What did you do with your Z today II

EazyD · 03-18-2012, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I just do not like a car I cannot hear and I think the Stillen sounds good and healthy. As far as the wheel gap, changing it might be a tough sell to Mrs. onzedge.

Onzedge - I have the Stillen on my 370 and I really like it. It doesn't sound like a riced-out car that Kenchan would hate. It has a deep, throaty sound on over rev and a nice resonation on acceleration.

onzedge · 03-18-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by EazyD

Onzedge - I have the Stillen on my 370 and I really like it. It doesn't sound like a riced-out car that Kenchan would hate. It has a deep, throaty sound on over rev and a nice resonation on acceleration.

I have a Berk CBE on my 370 and I love it. I wanted to do a Stillen, but I did not like the tail pipes and they refused to make some slash cuts for me. It is a great exhaust, no doubt, and one is going on our Juke. If I had installed it on the 370, I would have always regretted it -- just due to the tailpipes being all round, square-cut and extending out too far.. It takes just one design attribute of a product to ruin it for me and it was the tailpipes on the Stillen CBE that did it. I know, I need help. I am working on it. It is a process, one day at a time.

DLSTR · 03-18-2012, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I have a Berk CBE on my 370 and I love it. I wanted to do a Stillen, but I did not like the tail pipes and they refused to make some slash cuts for me. It is a great exhaust, no doubt, and one is going on our Juke. If I had installed it on the 370, I would have always regretted it -- just due to the tailpipes being all round, square-cut and extending out too far.. It takes just one design attribute of a product to ruin it for me and it was the tailpipes on the Stillen CBE that did it. I know, I need help. I am working on it. It is a process, one day at a time.

Mr Edge,

How would you describe the sound and experience overall. To me Im the same as you, the tailpipe design on most others is not pleasing. The Berk does catch my eye always.

onzedge · 03-18-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DLSTR

Mr Edge,

How would you describe the sound and experience overall. To me Im the same as you, the tailpipe design on most others is not pleasing. The Berk does catch my eye always.

The Berk is deep, but tame at low RPMs. High RPMs -- it is all business, but not raspy/obnoxious/ricer/fart-can/burpy/annoying/teen-ager/50-dollar-bolt-on/JC Whitney/Pull-me-over sounding. The Berk dramatically improved throttle response and pull up to redline as well. I had a chance to hear it last week when my son took it through its paces after the Koni install. He always winds up through the gears and it sounds great. I don't know how else to put it. It sounds almost as good as my 240Z, almost.

An added bonus is that the Berk has the same aesthetics as stock, so it meets one of my rules about car modifications -- I do not like them to be obvious.

I think I made the right decision on the Berk when I purchased it back in 2010. I spent about 2 months researching cat-backs and there are many good ones out there, but all except the Berk failed me on at least one point including: burnt tips, slip joints, tips too big or not slashed, too flashy, too low to the ground, poor power increase, etc.

Thanks for asking.

onzedge has written

GaleForce · 03-18-2012, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The Berk is deep, but tame at low RPMs. High RPMs -- it is all business, but not raspy/obnoxious/ricer/fart-can/burpy/annoying/teen-ager/50-dollar-bolt-on/JC Whitney/Pull-me-over sounding. The Berk dramatically improved throttle response and pull up to redline as well. I had a chance to hear it last week when my son took it through its paces after the Koni install. He always winds up through the gears and it sounds great. I don't know how else to put it. It sounds almost as good as my 240Z, almost.

An added bonus is that the Berk has the same aesthetics as stock, so it meets one of my rules about car modifications -- I do not like them to be obvious.

I think I made the right decision on the Berk when I purchased it back in 2010. I spent about 2 months researching cat-backs and there are many good ones out there, but all except the Berk failed me on at least one point including: burnt tips, slip joints, tips too big or not slashed, too flashy, too low to the ground, poor power increase, etc.

Thanks for asking.

onzedge has written

all the same reasons why I purchased Berk exhaust. Love the look of the tips, very factory like. As an added bonus, the staff at Berk Technology is top notch! I actually received a hand written thank you card from them! It floored me!

DLSTR · 03-19-2012, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The Berk is deep, but tame at low RPMs. High RPMs -- it is all business, but not raspy/obnoxious/ricer/fart-can/burpy/annoying/teen-ager/50-dollar-bolt-on/JC Whitney/Pull-me-over sounding. The Berk dramatically improved throttle response and pull up to redline as well. I had a chance to hear it last week when my son took it through its paces after the Koni install. He always winds up through the gears and it sounds great. I don't know how else to put it. It sounds almost as good as my 240Z, almost.

An added bonus is that the Berk has the same aesthetics as stock, so it meets one of my rules about car modifications -- I do not like them to be obvious.

I think I made the right decision on the Berk when I purchased it back in 2010. I spent about 2 months researching cat-backs and there are many good ones out there, but all except the Berk failed me on at least one point including: burnt tips, slip joints, tips too big or not slashed, too flashy, too low to the ground, poor power increase, etc.

Thanks for asking.

onzedge has written

Many many thanks for the response. Def sounds like the one for me!

onzedge · 03-19-2012, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DLSTR

Many many thanks for the response. Def sounds like the one for me!

My pleasure --

Fire · 03-19-2012, 08:25 AM

Good Monday guys.

Feeling good this morning, enjoying my mug o'coffee. Oh Happy it was MHL.

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