Agreed. Thanks again Tony!

Motordyne :tup:

Motordyne is awesome! I really can't wait to get my order in!

Tony,

My pipes are "on the truck for delivery" this morning. Plan to install this afternoon. Anything I can do beforehand to diagnose possible issues other than shaking the hell out of it? Compresses air maybe?

Once I get em on I'll post a before and after video comparing these with the Berk HFC, on my ARK exhaust. The Berks after break in are just too loud for my taste and have a real distinct rattle/tingy sound. Hopeful that the ART pipes solve that. I can live with a little hiss.

^I'm interested in this also. Should be getting my ART pipes this week. Would like to try to diagnose for bead rattle before they're on the car.

would really love to hear how these sound with the ARK.

Ditto. Mine sounds exactly like that. Any idea if its both pipes or just one?

Will receive Art pipes sometime next week, and will have them installed I already have an amuse stti set up so it would be nice to hear that combo as well :)

You will in a couple weeks when I order them. :driving:

Couldn't confirm it 100% - the sound traveled way too much. It sounded like driver's side more than anything. I replaced both yesterday, so far it's fine. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it doesn't happen again.

Spoke with Tony yesterday regarding my art pipes, He was initially going to send me some replacement ones this week, but after speaking to him last night it seems that they cut all of the pipes they had to check the beads and they found a few with them so they sent them back to be redone. So I am waiting till july 6th to see if they restock.

I'm ordering tomorrow I think.... It's going to be irritating if beads are in there because I don't have time for my car not to be running. It's my daily.

Titanium Ceramic Coated
 

Hi guys.

On this latest batch there should have been none but one was found to have a few beads in it. So for this latest run, we cut open all 200 of them and found one pipe had 3 beads in it.

So at least now we can officially confirm that they now have zero. We are also using a new ceramic coating. Titanium Ceramic. And it does not require beads to make it. This new ceramic is Titanium based rather than Chrome based. The Titanium ceramic coating has more of a metallic matt finish, better thermal insulating abilities and has a higher temperature limit. It also costs a bit more than the Chrome ceramic but we will keep the same sale price during this introductory period.

All of the ART pipes are now at the ceramic coaters facility being recoated with the Titanium . And no ceramic beads are used in this process!!! :D
Once they come out of the ceramic coaters we will ship them out immediately.

We are also starting another production run right away. The 200 we have here are pretty much sold out as soon as they are finished.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Tony

PS - any one who currently has the Chromex ceramic ART pipes and would like to upgrade it to the Titanium ceramic send me a PM.;)

PM'd :tup:

Nice. Hope to get mine by next Friday.

Is there any real reason for those of us who have chrome-ceramic pipes to upgrade to the titanium-ceramic pipes?

Nope ..

Putting mine on tomorrow. Here's to hoping I don't tear my hair out getting the demon bolts off using the Frankentool.

PB on the bolt when its warm, but not hot.
Use the heat to help with the solvent diffusion but not so hot that it vaporizes or smokes when you spray it on.

Thanks for the advice, Tony. The pipes look amazing. Can't wait to get them on. :D Really hoping there won't be a bead rattle... but taking them off after you get the OEM cats off isn't nearly as bad, so no big deal. :)

btw: waiting on the exhaust, i'll be one of the guys in line for it. ;)

The drivers' side cat bolts... are a nightmare.

To be continued tomorrow morning.

heh my car it was passenger side.

P.S.

Car sounds awesome. Its completely quiet when just cruising on the highway. Driving around normally without giving it a ton of gas has a nice tone / deep sound.

So far so awesome so good.

Can't wait. Have the ebay y-pipe also. Ended up bending the hell out of one of the bolts. Two left- the upper one that you need to move the maf tube to get to and the one toward the outside. Think I'm just going to cut that one off.

Whatever man. Now I know why I was turned down by three shops to have them install it.

Ha.

Not that bad. Remove the strut bar and use a 1/2" socket and extensions and just snap that beotch off. Nice and clean. You're Not using those bolts ever again.

Tony,

I just placed an order on your website for your ART pipes! First name is Ryan.

My Berk HFC just grenaded so.. it was good timing i guess :tup:

I also ordered an invidia gemini exhaust. I realize a few people have had some problems, but the sound and price seems just right.

strut bar, huh? I'll do that. Thanks man. I have all the sockets and extensions- it seems like the steering knuckle keeps getting in the way. I'm sure it'll work out with a little more time and patience.

Yeah, you can either remove the strut bar for easier access or the intakes. The strut bar is easier, of course. But the intakes will provide a more direct path of access.

In case anyone was curious, I have my second set of ART Pipes installed. So far so good. Tony has been nothing but gracious and responsive in sorting everything out, from shipping to reinstalling costs. He is an absolute class act.

I've put about 300 miles on this second set of ART Pipes and so far, so good. There is still the very slightest presence of a metallic tapping noise when the hiss comes around 1500RPM, but it is very faint and hardly noticeable, so I've decided to stick to this set for now, hoping it doesn't get worse with time (thus far, after 300 miles, it hasn't). The great thing is that I've made Tony aware of the slight noise, and he's willing to provide me with another replacement - but I genuinely think this time around it's so insignificant, I don't want to inconvenience him with it unless it becomes an issue.

Again, after 300+ miles, so far so good. The most important thing to know here is that the power increases are phenomenal all throughout the powerband. Low end torque is actually tremendously improved, and you can feel it in the clutch, as well as when you're puttering around at slow speeds in a higher gear. At 1500RPM, I have a much, much smoother pull in 3rd gear than I ever did before - that can only be attributed to the increase in torque. That pull is consistent all throughout, which is important - there doesn't seem to be any flat spots in power.

Highway passing, where as going 70MPH would often require a down shift into 5th, I find myself having plenty of extra grunt to briskly make a pass in 6th now. Is it as brisk as it would've been in 5th? Not quite - it's somewhere in between. Though that's the point, the powerband has expanded, it has become more usable in all gears. Get the car going 75-80MPH in 6th, and goose the throttle, you will feel a nice kick in power as you quickly crest to 100MPH.

And that's me talking about every day usable power. If the ART Pipes made such a difference in how the car behaves with day-to-day regular driving, imagine the punch in the face it gives you when you've got the throttle pegged in 1st, blasting into 2nd, then into 3rd. Yeah, I suggest turning off the traction because you'll go nowhere with the added power. The car hardly broke traction in stock form with the tires sticky from the heat. Sure, the slip light would flash, but you never felt it pull much power at all. But now, with the ART Pipes + Invidia, the wheels lose traction effortlessly and the VDC starts holding it back a lot. Flick that little nanny off, though, and you'll get brilliant acceleration that hurls you forward like the stock car never could.

Plus the sound the ART Pipes make are true MotorDyne boomy goodness. Aggressive, but not obnoxious, and when paired with a decent exhaust really sets the note off. At idle, at cruising, and at around town driving there is no drone or any head throbbing tones - which scores massive victory points for me. Everybody in my circle of friends that has test pipes all have tons of rasp, hiss, buzz, and drone. The ART Pipes have hardly any hiss on decel with the Invidia. There is no buzzing. There is no drone. There is a slight rasp at higher RPMs, but with a straight pipe, there is simply no avoiding that - and at least it isn't that amplified with the ART Pipes.

The ART Pipes may come at a price, but you're definitely getting your money's worth. You get the best power increase and feel. You have the low-end torque, you have the flexible power all through the powerband (low, mid, and high), and you've got the superb high-end punch. You've got the superb tone, without the annoying tonal drawbacks associated with test pipes such as tons of hiss, rasp, drone, and buzz. Furthermore, and perhaps most importantly, you have the 1-on-1 customer service provided directly by Tony, and his customer service is simply unmatched. No vendor on this forum will go through the lengths he does to make his customers happy, and that's why I will keep on supporting his products.

Right on Nitex,

We will get it sent out as soon as they come out of the ceramic coaters facility.:tup::tup:

Thank you for the review Arnold!

Motordyne plans on staying in 370Z market and making the best parts. Much more will be developed in time and it will be fun. :)

Tony

Fantastic, Thanks for the very fast reply! Not to be pushy but my car is dead in the water at the dealer. Any sort of estimated ECD?

Edit* i just read that all 200 are sold! hah i was super tired last night reading this thread.. Guess i missed that part.

They aren't completely sold just yet but at this rate we need to start another production run right away. ;)

Thats great news for both of us! Thanks again for the speedy reply. I can see why everyone has been satisfied with the cust. service! Look forward to the pipes :tup:

Just ordered a set to replace my Berk HFC's. Can't wait.

Good chance they will ship out by Thursday?

Anyone know if these would cause to much back pressure for FI application? SC or TT..

will be fine for both.

I put my art test pipes on this past friday and all i have to say is worth every penny. I have it matched up with the cnt cbe and it sounds great. No drone and only at rare times do i hear rasp. And even at those times its quick and very faint. I had the cnt resinated test pipes on before that and the rasp was more then i could deal with. Not putting down cnt's test pipes. Great build quality at a good price. The rasp is just not my thing.

ART Pipes are great but I woulnd't use them for FI personally as they will definitely not breath enough. I'd go with a 3" or bigger test pipe.

ART pipes ordered. Now just have to find an installer.

supercharger the 2.5" is perfect.

for FI the 2.5 will work fine. 3" dual would be ideal though. But ive seen setups with 2.5" make alot of power.