Birdman, Nynhex - thanks for the kind words!

Strange how in my original post, I said the plans were mild. I never expected this much success, thanks all.

Ryan - this is an NA thread sir :D I'm so jealous of the single turbo setup, you know where you stand in my book :tup:

"This is an NA conversation, so FI your way out of it"

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I'm lucky to still have my boost fix on my other car, otherwise I'd be really in debt lol

Oh and for the meantime...I got some Motordyne lovin waiting for me

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Deals on these were too good to pass up. Thanks to TBSS2008 and Kastley for these parts :tup:

^^ :drool::drool::drool:

cant wait for my tax return check to come in!!

lol I cant wait to install these!

I've been wanting to hear the ART/M370/Fast Intentions combo.

Ive been debating swapping out my ERZ cats for the ART pipes, very interested in hearing how it sounds.

Nice. I bet it's going to sound sweet. :D

I have vids of the current setup. I'll be sure to get a flyby vid for the complete setup also.

ART pipes were the first to be installed. The install took about 2 hours on a lift - 1 demon bolt snapped, the other came out fine. Another cat bolt seized on the opposite end and had to be cut off, I'm just glad those bolts are out and over with. We tried to hammer out the broken stud from the stock cat, and it bent the entire flange...what a POS.

I do need to order another gasket set as I do have an exhaust leak.

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Thoughts:
Quality/Fitment - I had high expectations for the price and they were all met. Perfect fit, awesome quality even as it was a used product.

Sound @ idle
Warm start up and warm idle is hardly any louder, if not, the same as before.
Cold start is louder. Sound more full and deep. Fumes are there since these are test pipes, but it is not unbearable. I like it :) I did the ECU reset, so it may take time to adjust.

Sound while driving - love it. FI CBE w/ 18" resonators left me wanting a little more. Its a great sound, just tame. With the ART pipes, this sound perfect to me. Throaty, aggressive, but still smooth and not crazy loud.

Hiss - the VQ hiss is present around 1800-2200, mostly on decel. I can hear my exhaust leak though, so I'll revisit this subject after the gasket is replaced. I cant tell if there is rasp, but I'll get a flyby video, similar to my other once for comparison.

Feel - Gain in low end power for sure. Of course I'm throttle happy right now, but the low end feels great. After a few pulls through the gears, I definitely feel a gain in power all over the rev range. Wish I had a dyno to verify, but for now as long as my butt-dyno and wallet agree, I'm happy.

Vid's in a week or two. Motordyne M370 to follow after that.

Nice man. Loving my ART pipes too.

So jealous of the Art pipes, you should see a very nice bump in torque between the Art pipes and the M370. I love the idea of the M370 but am put off by the inconsistent gains/losses, it'll be interesting to see what your results are with tuning!

Your car is coming along VERY nicely, sir. Mont. Blue FTW! Wish I had more patience to wait for the ART pipes, but went with the FI RTP's instead. Either way, I'm happy with the route I went. :)

Thanks for the kind words. After these mod's, I'm doing an oil cooler and calling it quits for motor stuff.

The gains feel great, I want to see how the manifold feels too. I got such a great deal on the M370 and AP, I couldn't resist.

Very nice. How in the hell do you get away with 20% tint when inspection time comes around?