Nope. The only cars this exhaust have been on both have HFCs. :(

The only way we can buy this cbe is through a group buy? You cant buy it as an individual, like no one carries it in their stock?

I have no doubts you could buy it normally, but the GB's the way to go right now.

As soon as i get back to the states im goona get my Z...i doubt therell be a group buy still. Ill be back in march...

remember what i said in my intro thred bobo? I said ill likely not do much to my car since ive had my fun with my past cars...damn it, reading on this forum is a death trap. Look at my sig, i have a wishlist of mod already.and it probably not finished yet.

If you sign up for the GB now, they will probably hold the exhaust for you until March...it may take that long to get it in the first place lol.

Right now the only way to reserve one is via the group buy. After the group buy is over there will be a lot of vendors stocking them I am sure.

I'm only in today and already I'm gettiing excited :happydance:winter project, wewt!

Well I called Berk today and found out that they have been pushed back again due to the tip alignment, sounds like they want to make sure this thing is absolutely perfect before it ships :)

We like perfect!

I like perfect almost as much as I like not waiting.

Dreaming of the day when I can afford the CBE x 2 It sucks having twin 370Z's in the family, every mod is double the cost.

:happydance:Yeah that must really suck.

I cried when I read it :happydance:

Berk Catback Exhaust in-car
 

A few people wanted to hear the exhaust from inside the cabin, so here you go. I apologize for the poor video quality, it's just a point and shoot mounted on a gorillapod flex mount. It's a bit shaky, but I think it will give you an idea.
This is just some mild street driving, until the end about 1:35, when I open it up a bit to chase down an M5, thought it was an M3 in the clip :icon17:
I've got a few clips, I'll link them up once they are done processing on youtube. Here is the first one, enjoy :tup:



This next one is on the freeway, to show that there is no drone at cruising speeds, mostly all the noise that you hear in the video is road and wind noise. This set-up is barely any louder then stock while cruising steady.



Ok, last in-car clip, some mild cruising on streets in 3rd & 4th gear, WOT at end.

nice balance between loud on WOT and civilized on cruise mode.

Thanks, man, you confirmed my choice of the CBE :tiphat:

Yep, that's exactly how this set-up is, you can cruise around relatively unoticed, or give it a little more to make them notice......then you can unleash the beast at any time!! :icon17: I'm uploading another video with some freeway cruising, so you can see how it doesn't drone at all. :tup:

I'm only going with the CBE for now. Once I have it on, I'll post a vid.

Updated the post with a freeway cruising vid, one more to follow :tup:

Ok, I'll have to get that last vid up tomorrow, it's giving me trouble, and I need to get up and go to work in 3 hours :eekdance: didn't realize it was 5:00am :icon17:

First Post updated with in-car video :tup:

mini,

thanks for sharing the highly anticipated Berk CBE with us. I know posting vids and such takes time, very much appreciated. rep to you.

any inside info from Berk on production of CBE?

gracias

Just as I suspected, it sounds great inside as well.

Thanks Cobra, and great job Berk!

+1 rep thanks again, awesome

EDIT: Meh, I'm repped out :-O

thanks for the videos. sounds great!

Your welcome, thanks :tup: There was a little tweak they wanted to make on the tip adjustment, but that was it, so I'm pretty sure they will be in full swing production within then next week or so. They do have some back orders, but I don't think it will take them that long to get caught up.

I hope so, I want my exhaust. :excited:

Great videos Minicombra! The setup sounds just about perfect with paired with the Berk HFC's. Not too loud and no annoying sounds intruding in on your listening experience.

I have these exhausts in production right now and you guys should have them on your doorsteps on or before March 1st. They will be built and shipped in the order of when you placed your order. So GB#1 people obviously will get them first. As some of you have heard we had to tweak the tip placement slightly. It drives me crazy to have uneven tips and I'm sure it would do the same to you guys. So let's nip that in the bud now.

Not trying to stir the pot (especially since my order is only a few weeks old) but is there a backlog of orders before the first group buy from this forum? I ask because it says you are in production yet the first ones won't show up for another 6 weeks or so...

Also, a few folks have been asking for video with the CBE and stock cats. Any chance of Berk producing a vid?

I talked to them, Berk, last night. I believe the first group buy are the first orders, and the way it is going is they are being built currently. Then they are shipping to Berk and they are going to inspect them to insure quality and then ship if they are 100%.

Where are the Berk cbe's being made?

Apparently Mars. :stirthepot:

Don't get me wrong, I know I will LOVE this exhaust once it's here, but if my wait is almost unbearable, I can't imagine how the GB#1 guys feel. They've been waiting over a LONG time.

If I actually get mine in march it will be four months short of a year since I placed my order! oh well.. these Utah winters suck and my car has been in storage since the end of november!

Will it have been that long? I think I placed my original order in Sept or maybe August, not 100% sure.

:eek:

I'm going to have to start another post of Stillen S/C vs. Berk CBE release date; with POLL and Vegas's lines on each :stirthepot:

Developing products to be sold to the masses takes time (if its a good company). Would hate to have a bunch of exhausts sold only to have to make a revision down the road leaving a bunch of pissed off customers.

Which I am fine with, and have so far been rewarded with a discount. :)
It just becomes tough on one of the three principles, time, which is always the hardest one for the customer to cope with.

Yes, but once everyone has them on their cars the wait will have been worth it. :)

I know Mike, just giving you a hard time.

include the ARK exhaust... was thinking the same thing. We'll have a run-off.