8DC Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Looking at getting a custom exhaust built for my 280z, and I noticed this: Are the stock downpipes that pinched or is this someone's cobble-job? ...where can I get a good non-restrictive downpipe that will attach to the stock manifold? Or do I need to get the muffler shop to custom fab one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Yeah that's a stock flange. I believe the ZX's had a different flange that actually looked better, I just cut it off right at the merge and had my exhaust shop make a full 2.5" system from that. My muffler shot did have that type of flange on stock, I don't know why. So they could have made a complete custom system. Edited July 5, 2012 by BluDestiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 MSA makes a nice downpipe for the stock cast iron manifold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 MSA makes a nice downpipe for the stock cast iron manifold... ...but you have to order their exhaust along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8DC Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 ...but you have to order their exhaust along with it. Yeah, I don't think I want to do that. lol I'm actually looking at having an exhaust system made with a 1in-2out Magnaflow muffler turned sideways for vertically stacked twin tips (copying something I saw on another site). Maybe I'll need to talk to the muffler shop about having this pipe made. Some of the 240z pics I have seen have the two pipes merge much further from the manifold... I'm hoping they can fab up something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I've bought four without the exhausts... They did at one time have a separate P/N for the down pipe alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8DC Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Would you happen to have the part # on an invoice, receipt or something? Or do I just call up MSA and ask for a 280z exhaust y-pipe (or whatever they are actually called)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Probably... but being in The Philippines, and those receipts being 'somewhere' at home I believe the quickest course of action would be to call and ask MSA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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