Berk Technology Cat-Back Coming Soon!

M.Bonanni · 07-13-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by B1nks

So you're gonna wait until it's 50 degrees again ? Even though you dyno'd lower today the gains will still be the same. I definitely would take the intakes off but the wheels shouldn't really matter much. Tomorrow you should just go ahead and dyno the BERK exhaust with stock intakes. Why don't you do both tomorrow ? If nothing else you should use the rest of the day to install the exhausts and make videos of the sound of the exhaust ! I wanna hear the damn BERK exhausts and make a decision as well as a lot of other people I'm sure. If nothing else it's something to hold us over until we get the rest of the test results that apparently is going to be spread out over this week which isn't a REAL dyno comparison because it lets more variables happen when you don't do the dynos back to back. right ?

No no no, I am not going to wait until its cooler at all. I want to get a good baseline dyno in this heat though with the stock exhaust so we can get actual gains instead of the one I have which shows torque spikes over 500whp which obviously isn't right. Unfortunately I don't have my own dyno so I am at the mercy of the shop I go to's schedule, but the dynos most likely wont be more than a day apart. I personally think its better not to do it back to back anyway, although some would argue against me. I think the ECU on this car needs a little bit of driving around to learn the new mods. Plus the weather here in Vegas is consistent. Dry and anywhere between 108 and 111 degrees all this week.

I know people are anxious to hear it, but I am not going to install and un-install it just to get a quick video put up a day earlier than I am going to anyway. Sorry if that pisses anyone off.

B1nks · 07-13-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DDMotorsports

No no no, I am not going to wait until its cooler at all. I want to get a good baseline dyno in this heat though with the stock exhaust so we can get actual gains instead of the one I have which shows torque spikes over 500whp which obviously isn't right. Unfortunately I don't have my own dyno so I am at the mercy of the shop I go to's schedule, but the dynos most likely wont be more than a day apart. I personally think its better not to do it back to back anyway, although some would argue against me. I think the ECU on this car needs a little bit of driving around to learn the new mods. Plus the weather here in Vegas is consistent. Dry and anywhere between 108 and 111 degrees all this week.

I know people are anxious to hear it, but I am not going to install and un-install it just to get a quick video put up a day earlier than I am going to anyway. Sorry if that pisses anyone off.

Killin me smallz..

Minicobra1 · 07-13-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DDMotorsports

No no no, I am not going to wait until its cooler at all. I want to get a good baseline dyno in this heat though with the stock exhaust so we can get actual gains instead of the one I have which shows torque spikes over 500whp which obviously isn't right. Unfortunately I don't have my own dyno so I am at the mercy of the shop I go to's schedule, but the dynos most likely wont be more than a day apart. I personally think its better not to do it back to back anyway, although some would argue against me. I think the ECU on this car needs a little bit of driving around to learn the new mods. Plus the weather here in Vegas is consistent. Dry and anywhere between 108 and 111 degrees all this week.

I know people are anxious to hear it, but I am not going to install and un-install it just to get a quick video put up a day earlier than I am going to anyway. Sorry if that pisses anyone off.

Mike,
I think Bryan might have a clip of the exhaust with x-pipe, at Idle and revving, maybe you can get him to post it up before things get ugly, LOL

IMO a lot of people on here (not all) are more interested in the sound/tone of the exhaust. On a daily driver, a good part of the driving enjoyment is the tone of the exhaust and engine. Most aftermarket exhaust are going to be pretty close in added hp numbers, somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-10hp. Me personally, I would sacrifice 5hp less for a better sounding exhaust. Of course if it was like 20hp difference, then maybe I would re-consider. but I don't think that will be the case. If there were 3 exhaust systems with only a 5hp difference in power, I would think people would tend to go with the one that sounds most pleasing to them.

Philipp · 07-13-2009, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Minicobra1

Mike,
I think Bryan might have a clip of the exhaust with x-pipe, at Idle and revving, maybe you can get him to post it up before things get ugly, LOL

IMO a lot of people on here (not all) are more interested in the sound/tone of the exhaust. On a daily driver, a good part of the driving enjoyment is the tone of the exhaust and engine. Most aftermarket exhaust are going to be pretty close in added hp numbers, somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-10hp. Me personally, I would sacrifice 5hp less for a better sounding exhaust. Of course if it was like 20hp difference, then maybe I would re-consider. but I don't think that will be the case. If there were 3 exhaust systems with only a 5hp difference in power, I would think people would tend to go with the one that sounds most pleasing to them.

+1 for Minicobra

B1nks · 07-13-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipp

+1 for Minicobra

+2

CCCLXXZ · 07-13-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by B1nks

+2

+3 Which is why I bought an exhaust for my 370z without any dyno numbers, y'all will see pics and video and dyno info as soon as I get it in... Think japanese jewelry!

Nick

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