hey all,
just had the kinetix hiflo cats and hitech catback system installed on my car and had a before and after dyno..
1st up i will say i got these for a good price (props to Malcolm) and I was really after nothing more than a nice sounding exhaust note for my Z - my reasoning was that if i wanted noticeably more performance out of it then i would be phoning APS and going the whole hog - which is a very tempting option next year sometime hehehe...
Anyway, a nice sounding exhaust was all i was after - as long as it didnt make me the Sheriff of Riceville like some of the other exhausts you hear around town hehe...
Any gain in kw/hp/Tq was secondary as i thought even a 10-15kw gain would be almost unnoticeable in my bum dyno hehehhe..
I left the **** printout at the shop tho so i cant scan it in for the next few days, but if anyone wants to have a guess as to the gains/losses then go for it??? hi-tech proponents out there will be surprised, if not a little annoyed at the true kw gain of these systems - but like i said it was the sound i was really after when looking for an exhaust...
I must say though, the exhaust note is 100% nicer sounding than stock with almost no droning - at 110kph on the freeway it can be heard with the radio off and windows up, but it really is negligible and is not headache inducing - a mother in law or your drunk GF will give you a headache in quarter the time hehe...
And like a lot of people have said before - when u hit the gas it sounds like a totally different car - a 'Zamborghini' as i think Frosty once described it and thats very accurate haha.. it definitely sounds very nice.. and there is even a tiny bit of crackle and fizz when you let off the gas at certain revs sometimes which sounds awesome and exactly what i was looking for !!
According to my Recta-dyno however, i have noticed at about 5000rpms and above is the biggest difference, the engine doesnt seem to run out of puff as before with the stock system - it just keeps going to redline !! Also around 2500-3000rpm upwards it seems a lot more responsive and the throttle just feels a lot sharper and 'crisp' overall...
Overall - definitely worth it for the awesome new soundeffects !!!
just had the kinetix hiflo cats and hitech catback system installed on my car and had a before and after dyno..
1st up i will say i got these for a good price (props to Malcolm) and I was really after nothing more than a nice sounding exhaust note for my Z - my reasoning was that if i wanted noticeably more performance out of it then i would be phoning APS and going the whole hog - which is a very tempting option next year sometime hehehe...
Anyway, a nice sounding exhaust was all i was after - as long as it didnt make me the Sheriff of Riceville like some of the other exhausts you hear around town hehe...
Any gain in kw/hp/Tq was secondary as i thought even a 10-15kw gain would be almost unnoticeable in my bum dyno hehehhe..
I left the **** printout at the shop tho so i cant scan it in for the next few days, but if anyone wants to have a guess as to the gains/losses then go for it??? hi-tech proponents out there will be surprised, if not a little annoyed at the true kw gain of these systems - but like i said it was the sound i was really after when looking for an exhaust...
I must say though, the exhaust note is 100% nicer sounding than stock with almost no droning - at 110kph on the freeway it can be heard with the radio off and windows up, but it really is negligible and is not headache inducing - a mother in law or your drunk GF will give you a headache in quarter the time hehe...
And like a lot of people have said before - when u hit the gas it sounds like a totally different car - a 'Zamborghini' as i think Frosty once described it and thats very accurate haha.. it definitely sounds very nice.. and there is even a tiny bit of crackle and fizz when you let off the gas at certain revs sometimes which sounds awesome and exactly what i was looking for !!
According to my Recta-dyno however, i have noticed at about 5000rpms and above is the biggest difference, the engine doesnt seem to run out of puff as before with the stock system - it just keeps going to redline !! Also around 2500-3000rpm upwards it seems a lot more responsive and the throttle just feels a lot sharper and 'crisp' overall...
Overall - definitely worth it for the awesome new soundeffects !!!