Im located in nyc and have been in contact with tony@motordyne to try this product on g37x sedan. We will see what he says... Kinda excited about how he asked me if i want to try. Hopefully i can get this on my car then uprev tune

 

where is the video at???

 

***UPDATE on the ART pipe for AWD***

Tony@MotorDyne wants me to purchase at full MSRP $585 + shipping for ART Pipe that hasn't even been tested on AWD and "try" & "risk" it at all of my expense. Then he says "we'll give you $85 off." LOL

Either i won't buy MotorDyne product or I will just wait until another AWD geinea pig with lotz of $$$ to burn can test themselves with their own expense & risk. Once their production is confirmed for AWD, maybe I can consider this pipe...

I guess Berk HFC is way to go for now if you have AWD.

 

Tony's prices are too high!!
buy from FBparts for $483 instead

 

I'm not going to spend my money and risk my car to be tested.
Motordyne has no intention of investing to test the pipe on AWD.

***email from Motordyne***
You can purchase it off our website and in the comment section of the website shopping cart just refer to the fitment test and we can get it sent right out.
When you put it on the car, be sure to make sure it fits properly and don’t start it until you are sure it can clear the transmission and transfer case.
***end***

LOL at motordyne. FULL MSRP for test product to test on my car...

 

Hmm, I want to buy ART pipes so badly, but still don't want to be the first who will try them on AWD (G35x '07, VQ35HR) and find out it wouldn't fit, as I live like 10000 from the USA and it will be hard to return them...

Please, someone with the G35x/G37x - test fit them!

 

Tony is offering a full money-back guarantee (and discount) to anyone that tests fits them on an X. I would have but my dog had emergency surgery... Ugh.

 

subbing .....

 

Shipped to 71108

 

Art pipes+Moroso resonators+Borla cat-back - YouTube

 

How do you think, if I remove these tab connections on the pic:



will it decrease the drone I get on load at 2000-3000 rpm? I believe these tabs can transfer the drone to the cabin as I had Berk's HFC before and it didn't make such hollow drone, though it had the same sound level outside (and Berk's weren't connected with these tabs).

in case if it won't help, maybe I need to change my additional Moroso Spiral Flow resonators (installed between ART pipes and Borla) to something more efficient?

and what else can be done to reduce drone inside of the cabin? maybe some exhaust wrap, or sound deadening?

 

Well, yesterday my muffler mechanic inspected the exhaust and everything seems to be fine with the tabs (they are connected to the engine through the rubber, so I doubt they are the issue) and other components. The only thing he has found is a little leak between the driver's ART pipe and collector, I'll fix that leak soon, but it seems to add only a little rasp at the highest RPM's and not connected with the loud drone issue I have.

I understand that Borla is a very loud exhaust by itself and might did some drone with the stock catalyc converters but it was ok. And when I changed them with the Berk's HFC the drone and rasp became VERY annoying and I had to add Moroso Spiral Flow resonators. They helped that issue, decreasing the drone inside of the cabin and almost cutting the rasp I had.

Now, with the new ART pipes i still don't have any rasp , but the drone is really annoying under the load at 2000-3000rpm. I suppose, my additional Moroso Spiral Flow resonators can't fight such amount of drone, so maybe I should change them to something more efficient? Though I'm limited in the choice as they should be no longer than 15 inches and no fatter than 4 inches...

I started to think, as I already have dynamat materials in the rear of the cabin (rear sits, rear floor and subwoofer deck) maybe I should add some dynamat sound deadening materials to my trunk, as drone comes mostly from the rear, should I? And maybe I even should add dynamat to the front of the cabin (to the floor), as I feel drone a little under my legs too. Though I don't want to make my car too heavy after all those materials

Any other ideas how to reduce my drone?

 

get rid of the borla exhaust and you wont have any drone

 

OK, the good news!

My muffler shop modified the ART pipes to fit OEM metal ring gaskets between the pipes and OEM collectors - the rasp has gone (of course) and they say it won't leak anymore (because of the OEM rings)!

I also removed those brackets I had shown on the pic and it seems like it helped to reduce the drone inside of the cabin. The volume of the exhaust is the same but a little bit smoother and it seems like I have less vibrations now! Though I'm not sure if it's connected with these brackets, maybe it's just because I fixed the leak between the ART pipes and collectors (though it had to affect only rasp, but who knows)... Anyway I don't see why I should connect those brackets back, as the ART pipes are lighter than stock HFCs and my Borla is also lighter than the stock exhaust, so I hope it won't crack anywhere

 

Has anybody tried ART pipes on the stock exhaust?

I plan to change my car to G37x '09 sedan and it has stock exhaust, so I wonder how would it sound with the ART pipes?

Or at least I want some input about other resonated test pipes + stock exhaust!