ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
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ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
Curious what you think. This is an almost ready prototype on my Genesis Coupe. They also are doing a dual exhaust version for the 2.0T also.
I personally like it. The angle is a tad extreme but what ever heh. It sounds great.
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
Why would there be a 3" catback with only a 2.5" downpipe? Thats poor planning and against all turbo tuning logic
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
I'll ask. I think it's because of the turbo. It's the size of a peanut and the air flow is craptastic.
pic of the turbo
TD04
Should be more like
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pic of the turbo
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Should be more like
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
I like the way it sounds, at least through my crummy, small laptop speakers.
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
Here you go.watkins wrote:Why would there be a 3" catback with only a 2.5" downpipe? Thats poor planning and against all turbo tuning logic
ARK wrote:The reason why we made the Downpipe and test pipe 2.5 were due to a series of reasons.
First off, there is a good amount of drivers now aware of having their vehicle smog legal. Especially in CA. To retain the cat, the downpipe would have to go back to its flange size to mate up with the cat. This would mean that for that small distance between the header/downpipe to Cat/downpipe, it would have to increase in piping diameter and have it taper back down to fit the OEM cat. Therefore, we made a testpipe for those who want no restriction in their system.
Secondly, the genesis is still a fairly new car. It would be a little while longer before the mass becomes more interested in upgrading their turbos. I for one would try and get the most out of the stock turbo and eventually move onto a bigger one in the future.
Once that demand is there, we will make a 3" header back system.
We are very confident that our system now have significant gains. I know just by driving it. To feel that type of change, i can safely say that the system produced at least 10whp.
Dynos will be done eventually to prove my statement above
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
Sounds pretty good. Yeah, the angle is a little crazy, but it's not obnoxiously large or loud, which is always a plus.
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Re: ARK 2.0T Single Exhaust Vid
Interesting. However that makes the 3" exhaust pointless at this point.Draklen wrote:Here you go.watkins wrote:Why would there be a 3" catback with only a 2.5" downpipe? Thats poor planning and against all turbo tuning logic
ARK wrote:The reason why we made the Downpipe and test pipe 2.5 were due to a series of reasons.
First off, there is a good amount of drivers now aware of having their vehicle smog legal. Especially in CA. To retain the cat, the downpipe would have to go back to its flange size to mate up with the cat. This would mean that for that small distance between the header/downpipe to Cat/downpipe, it would have to increase in piping diameter and have it taper back down to fit the OEM cat. Therefore, we made a testpipe for those who want no restriction in their system.
Secondly, the genesis is still a fairly new car. It would be a little while longer before the mass becomes more interested in upgrading their turbos. I for one would try and get the most out of the stock turbo and eventually move onto a bigger one in the future.
Once that demand is there, we will make a 3" header back system.
We are very confident that our system now have significant gains. I know just by driving it. To feel that type of change, i can safely say that the system produced at least 10whp.
Dynos will be done eventually to prove my statement above