Why Do Nissan 350Z’s Sound Terrible?

Is that a trumpet coming down the street? No, it's just your neighborhood stance boy with his straight piped 350z. We've all heard it before but not many of us can say we like it. The VQ engine sounds terrible...but WHY? In todays video, Gels gets into the science of it all and explains just why the VQ gets so much hate. But don't worry we also have a fix for this problem so stay till the end to see what it is!

#350z #cars #nissan #vq35hr

Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:30 Straight Pipe Madness
0:53 Frequency Explained
1:22 Engine Frequency Differences
2:31 History of the VQ35
4:15 Nvidia Gemini Cat Back Exhaust
4:47 Tomei Expreme Exhaust
5:18 Tanabe Medalion Exhuast
6:05 Outro

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[MartiniWorksOfficial]

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[MFBushidoBrown]

VQ do not sound that bad, their owners tune and mod the exhaust sound poorly

[motion]

They dont sound bad. Most ppl just have clapped Zs with straight pipes. Motordyne Zs sound good

[tescoshortage]

1. Always use resonators.

2. Always use resonators.

3. Always use resonators.

4. Refer to step 1.

[antoniosantiago]

Personally, I love the way the 350z sounds. It really is easy to mess up though with the wrong exhaust setup. I love the way mine sounds stock, in the cabin of the car at night

The exhaust I’m hoping to get in the future is the HKS exhaust. I think it sounds amazing. There’s not a lot of good examples on YouTube though.

I wanted to buy it from you guys in the future to support, but I don’t remember seeing it available on your website

[lawnmowerdude]

I always thought the VQ engines were the best sounding v6 engines. Maybe I just haven’t the clapped out ones.

[mrmiagi]

Nissan spent a ton of money and time researching and testing different exhaust setups to achieve the best sound possible for the VQ when the 350z and g35 came out in 2003. They definitely can get to a point where they are obnoxiously loud and raspy but so can most cars. Overall they produce a very smooth soothing rumble.

[keirbourne]

As a 350Z owner I am biased but I think they sound brilliant. I have a stock exhaust and the tone is great.

[ysean]

Surprised it wasn't mentioned, but the HKS Hi-Power catback produces a really great note, especially when the rest of the exhaust is stock

[jdmdamian]

True Dual exhaust is the way to go with VQ and test pipes are a no go.

[mycals]

Great video! ISR single gt exhaust is where it’s at for a low/small deep note.

[bricetriplett]

VQ’s can sound great, even if you want it to be rowdy and loud and obnoxious with flames and everything, you can still make it sound great. Just do research and get the right parts and don’t cheap out on a straight pipe

[vapno]

BMW 6 cylinders are MUCH, MUCH WORSE ... VQ at least sounds like it actually have 6 cylinders, BMWs sounds lke two 3-cylinders working together... Also, Rule of thumb is, car has to have great sound on INTAKE SIDE, not on EXHAUST SIDE

[davidsaravia]

I low key agree with the video it can be done right depending on the owner, I have an 08 350z with ISR long tube headers, z1 y pipe, tomei catback and I also have a set of tomei poncams, I think it sounds amazing and I get compliments about it all the time!

[Den]

Are u kidding?? It sounds absolutely badass.

[loganmayes]

I have a 370z and i found just a back box delete although its not a massive help for power, it creates a really nice V6 note while being deep and not raspy but also loud enough for the streets. I feel the VQ platform really benefits from resonators and cats either sports or stock to keep the raspy notes down.

[vhrjames]

i hate how the VHR gets wrapped into the VQ hate. it's insanely reliable and with a proper exhaust sounds amazing not to mention to cheap power it can make

[StripedPanda]

I love my hks on my 350 even once I went with cut canisters and art pipes it is the smoothest, least trumpet-like exhaust I’ve heard on a vq

[overflowerrorsixsixsix]

They really dont sound that bad its just people make them sound bad

[akihori]

Missed out on the best vq exhaust out there the Motordyne tdx2 which is a dual exit system that when paired with resonated test pipes or headers sounds amazing