I've searched the crap out of this, but i can't really find anything to answer my questions.

I got my Ark exhaust and put it on with my Berk HFC, and they rasp pretty badly. I'm selling the berks and i now have ART pipes. They'll be put on monday, but i've still been reading that there is still rasp with them.

Is there ANYTHING that will take away 100% of my rasp with my ark? my invidia true dual with my berks didn't have any rasp at all. I don't really mind a little rasp.. but if i can do something to eliminate it, i will.

Also, I paid 1000$+ for my exhaust, why does it still have stupid extensions? -_-. I realize it's to maximize profits.. but meh.

 

sell it take the loss. and invest in a nice new tdx2

 

i heard that the berks have less rasp than ART pipes cause the berks have cats and ARTs dont. i got the art + tdxv2 set up and definitely got some rasp.

 

so there's rasp even with the motor dyne tdxv2 + art pipes?

 

ive never heard that before. he must be the first.

 

yessir, i got me some rasp. not much but its there. had the exhaust for about 5k miles so should be broken in by now..

 

what other mods do you have notes? do you have a tune?

 

yea thats the thing though, no tune yet. i got the plenum spacer and stock filter for now. im hoping the tune will eliminate the rasp that it has.

 

would a tune help with the rasp of the ark and art?

In what way is that supposed to eliminate the rasp?

I really like my Ark, and i want to give it a chance, i just want to see if there's a way to eliminate it.

 

trust me, ark has nothing on the tdx2. youll never go back lol.

 

aa2033, question if you had a true dual exhaust and hfcs that sounded good without rasp why would you want to invest your $$ in something else? The best tune in the world isn't going to remove the rasp, in fact it may get worse... Hope the ART pipes remove some of the rasp!
Gary

 

it seems to be a battle between the ark and the tdx2. its funny lol

 

both are good i just prefer the tdx. so is having rasp with the tdx and art set up unusual? should i contact tony about it? ive mentioned it to him before but he told me to wait for it to fully break in, which he said should take about 1500-3k miles.

 

the invidia droned a lot, i do a lot of highway driving, and even at highway speeds the invidia would be loud, it was driving me crazy. the ark is really quiet at highway speed, i also like the look of the mufflers of the ark over the invidia. a friend of mine is buying my invidia, so i didn't lose too much.

 

did you tighten everything back up after you drove it around a bit? bolts tend to rattle loose from the vibration a small exhaust leak could cause some rasp.