60S limited. It comes with a chrome sport muffler with big tips. I have a short ram intake installed. I'm going to add on vibrant resonators and the y-pipe. Later down the line I'll add kinetics high flow cats. That should do it for me.
currently I'm only running the Motordyne cat back with stock cats
Once I do a muffler delete what do I put in place of the muffles?
Depends on how you get the muffler delete. You can go to a shop and have them simply cut the old one off and weld some piping in the place or you can get pipes online that just replaced the fitment of the muffler.
If u want to sound good gotta get that money up Motordyne exhaust Ppe headers is the way to go if u just want some sound just do muffler delete but it will sound trumpet ash
Yeah, not a bad idea
lemme start out stating i dont know shit but i need to replace a rusted out y pipe because its embarassing af, stock everything just really looking to replace the y pipe, when there was a small leak it didnt sound awful but curious what my options are. might just be a lame and get regular oem but i liked when i had a bit of noise but nothing crazy, even kapows is a little much for me. TIA
2013 g37x sedan btw
If you don’t want to be super loud, but still get some noise by the beluga axel back. also under multiple other names, but all the same exhaust.
Bro just I want to ask what about if I put X pipe in g37?
To my understanding X pipes tend to give a little more of a high-pitched sound and h pipes give a lower growl so if you were to get one, I think I’d recommend an H pipe but also depends on what other exhaust components you’re running
Thanks, bro for replying,
@@ramiahmed7933 yesirrrr
@@ramiahmed7933 I also have more videos on my channel explaining my exhaust if you’re interested bro
Im gonna switch up my exhaust forsure I have non res test pipes paired to Z1 Y pipe I picked up a stillen dual catback for my awd sedan I love the sound but the stillen resonators are awful and rattle like tin cans im gonna swap them for vibrant resonators
Thats def a unique setup I like it
@@kapow_g37 hopefully the vibrants fix the issue only reason I jumped on the Stillen is because the guy was selling it for 500$ basically brand new I couldn't resist but yeah very unique I didn't use the Stillen Y pipe so I sold it for 200$ and made some money back
@@CobbG37x vibrant will FOR SURE help it and not rattle there very compact and good quality. And ya exactly an aftermarket exhaust used for cheap with some other custom parts, it’s really the best option
@@kapow_g37 u got ultra quiets or bottle style? I've heard Bottle style doesn't really do anything
@@CobbG37x I got bottle style 12 inch I think code 1792 and idk man they imidietly made it quieter and took out any rasp my exhaust had
Got a muffler delete with cats still on I like it not super loud when driving normal but is loud when I push it perfect for me
Ya I don’t doubt it def not a bad setup
Mine is just a axleback and isr hfc. It sounds very heavy and less trumpet 🎺
so what exactly are u running rn?
I have a vid explaining it’s pretty hard to explain
Either ur gonna sound like a vq or save 3k for a motordyne. No other exhaust will sound good compared to motordyne.
Isr single exit
Bullshit I had one on my g35 it sounded no different from eBay replica
thanks for this video bro
Your car would look a lot better if you rebadged it as a Nissan Skyline 350 gt I know where you can buy the bits you need to make it
save ur self some time and money and get the g37 fitted z1 single exit
Haven’t heard how those sound too much but I love z1 so I’m sure not a bad option, I’m just not a big fan of the style of the single exit
@@kapow_g37 z1 single exit is super deep its nice
@@justindinh8782 I’ll have to look up some sound clips
After muffler delete what next
Test pipes and sell cats. Then get some resonators out in
How to make it sound good: Sell it.
It's a V6, it's ALWAYS going to sound bad. the rasp comes from poorly sized exhaust, the trumpet sound comes from poor muffler selection.
I like the trumpet sound
Honestly, it’s a distinguished sound and different than most V6 is so I don’t hate it but also doesn’t really compare to something like a V8 personally
Rev 9 is a great cat back exhaust
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Don’t be like me and get a full isr setup with unresonated test pipes and hate life lmfao
Lmaoooo I was running similar bro. GET A RESENATOR ITS NO JOKE SO GOOD