Test pipe exhaust smell after tune

theART · 07-07-2018, 12:05 AM

I've been running ART pipes on my Z and the exhaust makes a horrid fuel smell.

Anyone noticed exhaust smell improvement after a tune? I figure if the tune leans out AFR, maybe it won't stink as much during

NorthStyle · 07-07-2018, 05:20 AM

Yeah... even with a tune the smell doesn't change. The only way to get rid of the smell is to go back to a pipe with some form of catalytic converter.

ANMVQ · 07-09-2018, 07:22 AM

Mine has that smell and I have HFC's( After tune).

theART · 12-12-2018, 02:55 PM

Update, smell no longer an issue, got used it plus after driving with ART pipes for a while it got better. However low end torque loss is noticeable, so will be tuning it this winter.

07-07-2018, 12:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
theART Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: BC Posts: 165 Drives: To Drive Rep Power: 7823	Test pipe exhaust smell after tune I've been running ART pipes on my Z and the exhaust makes a horrid fuel smell. Anyone noticed exhaust smell improvement after a tune? I figure if the tune leans out AFR, maybe it won't stink as much during Last edited by theART; 07-07-2018 at 01:53 AM.

07-07-2018, 05:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
NorthStyle A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Deutschland + SC/FL USA Posts: 1,309 Drives: 2011 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 24278	Yeah... even with a tune the smell doesn't change. The only way to get rid of the smell is to go back to a pipe with some form of catalytic converter. Chuck33079 and ColtronZ like this.

07-09-2018, 07:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
ANMVQ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Framingham MA Posts: 2,732 Drives: 2014 Q50 AWD Rep Power: 20	Mine has that smell and I have HFC's( After tune). __________________ 14 Q50 AWD, ARK, ECUTEK (SEB), Takda,

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12-12-2018, 02:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
theART Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: BC Posts: 165 Drives: To Drive Rep Power: 7823	Update, smell no longer an issue, got used it plus after driving with ART pipes for a while it got better. However low end torque loss is noticeable, so will be tuning it this winter.