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Berk HFC, Loose internal catalyst element.

Hello fellow Z34 enthusiasts. I have an observation to make. I recently had to seal an exhaust leak where the HFC connects to the factory header/manifold. When I was moving

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Old 11-19-2019, 10:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hello fellow Z34 enthusiasts.

I have an observation to make. I recently had to seal an exhaust leak where the HFC connects to the factory header/manifold. When I was moving the HCF unit to my work area I felt the internal catalyst element moving around. It is loose and not attached to the walls of the Cat pipe. I am not worried about it, but do any of you have a similar findings when working with HFCs over a long period of time? For me I have had the HFCs about fours years. The Berk gaskets went to crap. I ended up replacing them with the Z1 flat metal gaskets. They do work great for this need.

What are your experiences?

Just curious.
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Out of curiosity, what kind of mods do you have and have you had the car turned after they were all installed? I've heard that a bad air fuel ratio can cause issues with cats.
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i have the same finding with the berk HFC... the first set was on the car for 5 years and the second set for 2 years both of the internals were loose and moving around.. fro what my tuner said its common on HFC
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Out of curiosity, what kind of mods do you have and have you had the car turned after they were all installed? I've heard that a bad air fuel ratio can cause issues with cats.
I have the full intake and exhaust from AAM (S-Line/R-Line), Berk HFCs. Just to get more HP out of the Z meant a Dyno tune for me. With all this I get more HP (321 wheel, assuming 85% efficient and 391 at the flywheel) and better throttle response.
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