Definitely. The catalytic converters are the biggest source of lost power in your exhaust. Whenever you remove the resistance they produce, you'll gain a great deal of torque and horsepower - and moreso w/ the ART Pipes than with typical straight/test pipes.
so this video showed us the gains from your car when you ONLY put the ART test pipes on the car? or did you put others on there as well as the ART pipes?
Correct. The only change made was the replacement of the Stillen HFCs that were on already on with the ART Pipes. No re-tune, no additional parts or swapping out of any other components.
Yeah, it really should be - I think something was going wrong with my car at the time. As it turns out I was at least having an oil consumption problem for a while there and subsequently just had the short block replaced a month ago. I might get the car re-tuned/dyno'd with my latest setup sometime soon. We'll see.
@oNAGAo yeah i had mine replaced last summer. i'm interested to see what numbers you get, because i'm on my way to a similar setup. a subscription might be in order!
Did you take the Stillen headers off? I am running berk HFCs and Headers on my VQ35 and was going to ART pipes. I might put my stock headers back on if the results show more hp with stock. I was running FI TPs also but there was too much rasp.
Actually, yeah. In fact, I just posted a video of the new setup without the Stillen headers. You should definitely check it out. As far as getting more hp, the ART Pipes may provide greater delta gains with the stock manifolds, but unless you're losing horsepower with your headers or hate the sound, you would probably be better off keeping them on - especially considering the work involved in their removal.
Haha what a coincidence. I live just north of Humble. Your Z sounds nice. Keep up the good work! Did you keep the ART pipes or was it just for dyno purposes? If so, how are you liking them?
Thanks, man. I definitely kept the ART Pipes. Someone would have to fight me to take them off :)
I'm loving them. However, I'm not really loving the Stillen headers, so those might come off next week. If they do, I'll post some before/after dyno's and video clips. I imagine it will sound much, much cleaner.
@oNAGAo im thinking of getting a set.r they loud because i already have the hks exhaust and headers.i also feel like i lost alittle torque after i got my headers on
Actually, they're no louder than your typical HFCs. HUGE difference from the sound of test pipes, which make it very loud and have a tendency to give you the raspy sound that a lot of people don't like.
I've actually seen some dyno charts that show headers dropping power early on and gaining it in the top end. The great part about these things is that they give you a huge boost early on and a really great gain throughout the rest of it on top of that.
@oNAGAo yes that was a big help,and i thank you for responding.i have another question.hows your back pressure.i had some megan hfc before and i had lost back pressure.true my top end picked up very well,but i had lost some bottom end.whats your opinion on that?
Honestly, I don't think the back pressure concerns that a lot of people have are all they're cracked up to be unless you're going FI (turbos require a degree of back pressure to be effective). What I do know for certain is that I gained power throughout - I mean, I did move on to the Motordyne TDX exhaust, but I haven't had any sort of power loss issues related to back pressure. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it - especially with ART Pipes.
will adding the art pipes to the stock exhaust increase the torque?
heresteven 2 months ago
@heresteven
Definitely. The catalytic converters are the biggest source of lost power in your exhaust. Whenever you remove the resistance they produce, you'll gain a great deal of torque and horsepower - and moreso w/ the ART Pipes than with typical straight/test pipes.
oNAGAo 2 months ago
so this video showed us the gains from your car when you ONLY put the ART test pipes on the car? or did you put others on there as well as the ART pipes?
itsmemiiiiike 4 months ago
@itsmemiiiiike
Correct. The only change made was the replacement of the Stillen HFCs that were on already on with the ART Pipes. No re-tune, no additional parts or swapping out of any other components.
oNAGAo 4 months ago
your numbers should be higher than that, shouldn't they? a full bolt-on revup should reach about 280whp+
keeepitpg 1 year ago
@keeepitpg
Yeah, it really should be - I think something was going wrong with my car at the time. As it turns out I was at least having an oil consumption problem for a while there and subsequently just had the short block replaced a month ago. I might get the car re-tuned/dyno'd with my latest setup sometime soon. We'll see.
oNAGAo 1 year ago
@oNAGAo yeah i had mine replaced last summer. i'm interested to see what numbers you get, because i'm on my way to a similar setup. a subscription might be in order!
keeepitpg 1 year ago
@keeepitpg
Haha, nice!
oNAGAo 1 year ago
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yourmotherrules 1 year ago
Did you take the Stillen headers off? I am running berk HFCs and Headers on my VQ35 and was going to ART pipes. I might put my stock headers back on if the results show more hp with stock. I was running FI TPs also but there was too much rasp.
1Keviton1 1 year ago
@1Keviton1
Actually, yeah. In fact, I just posted a video of the new setup without the Stillen headers. You should definitely check it out. As far as getting more hp, the ART Pipes may provide greater delta gains with the stock manifolds, but unless you're losing horsepower with your headers or hate the sound, you would probably be better off keeping them on - especially considering the work involved in their removal.
(You should post some videos of your car, too!)
oNAGAo 1 year ago
Haha what a coincidence. I live just north of Humble. Your Z sounds nice. Keep up the good work! Did you keep the ART pipes or was it just for dyno purposes? If so, how are you liking them?
footballmania132 1 year ago
@footballmania132
Thanks, man. I definitely kept the ART Pipes. Someone would have to fight me to take them off :)
I'm loving them. However, I'm not really loving the Stillen headers, so those might come off next week. If they do, I'll post some before/after dyno's and video clips. I imagine it will sound much, much cleaner.
oNAGAo 1 year ago
@oNAGAo im thinking of getting a set.r they loud because i already have the hks exhaust and headers.i also feel like i lost alittle torque after i got my headers on
nitrorc75 1 year ago
@nitrorc75
Actually, they're no louder than your typical HFCs. HUGE difference from the sound of test pipes, which make it very loud and have a tendency to give you the raspy sound that a lot of people don't like.
I've actually seen some dyno charts that show headers dropping power early on and gaining it in the top end. The great part about these things is that they give you a huge boost early on and a really great gain throughout the rest of it on top of that.
Hope that helps.
oNAGAo 1 year ago
@oNAGAo yes that was a big help,and i thank you for responding.i have another question.hows your back pressure.i had some megan hfc before and i had lost back pressure.true my top end picked up very well,but i had lost some bottom end.whats your opinion on that?
nitrorc75 1 year ago
@nitrorc75
Honestly, I don't think the back pressure concerns that a lot of people have are all they're cracked up to be unless you're going FI (turbos require a degree of back pressure to be effective). What I do know for certain is that I gained power throughout - I mean, I did move on to the Motordyne TDX exhaust, but I haven't had any sort of power loss issues related to back pressure. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it - especially with ART Pipes.
oNAGAo 1 year ago
Humbles texas??
footballmania132 2 years ago
@footballmania132
No, it's a place called Humble Performance here in Tulsa, OK. Though I've lived in Humble, TX, for what it's worth.
oNAGAo 2 years ago