HKS HI-POWER exhaust installed and review
 

First off, I have to thank Lou and his crew from Amplified motorsport for hooking it up with prices and installing the parts for me (since i had back surgery not too long ago). They honestly have the best prices on top notch parts. So thank you Lou for your help and it was great meeting everyone at the Amplified BBQ. Lou hooked me up with a stillen oil cooler kit, HKS hipermax III coilovers and HKS HI-POWER cat back. i havent done the HFC yet and wanted to but couldnt at that time, so the HFC will be installed shortly. so, ill start here with the exhaust review and ill post the other reviews in my journal.
So i bought, and had installed the HKS HI-POWER cat back by Amplified. when they first opened the box with the exhaust, i was like :eek: This exhaust is seriously no joke and is a very beautiful piece, almost too good to put on a car. the welds are beautiful, and the finish on this exhaust is just unbelievable. i was obviously very happy of the style of the exhaust.
Amplified finished installing everything and took the car for a test drive to make sure everything was perfect. They came back from the test drive and said they heard a weird "grinding" like sound. so back on the lift it went and found the brace between the two resonators was against the driveshaft. ( I guess the hks exhaust was fitted on a non-sport 370z which doesnt have the limited slip diff which is smaller than the sport equipped with limited slip). so amplified used lower hangers and clears fine as of now with a lot of ground clearance, even with the new HKS coilovers installed. A phone call to HKS by Lou will be taken monday to confront HKS about this minor problem and when fixed hopefully give me the proper resonator pipes with a brace fitted for sport equipped Z's. In no way or form did amplified know about this and is helping me 100% with this problem, its just HKS made a minor mistake which can be easily fixed.
As for the note of the exhaust, honestly, in my opinion, the best sounding exhaust for the z, at least to my ears. I dont have HFC and the HKS exhaust could be a bit louder, (the exhaust note will get louder when i install the hfc's). Very deep, no rasp at all, very exotic sounding. i fell in love all over again and very very very happy with the exhaust note. when inside the car and driving it is very quiet with absolutely no droning, even when you get on it hard. Amplified is in the LA area and i had to drive back to san diego that same night and there was no droning all the way up to cruising speed (if you know what i mean) you can def hear the exhaust on the outside, and it just growls, very deep tone. here are some quick pix i took in my friends driveway. I Think Lou has the pix of the exhaust being installed and hope he will post them up. and a video will be posted shortly as soon as i get my video camera back

Just want to thank Lou and the Amplified team for taking care of me and all there customers and thank you for having that awsome BBQ. I cant thank you enough guys. Ill def be seeing you guys in the very near future for some more installs.
ps. i dont have numbers of the car yet other than stock. stock the car made 280hp at K&N's shop. the car is going back to K&N for a CAI fitment and will go back on the dyno in november. ill post the numbers in my journal

some very quick pix (sorry)... better pix and video coming soon
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thanks to SEMTEX i got one of the videos up... more to come in HD


I think Lou has the pix of the exhaust being installed or will be getting them. ill ask him to post them up when he gets them

in for pics

In for Videos!

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thanks alot for the review

and i am waiting for the video clip

Wow thanks for your input/review



DAN

looks good man, but it took so long i ended up leaving before i heard it hahaha

i'll have to wait for the vids. see ya at the next bbq!

i know, it took them a little while to finish after you left. i know you guys want video, i know someone took video of it when it came off the lift the first time but forgot who it was, but i think they said they will post it on youtube. as soon as i get my camcorder back ill take hd video, but i dont think video does any exhaust justice, you have to hear it in real life

it is a great looking exhaust and sounds awesome, I drove our Z for 4-5 hours on the highway and streets on our club trip to Key West and I did not encounter any drone or issues, really comes alive when you get on it.

Gorgeous

How do the burnt tips look in person? That's the only thing I've never been to sure about.

thanks for the write-up, you answered the questions/concerns I had so it looks like I'm going with these in the spring.

In for the vid. Looks really good so far though!

videos are needed...lol

must......have...video.............:tup:

looks gorgeous!

That was a marathon install man! I'm glad I stayed to the end and got to hear it!

good lord, you stayed til the end?! did you get those grounding wires put in?? haha

need to hear it in real life, huh...well, next meet :)

Yeah I had to stay to get the grounding kit installed. It was like 2AM when they were finally done with his car. 2AM on Tuesday morning! I had to go back in time just to post this!

haha, they got done about 9, i made it back down to san diego by 11. was it worthe the money for the grounding kit?

i seriously need the HFC installed though, i think it will sound even better
the tips look awsome, i love them, i didnt know they were so big and the finish on the tips look awsome,i love them

man that's nuts you drove from SD. i'm impressed lol.

i bet dean (sp?) will get better use out of the grounding kits than i will. dunno if the grounding kits will be really noticeable on a manual, though in my mind it'll help w/ the drive-by-wire system.

ya, i wasnt sure if they would make that big of a difference, thats why i let you guys buy them first lol. im going back up to amplified on wednesday, maybe you can stop by to hear the exhaust

why's everybody going back wednesday... :/

i'll be back saturday, come back up! hahaha

and the grounding kits weren't too bad pricewise...i figure if i don't get anything, at least i get some color in my engine bay :tup:

I'll be back on Saturday for an oil change. I may drop by on Wednesday too so I can hear it with the HFC's. What time you gonna be there ilive2win?

(BTW I don't notice any difference with the grounding kit).

im not sure, im trying to get ahold of Lou now to see if he can have the hfc's in by wednesday and see how much they are. im going up there reguardless. ill probably get there by 1

Video... video... videooooooOOOOooooo!

i know... i know... i knowwwww

i get my camcorder back tomorrow evening

I believe you people were waiting for this as posted in the other thread by Amplified Motorsports

YouTube - HKS HI POWER for NISSAN 370Z by AMPLIFIED MOTORSPORT

haha, i knew someone took a video of my exhaust, ive been waiting for it to be posted all day lol. ill try to post it in the op

and im going to get a better quality (HD) posted by mid week

i might need to come back saturday to adjust the exhaust since it was out of alignment after sway install(its hitting the crossmember again) :mad:

exhaust looks good btw

So is my exhaust.. I dont think it was installed correctly.. ill be there wed. hopefully im lucky enough to hear it in person...

I doubt you'd get a huge difference w/ the grounding kit, but over the years it'll pay off, apparently...eh.

wow.. looks fantastic! :eek: I just love those burnt tips.

Now, you make a video and post here ASAP. ;)

what time are you going to amplified on wed?


thanks AK! ill get that video up asap

i can't seem to get the embeded video to post up here

here's the link

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

I've already talked to HKS for you. You'll get a new mid pipe once they come in first week of November. :tup:

thats graet news Lou, thank you so much!!!!

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I wish there was more 'under-load' time in that video, like maybe some drive-bys, for example. But from what's there, it sounds pretty darn good! I can't wait to hear what it sounds like with HFCs!

the video wouldnt embed for me either, thanks semtex!

i cant wait to hear the exhaust with HFC's haha and intakes coming from K&N

Looks great! Sounds very nice from what we can hear as well!