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Old 07-01-10, 05:24 PM
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Default Yay Another Invidia mid pipe + F-Sport Exhuast / Intake Video Review

So i too went ahead and ordered an Invidia midpipe Through CircuitMS. They are by far the cheapest vendor here on clublexus and the midpipe came a day early

Had the midpipe installed that same day at SonicMS. Props to D. and the crew

So how do i like it?

Its LOUD! I LOVE IT! By far the best sounding V6 out there.

Hows the quality?

The quality overall is Fantastic. i Give it an A+. The parts Bolted right on into place, very nice shiny finish. The welds were on point as-well

Hows the drone?

You have a very minor cabin drone when accelerating, but after you level off there is slim - to no drone depending on the speed. When your at 80 MPH on cruise control on the free way, there is a slight slight slight slight drone ( No music). Anything under 80MPH, at a steady constant pace has no drone.

If i could would i do it again?

Yes definitely! Changed the way the car sounded over all. Now the aggressive sound fits my aggressive look on my IS 350. It is LOUD, but very TOLERABLE!

**Uploading video of a cold start should be up by tomorrow latest **

Reving / WOT SEXYLICOUSNESS! ...if you want to skip the car walk around go to 00:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejWAKHx3jQI


Daily Driving / cruising / A Bit Screwing around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDBDBEy41A


Cold start!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFWHmvbA8as

DAILY DRIVING (A BIT RUFF ) WITH MUSIC ON.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGNzF_FNh8

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Old 07-01-10, 05:47 PM
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Good review! Your car is coming along nicely.
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The cold start should be loud as f*** lol
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^ Thanks

mikez - Yeahg it is. First time i cold started it i was like :O RACE CAR! ahaha. haha i <3 Rice :P.
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Originally Posted by JoshIS408
Its LOUD! I LOVE IT! By far the best sounding V6 out there.
False. nissan VQ 3.5L with an exhaust is the best sounding V6 out there.

but thats not to say yours sounds bad...but if you're comparing yours to a VQ, hands down, VQ sounds better IMO of course. yours does sound mean as **** tho! congrats!
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Nice!

Love the vids, good representation of sound. Glad we could get it for you so quickly
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Originally Posted by chrIS250
False. nissan VQ 3.5L with an exhaust is the best sounding V6 out there.

but thats not to say yours sounds bad...but if you're comparing yours to a VQ, hands down, VQ sounds better IMO of course. yours does sound mean as **** tho! congrats!

I haven't heard any V6 that sounds better than nissan/infiniti yet
isn't that why EVERYONE tries to make their IS sound like G35/350Z ??

anyways,,
OP, your set-up sounds sick regardless~!! and I'm pretty sure it sounds way nicer in person
that's why I never post my set-up
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Well im biased so HA! :P Thanks guys
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Sounds like sex to me!!!great job
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Ahhh someone else trying to make it sound stick in an auto!! lol i do that all the time and ive mastered it, match revving and all!! . Try shifting then letting go, it'll shift faster, not stepping on it. BTW exhaust sounds great!!
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ahaha i got caught . It is fun though...
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Originally Posted by JoshIS408
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ahaha i got caught . It is fun though...
LOL, I pretty much drive like that all day... I confuse people like crazy and if you get good at it you can get a little backfire from the exhaust ( a pop no flame) lol. If you check out my exhaust video you can hear the shifting, no backfire, hadnt figured it out yet.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ete-video.html
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It sounds very aggressive. I find the sound to be appropriately aggressive for a car that can do 0 to 60 in just under 5 seconds. If I heard a standard econobox civic sound like that, I might think "rice" initially, but not with a car of this caliber.

If I could make a suggestion, perhaps you should also make a daily driving video with music on at volume 30-40, as I suspect most of us young folk on CL drive around with music blasting on a daily basis.

I don't normally drive around with music off, so any potentially irritating drone at cruising speeds that is only audible with music off is not entirely relevant - for me at least.

If there is a drone at cruising speed and it is not audible with music on (volume 30-40), then that would be just perfect.
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^ I backfire more with the exhaust now. The pops pretty loud. and just saw ur video haha nice!!.

carLx - Make the video tmrw. Too late now, dont wanna **** off the neighbors too bad haha...

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^ Im sure, you dont have the sec. cats right?


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