Dyno your Z before and after the stickers... :bowrofl:

First impression: Is it strange that my exhaust sounds quieter now that I have the K&N drop-ins in place? I think I must be going crazy. Anybody have a similar experience?

Ha? :icon17:

Hey guys,

Just walked in the door! Guess what came in?? PWJDM V2 Shiftknob! Wooooooo

Curious to ask you guys... How many o rings is it supposed to come with? There's only 1...

ARK exhaust installed today! Had it installed professionally. The packaging was excellent. Fitment was a little rough. Overall, VERY satisfied. It sounds and looks awesome.

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...34073223_n.jpg

Congrats! Looks good!

Thanks! :tiphat:

Do you have aftermarket cats? Or just going to keep the cats stock?

Stock cats. I've heard that some aftermarket cats don't play nice with certain exhausts. Annoying noises and stuff.

Mantella - That Ark system looks sweet! :)

I got two, but only because I asked for two. That was back when they just released the knob. I'm sure one will do the job. :tup:

I'm crazy right? I think I'm going to put my stock intake media back on tomorrow to test the theory.

Re-did my drivers side ART pipe since I had an exhaust leak the first time I tried to install them. This time it worked out. After getting the car back up and running I went for a test drive and then a wash. The sound with the ART pipes on the stock exhuast is pretty cool. Can't wait until I finally pull the trigger on an exhaust and complete the setup. The biggest difference in exhaust sound that I noticed was on the downshifts. The trottle blips sound bad a$$ now. I sure it gave some good HP gains as well but not as much as normal due to still having the stock exhuast. The last thing on todays to do list for the Z is to place my the370Z.com stickers.:happydance:

Hey happy, is it possible to get the shift pattern correct without having to use the loctite?

Yup, that's exactly where mine cinched down to! :)


This is really interesting.... So the only difference you can hear are the downshift blips?

No I can hear a difference any time I am on the throttle heavy but most noticable to me was the downshift throttle blips. The noise from them is totally different than it was with the stock cats.