I emailed Berk a week ago, but haven't heard anything back from them at all yet.

I am going to try again or to phone them on Monday to see what they say.

I may just take it to a local shop and have'em heat up and bend the hanger.

Did you order direct from Berk?

I'm stuck between this exhaust and the ark dts...any persuasion/opinions??

I didn't order direct from them, no, but it was shipped direct. I'm wondering if something happened during shipping, but I doubt it. The box wasn't too damaged when I got it though.

I'm biased on the Berk. See my review in this thread. It sounds really good. No rasp or drone. The exhaust makes a note not a sound. lol. Not to mention, it looks great too.

G/L with your decision.

Did you get the exhaust with the Round or Oval Tips. I've heard of this problem before as it seemed to happen with the Oval tips. Since they went with the Round Tips, believe Berk made adjustments and this is an issue of the past.

Either way, I would call Berk direct on Monday and see what they have to say/will do for you.

Good luck. Let us know your outcome.

I like them too the only drawback is they are a bit heavy and hang a bit low. I do love the sound on mine!!!

IV actually considered cutting and re-bending around the back end to bring up the clearance a bit

i know this is probably a dumb question but im gonna ask anyway.... would it be a good or bad idea to install the berk exhaust AND CAIs at the same time? like do I need the Z to adjust to one mod at a time or what? my Z is stock right now so i was wondering if i could kill two birds with one stone while the car is getting the exhaust installed and install the intakes at the same time.

thanks guys

Go for it. No problem doing both at the same time. The ECU will adjust accordingly. If you install HFC''s or Test Pipes, you will then want to get it tuned by UpRev or Eccutek.

Eccutek? Never heard of them..are they good?? I'm gonna install the k&n intakes with the exhaust. Did you notice any gains from your short ram G2s? Thanks

I noticed immediate gains from the G2's. They will not be as great as the G3's. All in all, the car breaths much better and more efficiently. You will notice the difference. Paired with a great CBE and HFC/TP's, you will be rockin.:rock:

As far as Ecutek is concerned, they are new to the 370z community. Do a search here and you will find them. They are claiming great things, better than UpRev. We shall see. At least one thing is for certain, competition is good, really good.

Check them out, http://www.the370z.com/tuning/69946-...ssan-370z.html

Sweet. I'm probably gonna get the k&ns, motordyne intake manifold, berk cbe, and the tune the car...any idea how much hp I'll be kicking out? I can't do hfc cuz I won't pass the Texas emission laws :shakes head:

And I don't want headers, won't give me the sound I'm looking for. Berk cbe is perfect. Loving the new tips!!

I passed easily with HFCs. They are actually the best mod out of all the others you listed too (price-to-performance wise). The Berk CBE also sounds much better with HFCs imo. Just something to think about :tup:

Yea I agree that the berk exhaust goes extremely well with the cbe but I kinda don't want my car to hiss. I like the way the cbe sound w/ out hfc. Will intakes alter the sound of my cbe?

Some folks tend to think so. It sounds different inside the car for sure, but the actual exhaust note doesn't change (to my ears)

I emailed berk months ago, never heard back...they must not be too up on their emails...I wanted to know if there was a difference in the muffler section between the round and oval tips, I would purchase a muffler section with the round tips if it was close in price to buying the round tips and having them welded on...I REALLY want to change the tips, but I got the exhaust used, and could not pass it up, love the sound, love the round tips, my exhaust looks too stock with the oval tips. I had to do some tweaking to mine.

I actually asked them a similar question a while ago. The muffler tips are the only difference. Everything else is the same.

It would cost $400 + shipping for a new muffler section. His rationalization was that the muffler section is where all the expensive components of the exhaust are which I can believe, but holy cow!

You can get a good shop to cut and weld new tips on for under $50 and you can choose whatever tips you want at that point. That is the route I was going to take but aesthetics are on the back burner for now

Anyone have this exhaust with the stillen intakes? If so did you notice a lot of gains? Thanks

All relative. Not gonna be much difference between this exhaust and, say, a Stillen CBE. Many threads on the Forum contain the answer to questions regarding gains.

Biggest gains come from hi-flow cats, followed by intakes and CBEs.

What kind of gains am I looking at with g3s and berk cbe? Just curious.

So, I just got off of the phone with Bryan @ Berk (he's their tech) and he explained that this is something that happens on all Z's with the welded tips. Sometimes it's the passenger-side, sometimes it's the driver-side. He said that we could take my exhaust and put it onto the one they have in the shop and it could show the passenger-side sticking out more.

He requested I send a copy of my purchase receipt and as long as it was purchased in the past year he'll send me some spacers to put on the passenger side.

There's no way to get it to be flush with the bumper, but at least the tips will be even. :(

I asked about bending the hangers and he said, "Bending hangers is more for up, down, left, and right movement."

All in all, I'm pleased with the sound and performance, but not pleased with the fact that it's going to look ricer-ish with the tips extending out from the bumper. :shakes head: Not sure how long it's going to last with me having to look at it each day like this.

Here are a few pictures from my installed Berks (CBE/HFC) from last May. I hope this helps...

I guess it's not that bad, I'm just OCD a bit and like things straight, flush, etc.

No more OCD than me and I think that they are fine. The distance that they stick out is even, the exhaust tips are parallel to the ground and the tips are concentric with the cutout in the rear bumper.

I can get more photos if you want?

I realize that it's to each his own, but this exhaust, the tips in particular extending from the bumper, do not look ricer-ish. IMO they look racer-ish.

All the best.

You're good, thanks.

I just have this image in my mind that it's really far out (comparatively, it is right now) and my mind is exaggerating it a bit trying to imagine it. :icon17:

passenger side is shorter in that pict. would bug the hell out of me.

It is an optical illusion as I have measured them, and they are the same. I even got a hold of Berk when I bought them and this is what they said when I asked about how far they should stick out past the bumper, "Tip length should be about a fingers/thumb width. If you have one of our older systems they are about 2 fingers width past the bumper". This was from Bryan @ Berk.

:tup:

If it bothers you enough I suggest getting a shop to cut them off, shorten and reattach to your liking. I adjusted my tips so they are tucked in like stock but I have the older slip-fit tips that nobody (but me) liked :icon17:

Below is an old pic of what my older-style tips looked like before I decided to push them in further. As of now they are nearly an inch further in. Maybe you could get a similar slip-fit tip or ask Berk if they have any leftover.

http://www.the370z.com/members/mandi...cut-collar.jpg

I take it that they don't do the slip fits anymore? BTW does anyone know what size the Resonators are on this CBE?

Okay so to be sure, it doesn't say "Berk" on the tips? And without HFC's it's pretty quiet at idle/cruising right? Just got my car 2 weeks ago and went to change my oil and bam, huge X pipe, and the rest of the layout all looks the same. Would it say Berk anywhere else on the exhaust so I can know for sure? Really hoping it's this exhaust cause it would save me $1,400!

I don't remember if my says it anywhere. I will try to look tonight if I have time.

I have been looking for a Berk catback but all of the distributors I've talked says there is no ETA on them. I guess they are selling like hotcakes. I have already installed my Berk HFC and with the K&N Typhoon intake, the car is fun to drive at WOT.

Have u tried getting a hold of Berk directly? This is how I ordered my exhaust from them.

i haven't tried that Bolio. I'll give them a call tomorow. Thanks.

any luck on a berk cbe? this is what i wanted a while back and held off because i thought i might have to trade in my car (had a little boy) and was thinking about going with borla. but i really think i prefer berk.