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Getting a Little Louder with the ARK Design RacingSPEC Exhaust by Bart Hockerman I have been looking for a good single exit exhaust option since I bought the BRZ. I…

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Project Viper GTS: Part 7 – HeatShield Products

Posted on August 2, 2016August 15, 2020
byBilly Johnson

From coolant to cabin temperatures, Vipers are notoriously hot due to having one of the largest engines ever stuffed inside a sportscar. To combat this problem we turn to the…

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Project Viper GTS: Part 6 – Corsa Exhaust and Kooks Green Cats

Posted on April 3, 2016April 16, 2020
byBilly Johnson

After some impressive gains from intake work in Part 4, we now turn our attention to the opposite side of the engine to improve the evacuation of exhaust gasses as…

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Fabricating Turbo Headers and Exhaust Systems with Eimer Engineering and Burns Stainless

Posted on March 28, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Fabricating Turbo Headers and Exhaust Systems with Eimer Engineering and Burns Stainless by Mike Kojima How do you make a good turbo system even better? We did it by enlisting…

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Tested: Burns Stainless NHB Porsche 987 Cayman and Boxster Exhaust System

Posted on March 6, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Tested: Burns Stainless NHB Porsche 987 Cayman and Boxster Exhaust System by Mike Kojima The Porsche 987 Cayman has long been one of our favorite cars. Built from 2006 to 2012,…

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Project 350Z: Building a New Engine – Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z: Building a New Engine – Part 1 by Mike Kojima Our Project Z was a pretty good example of what a naturally aspirated VQ35DE could do. However, our …

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Project E39 M5, Part 2: Installing and Testing the Corsa Performance Exhaust

Posted on February 24, 2015July 2, 2018
byMartin Gonzales

Project E39 M5: Part 2 – Installing and Testing the Corsa Performance Exhaust by Martin Gonzales After ensuring we could stop our newly acquired fun-machine in a previous installment…

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Project White 5.0 Liter Mustang – Bolting on More Power with Borla Long Tube Headers

Posted on January 15, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project White 5.0 Liter Mustang – Bolting on More Power with Borla Long Tube Headers by Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project 5.0 Mustang, we added some basic…

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Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Getting More Power with a Ganador Exhaust

Posted on December 7, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Getting More Power with a Ganador Exhaust by Mike Kojima Our first step in extracting more power from our FR-S's FA20 motor was to…

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Project White 5.0 Liter Mustang – Bolting on Power with a Borla ATAK Exhaust

Posted on December 2, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project White 5.0 Liter Mustang – Bolting on Power with a Borla ATAK Exhaust by Mike Kojima In the last installment of Project Mustang, we freed up the engine's breathing…

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Project 370Z – ARK Design Superflow Exhaust Test

Posted on October 7, 2014July 2, 2018
byClintBoisdeau

Project 370Z – ARK Design Superflow Exhaust Test by Clint Boisdeau So Project 370Z has not seen a power part upgrade since the first installment of the series which included…

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Project FR-S – Testing the Nameless Performance Second Generation Header

Posted on May 26, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Testing the Nameless Performance Second Generation Header by Mike Kojima Until now our FR-S had been running on Nameless Performance's very first prototype header, in fact, this was the very…

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The Great ARK Design FR-S / BRZ Exhaust Shootout

Posted on April 29, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Great ARK Design FR-S / BRZ Super Exhaust Shootout, Part 1 by Mike Kojima The FR-S/BRZ twins are proving to be somewhat difficult cars to tune. The FA20 engine…

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Project E36 M3 (Silver): Part 3 – Uncorking the M3 with the help of a Borla Cat-Back Sport Exhaust

Posted on March 19, 2014August 15, 2020
byBilly Johnson

We were fortunate enough to produce significant naturally aspirated power gains during the testing of our S52 vs. M50 Manifold and the Turner Motorsport Stage 2 & 3 packages for…

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Project E46 M3: Part 7 – Magnaflow vs Corsa Cat-Back Exhausts!

Posted on February 21, 2014July 2, 2018
byPabloMazlumian

Project E46 M3 seems to live on MKC’s dyno. I have owned it 1.5 years and it’s already seen 164 pulls. Five of our seven featured articles include dyno testing,…

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Project E90 M3: Part 2 – Macht Schnell Bypass Track Pipes and EAS 80mm Exhaust Tips

Posted on February 12, 2014August 15, 2020
byBilly Johnson

The M3 is the benchmark sports-sedan for a reason. Originally built as a homologation-special for racing, the M3 has always delivered sports car-like performance with the convenience of a small…

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Kooks Custom Headers

Posted on February 7, 2014May 20, 2019
byBilly Johnson

Kook’s Custom Headers, Get Kookin’ with Kooks By Billy Johnson, photos by Brian Humphries Kook’s Custom Headers might not be a household name in the tuner market, but they pride…

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Project 350Z – Boosting Power With DC Sports and Berk Technology

Posted on January 3, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

350Z – Boosting Power With DC Sports and Berk Technology by Mike Kojima So in the past installments of Project 350Z, we took a look at getting the car's suspension…

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Project E46 M3: Part 3 – Headers, software, dyno testing and more

Posted on September 23, 2013July 2, 2018
byPabloMazlumian

Project M3: Part 3 – Headers, software, dyno testing and more! 100whp per liter or bust! by Pablo Mazlumian This project is starting to get really fun. Building an E46…

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Project E46 M3: Part 2 – Cat-back Exhaust and Pulleys

Posted on September 13, 2013July 2, 2018
byPabloMazlumian

Project E46 M3 sitting pretty on lightweight D-Force wheels and BFG Rival tires. We’ll discuss these, along with our new brakes and tires, in detail, and include real-world testing, later in Part 6.…

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Project MKVI Golf TDI: Rawtek Exhaust and Malone Tuning

Posted on July 15, 2013July 3, 2018
bySteve Rockwood

Project MKVI Golf TDI: Rawtek Exhaust and Malone Tuning by Steve Rockwood Modern diesels are light years ahead of their predecessors when it comes to power. No longer is the diesel…

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Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man’s M3, Part 4 – Exhaust

Posted on June 14, 2013July 2, 2018
byJonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man's M3, Part 4 – Exhaust By Jonathan Lawson Now that our E36 323is is hustling through the corners a bit more sure-footedly, there's…

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Project EVO MR – Engine Bolt Ons Part 2

Posted on April 29, 2013May 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project EVO MR – Engine Bolt Ons Part 2 By Cheston Chiu In the last edition of Project EVO MR, we were at Cobb Tuning SoCal in the middle of…

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Project EVO X GSR- More power with Garrett, Full Race and Cosworth

Posted on February 5, 2013July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project EVO X GSR- More power with Garrett, Full Race and Cosworth By Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project EVO X, we upgraded the fuel system in anticipation…

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Suck Squish Bang Blow- All You Wanted to Know About How Headers Work-Part 1

Posted on January 28, 2013June 8, 2018
byMike Kojima

Suck Squish Bang Blow: All You Wanted to Know About How Headers Work (Part 1) by Mike Kojima Headers are one of the most common and basic of your bolt…

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Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations

Posted on January 14, 2013July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had just installed some bolt ons onto our Scion FR-S's motor…

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Project GD STI – Improving the Fuel System with Injector Dynamics and Other Details

Posted on December 9, 2012May 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project GD STI – Improving the Fuel System with Injector Dynamics and Other Details By Mike Kojima When we had last left off on Project STI’s engine, we had just…

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Project Scion FR-S Part 2- Uncorking the exhaust with Greddy

Posted on November 14, 2012July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Scion FR-S Part 2- Uncorking the exhaust with GReddy By Mike Kojima The more time we spend behind the wheel of Project Scion FR-S, the more dear it is…

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Project GD Subaru STI Part Three- Making More Power with Greddy and Cobb Tuning

Posted on August 9, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project GD Subaru STI Part Three- Making More Power with Greddy and Cobb Tuning By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had turned our STI into a G…

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Hooker Headers Prototype Nissan S Chassis LS Swap Headers and Motor Mounts

Posted on June 27, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Hooker Headers Nissan S Chassis LS Swap Headers and Motor Mounts By Mike Kojima Hooker Headers has been a name that has been long associated with good old Detroit…

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Project V8 RX-7: Part 9 – The Exhaust

Posted on May 25, 2012September 16, 2019
byJeff Naeyaert

Project V8 RX-7: Part 9 – The Exhaust by Jeff Naeyaert The title picture already gave it away, so I’ll save the prose, it’s time to build an exhaust! This…

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Project Gen 3STi: Testing the COBB Down Pipe and Exhaust

Posted on May 23, 2012July 2, 2018
byWesDumalski

Project Gen 3STi: Testing the COBB Down Pipe and Exhaust By Wes Dumalski When last we left off we were singing the praises of AMS and the Cobb AccessPORT,…