QX70 5.0 Intake & Exhaust Party!!!

Here's a closer approximation of the end state that I'm expecting to achieve. The difference being that he's running a Varex exhaust with a custom HFC conversion.

http://youtu.be/R-95tz8ii-0

The ARK sounds great in person. Yeah, the current result was a bit more subdued than I had anticipated, but once those test pipes have been installed, the note is really going to open up.

Hahaha, saw who's video it was. Thought to myself, I bet he's picking fights in the comments. Scroll down, see exactly that.
 
QX70 5.0 Intake & Exhaust Party!!!

That guy is a douche, thinks he's Mr know it all and just talks shit to everyone. Glad he's not on this forum no more.
 
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OMG that guy was such a douche. He started so many arguments on here (I was part of most of them) and then took his aggravation to all of my youtube videos just because he thought his exhaust method was better. meanwhile his FX50 is SILENT at idle and low speeds, and you can only hear it if you're mashing the gas and reaching high revs. AKA you don't really hear the exhaust in normal driving. This is fine if you are into that, but for most people who
want to hear their exhaust, it's not the way to go.... and meanwhile it basically sounds the same as mine :rotfl: but he has no low-speed tone IIRC.

He then proceeded to say everyone else's exhaust opinions and setup were trash because they weren't the same, then left the forum because people told him to stop being a douche. As you can see on his comments, he still is said douche.

see my post about it here: #130

PEEJ, your exhaust should sound very similar to mine once it breaks in. The exhausts are very similar in design. Post a pic of the underbody if you have it. Yours may be a tiny bit louder because my test pipes, mid pipe, and mufflers are all resonated. I have 6 resonators and 2 mufflers on my exhaust if you include everything after the headers.....

https://youtu.be/qN07NMHdtMk

^ my most recent exhaust vid
 
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Here you go...

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looks nice, Very similar in design to the HKS Hi-power (the same exhaust my mufflers has copied)

I'm curious to see the different the X pipe makes, as that was something I was thinking of doing with my mid pipe. :)

for reference, my exhaust:

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Albiet the ARK is made form way better material than mine is, I'm happy with it so far. Looking forward to seeing what yours sounds like after a break in period.

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best part is Lerry's (@ Ark) response when I posted that picture originally: #97
 

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QX70 5.0 Intake & Exhaust Party!!!

Sounds awesome, with the test pipes it's going to sound perfect.
 
Pretty sure the exhaust is broken in at this point. Remember that they were originally installed on my old 3.7 (old lol). I think this is probably going to be about as good as they get without the test pipes addition.
 
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Pretty sure the exhaust is broken in at this point. Remember that they were originally installed on my old 3.7 (old lol). I think this is probably going to be about as good as they get without the test pipes addition.


Wait, this exhaust/mufflers were on your 3.7? I thought this was a new exhaust. Also, the difference is explained by the test pipes, I thought you had them on in this video. With those, it will sound nearly identical. Excited to see that video. Maybe I don't need the X pipe after all...
 
Yeah I thought about how dumb it would be to buy a new exhaust when I could modify the 3.7 set up. I came to my senses. The modification was easy to do (for the mechanic, that is), and far cheaper then buying a new ARK system.
 
Yeah I thought about how dumb it would be to buy a new exhaust when I could modify the 3.7 set up. I came to my senses. The modification was easy to do (for the mechanic, that is), and far cheaper then buying a new ARK system.

There you go, that's all I did for my parts, haha. Custom fit. Excited to see how she sounds with the test pipes.
 
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