^Do you even know what Catalytic Converters do??

Test Pipes replace your stock CATs. Zero Emission filtration.

 

I should change my sign in name to" high all the time"
cause the fumes ........"My god " Lord have mercy , I'm creating the "gas house effect "
I'm going to Hell!

 

Wow. I have driven for a long time with test pipes and ART pipes and I don't really notice it. On the rare occasion that I do, I don't even give a second thought to it.
Its nothing more than a subliminal recognition.

Different people = different impressions.

About the only time it became objectionable to me was on another guys 350 twin turbo Z at the race track. It was a dedicated race car. I think he was running a A/F around 10.0 with tons of black soot blasting out the rear of his exhaust. He had regular test pipes. ...And his carbon fiber rear hatch couldn't fully close. The rear hatch had a wide open gap where the exhaust fumes were rapidly flowing into the car as we were driving on the road course. We were totally sucking in the heavy, raw, turbo fumes. (Nasty black fumes for 30 minutes.) For me, that was one occasion where it actually disgusted me.

Otherwise, on a well tuned NA DE engine (with test or ART pipes)... I rarely notice it. When I do, I just recognize it as ...insignificant.

 

For those of you complaining about the fumes: I'm assuming all of you came from either HFC or stock cats? I doubt its any different from other test pipes unless some of you previously had test pipes and are experiencing something different.

 

The June issue of Import Tuner tries to laugh these off but the pipes ended up showing big gains. Tony even makes an appearance!

 

here it is..

http://www.importtuner.com/tech/impp...ion/index.html


now.. i was reading about the intake in the first test car.. they had a cone filter and a shorter tube.. my question to tony... in the second test car.. was there just a stock airbox/intake.. ???/..

 

This is my first time having any sort of test pipes.
After about 2 weeks with them on I def do not notice the smell as much.
In the begining I felt like the fumes were all in the cabin even with windows up
but now I only notice them when I get out or if windows down at a light.
(btw I might have a leak due to installation where Headers and ART meet)

but I still ordered the CAT XYZ accessory last week and still waiting for that to arrive.

 

Very cool article. Now I want these even more...LOL.

 

I told you Jayk! Lol.

Congrats on the article Tony, makes me even more proud that i have the shockwave v2/ art pipes setup!

 

after reading the article, have u ever thought of getting rid of your furookie intake and running the stock airbox.?. have u spoken to tony about it.,.? he states that certain short intake tubes and filters screw with the MAF sensor.. maybe not yours but i wonder...


alf

 

Oh i'm pretty certain that my intake is hurting my power, lol. I got it because I plan to go with the whole polished engine bay look eventually, and its a good looking intake. Though I am getting more focused on power over looks now (installing an mrev2 soon), so i'm gonna start looking into an alternative intake setup that will help with performance, and hopefully make it look good. Some thing like OCG35's setup.

I'm meeting up with Tony tomorrow, so I'll ask him about it..

 

For those that haven't read the article on the intake in the latest Import Tuner.

http://my350z.com/forum/intake-exhau...ort-tuner.html

Personally, the fumes to me is not a problem at all. I might be one of the few but I actually like the smell. It reminds me of the F1 race track. Definitely doesn't make me high or anything.

 

Oh cool. Ask him cuz I'm curious..

 

that would be coolif cops say the same you did but unfortunately they will pull you over for the smell and a ref ticket to show your girl to me they arent worth the Ref ticket. i'll stick to Berk high flow cats ,unless they have a way to remove the smell of those pipes but it might be hard.

 

The way I see it, cops can already stop me for other illegal things on my car (loud exhaust, dark tint, no front plate). What's one more thing to the list? Lol. And to me, the fumes are well worth the performance you get from these pipes. You just always have to try to avoid being directly infront of a cop.