**HELP** Can't make up my mind, BERK or F.I.

BOLIO 671

When did you place your order? I ordered by CBE and HFC's from BERK on the first part of March..Was told ETA 4-6 weeks...April came, then was told May..May is now here and when I followed up with them this week, as you can guess...ETA for shipment is now first part to mid June..

I heard that there were some guys that placed an order with Berks since February and still haven't received their exhaust....I was really when I frist ordered my exhaust, but after the delays I'm kinda just like AND ......I just really hope that its what everyone says it is and that it is worth the wait...

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wolf370z

Honestly I came upon this thread hoping for someone to mention the difference in power. The berk exhaust + berk hfc combo is heavier than FI exhaust and FI hfc, but doesn't the berk combo make more power? Or do you lose some in the mid range and gain top end? And from what I remember doesn't the FI combo give you more power over the entire RPM band but won't have as much top end as the berk combo?

That's the comparison I'm really interested in and since the OP is missing I might as well put my question in here to cut down on useless threads. And yes, I've done my research but I cannot find consistent data.

CrownR426

^^ The F.I. CBE + Berk HFC combo is sick!

BOLIO 671

From what I know the Berks HFC/CBE combo is suppossed to put out 36WHP...It is heavier than the FI and Stillen....In regards to consistency on numbers, you're not gonna find it, unless you get all the cars with different parts to do Dynos at the same time and place...but even at that you won't get 100% consistency, being that every car responds differently in a sense due to the way the owners drive it...I know for sure that power gains done from Dynos won't be consistent with the numbers I will produce here on Guam only because of temp, altitude (sea level) and weather conditions overall being different from the States. The way I see it, the Dyno numbers are subjective, and are just a basis for you to go by....Hope that helps

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terbo

Don't tell me how long you've been waiting, that's not helping :P It's only been two weeks so far Sounds like Berk needs to hire a couple extra people to get their exhausts made faster.

BOLIO 671

The problem is not their personnel...From what was explained to me by Bryan at Berk earlier this week is that Berk is waiting for their supplier to ship in the materials/parts for them to make the CBE's....They haven't received confirmation from their supplier yet, but anticiapte that they would receive it sometime in the last part of May to first part of June...Once Berks receives the parts/materials for the CBE from their supplier, then Berks would need to hold on to the exhaust for another 2 weeks to finalize everything and get the tips fitted and done....This is why (for those of us who have been inquiring as to an update or status of the CBE's,) we have been told that Berk would give us a 2 week notice before ship out date...Once they give us a two week notice, then you can pretty much be assured that they have the materials/parts on hand for the exhausts.....

If you look back at the first batch that received their exhausts in March (Berks GB#1 Thread), you will see that this is the same trend from before...As a matter of fact I recall seeing a remark in one of the threads that it was extended even longer because once the materials/parts actually arrived in Cali, it had to be cleared by Customs...so this held Berk back a couple of days from expediting their shipments...

I figured that Berk would have had all of these issues down pact, being that the first Group Buy was the initial launch of their system, however I guess there were still some trial and error issues that followed, such as the packaging from the first group...From what I was told this is what delayed the progress on those of us who ordered after the first batch of people....Because alignment issues were brought up, the production of our exhausts was stopped unitl they identified the issue...Once they figured that it was the packaging, they continued with the production of the systems...


If Berk has anything that then need to improve on, I would say its communicating with their clientel...From what I have experienced and heard from other customers, we are the ones calling for updates and keeping each other posted...Don't get me wrong...overall I know that I will love the product, but if they communicated more with their customers and kept them more updated, then that would calm a lot of us down...I may be blunt, but I'm just being real!!!!!

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terbo

Not only improving communications, but also sounds like they need to find a new supplier. If my supplier couldn't keep up with demand, I sure as hell wouldn't keep them around for long. Maybe find one stateside. It might cost more, but I would gladly pay a bit more in order to receive my exhaust months sooner.

BOLIO 671

Touche'...You hit it right on the nail...I was just thinking of this....They obviously had this problem with the first batch of systems that were done...If this was the case, they should have not gone with the same supplier unless they could meet the demand that is expected....If not then as you said toss that supplier out the door with a and get with one that may cost more but provide better and faster production...I honestly would have paid more for the product to be delivered as promised, instead of paying less and having to play the waiting and guessing game...

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