I went with Berk HFC and burned them out in less then two years, went to ART pipes and haven't looked back . They really aren't any louder then my HFC were just a deeper sound and they WONT burn out.

Run resonated test pipes. FI sells them.

Vote for Art Pipes. Definitely quieter. Quality workmanship.

I swapped my Berk Cats out for the ART pipes and to me they sounded identical.

If you want to keep things tame then use a Nismo exhaust with the ARTS. It will not be any louder than your current setup and you will still have really good flow.

Like redondoaveb mentioned - FI sells exhausts with mil-spec cats farther downstream. Alternatively, you can just buy mil-spec cats and have any 'jim-bob's mufflers and handyjay's' type of shop weld them in for you. There are definitely cats out there that an handle the boosted environment, just none off-the-shelf for our cars since <1% of hobbyists would want them.

Turbos are actually very effective mufflers as it turns out. My car ended up a lot more quiet than I thought it would be... though I am running the Invidia cat-back which I believe is on the quieter end as well.

Ok, thanks guys for talking me off the ledge... I’ll have to do some more research, but at least I have options.

A really, REALLY stupid question.... I see a lot of guys that don’t run their SC’d cars with the threat of rain.

Is this because of traction issues or because of water getting sucked up by the SC?

I got caught in pouring rain with the turbo guard screen on and was really concerned. When I got home I popped the hood and there was no water on the core support near the blower. Blower was completely dry.

@topgunz

Do you know off the top of your head if Z1 has ever installed one these kits? Any problems? I’m having second thoughts due to their Uprev tuning as opposed to Ecutech.

While they are relatively local, they're not exactly around the corner. It looks like it takes a couple of flashes to get the tune right, and I really don’t have the time (nor ambition) to drive 90 minutes (both ways) if 5hit is going to go south.

I’m not down on them, they did a great job for me, but I’m a little skittish about stuff I know nothing about.

Ok, so water is a concern? Only asking because it’s my DD, and gets wet. My days of waiting under overpasses for storms to pass were over when I sold my last Harley. 🤪

It was a concern since it was the only time I got caught in the rain and didn't know if water could reach the sc. Once I saw that water got nowhere near the sc, it's not a concern anymore.

Brah, I'll say this once and once only.
My stupid *** decided to (as soon as I got the Stillen SC in my car back when I had the red Z before any other mods was done to it)... I took that thing for a spin and dare I say ...

I went as crazy as going 140 MPH in the rain on the highway coming from an on ramp entering the freeway around 10 PM at night. I'll never forget that night. The tires slipped as soon as I gassed it and surprisingly caught traction the entire rest of the way -- and mind you the rain was pouring hard that night.

Long story short -- Supercharger was dry (:

Will I ever attempt that crazy feat again? HAIL NAWH!
Do I feel good about surviving it and was I lucky? HAIL YEAH!

Yeah that was stupid

Thanks xD

And then there was the time I got “air” in my 1976 pinto with four of us in it.

One being my future wife. She still won’t let me live it down.

I wouldnt worry about rain. Has anyone seen the BP kit??? That filter sits under the car and there have never been any issues. I had that kit and I ran it in the rain. Guys purposely inject water into their intake systems to cool the intake charge. Do not fear the rain.

Now traction in the rain is a completely different story. I had Toyo R888's and I went into a complete hydroplane going 55 mph. Dont drive like an idiot and idiotic things wont happen.