hey guys i have a g35 coupe, mainly stock. changed the y-pipe to megan and currently running stock exhaust however can get ahold for cheap the BERK non resonated test pipes. would it sound good with the test pipes with stock exhuast or best to keep running stock cats for now
thank you, opinions would be awesome!

 

Rasppppp with the stock exhaust. My buddy has non resonated berks on his z and its pretty bad. Stock catback also

 

Berk Test Pipes are known to be insanely raspy with the stock exhaust, and in general, but worst with stock. From what I've read, if you want to run test pipes on the stock exhaust, Megan and ART Pipes have shown to produce no rasp, or rather the least amount by far.

 

so you guys wouldnt run that then? is the rasp that bad? lol

 

Yea. It's that bad...people who have had them say to never buy them with the stock exhaust.

Take it from this guy, his vid, and his no-recommendation in the info box. lol


Not to mention, Berks throw the CEL light. If you hate seeing that all the time, you might want to reconsider. ART Pipes don't through a CEL or any light for that matter, and little to no rasp. Granted, they are 3x as expensive, roughly $600.

 

word! dang i was getting excited to get these on lol

 

New Berks don't throw CEL with the extended O2 bung.

I cant speak for test pipes so much, but the HFC do rasp a lot with stock exhaust, and still rasp a with aftermarket but how much depends on the exhaust. I have Berks HFC and the only reason I haven't swapped with ART is I want to see how it sounds with the new exhaust this spring.

Test pipes will be louder, and you will get more smell from the exhaust. ART pipes are choice for test pipes if thats what you really want to do. Also keep in mind if you have emissions you wont pass with test pipes.

 

My buddy had berk non resonated test pipes with his borla exhaust.. it sounded terrible... absolutely terrible.

 

Definitely don't recommend the Megan tps either. Not horrible but they are annoying and started to rattle from the resonator coming apart from what I can tell. Ready to throw mine in the trash when my Random Technology HFCs come in.