Vids of Akra Slip-on with Gintani Xpipe & HFCs

[Alekshop]

Very nice combo ! Sounds almost like Evo system !

Congrats on your new car Barry

[Kyoshi71]

That sounds phenominal!!

[mmm_03]

Hi Barry,

Will the Gintani X-pipe with HFC trigger CEL? I have my Akra Slip-On coming by the end of the month and I'm currently looking for a suitable X-Pipe that will further compliment and increase the volume of the Akra Slip-on but without triggering any CEL. I also want to avoid drone. My choices are down to Challenge's X-Pipe and Gintani. I also don't have any plans in getting a tune to delete CEL.

Thanks!

[duk]

will this setup trigger CEL? if not then i will go this route instead of full akra

[BarryC]

Originally Posted by mmm_03

Hi Barry,

Will the Gintani X-pipe with HFC trigger CEL? I have my Akra Slip-On coming by the end of the month and I'm currently looking for a suitable X-Pipe that will further compliment and increase the volume of the Akra Slip-on but without triggering any CEL. I also want to avoid drone. My choices are down to Challenge's X-Pipe and Gintani. I also don't have any plans in getting a tune to delete CEL.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by duk

will this setup trigger CEL? if not then i will go this route instead of full akra

I've had CELs in less than 100 miles on my '08 and '11 cars with this xpipe so I'd say it's a given that it will trigger a CEL.

[duk]

damnit i was reading that the gintanti x-pipe with hfc will not trigger a cell, i guess AA is the 'safest' bet so far but need more input

[mmm_03]

Raz of Gintani told me that they haven't seen a code thrown with their 300 CEL HFC so far and they hope not to see one either. I guess he was just really hoping. It seems Challenge's Street version X-Pipe is the safest bet if you wish to avoid any possible CEL as they retain the OEM Primary Cats.

[chris s]

Any drone with this setup? Sounds great!

[BarryC]

Originally Posted by mmm_03

Raz of Gintani told me that they haven't seen a code thrown with their 300 CEL HFC so far and they hope not to see one either. I guess he was just really hoping. It seems Challenge's Street version X-Pipe is the safest bet if you wish to avoid any possible CEL as they retain the OEM Primary Cats.

Guess Raz/Gintani has ignored my comments then....

Originally Posted by chris s

Any drone with this setup? Sounds great!

Very minimal drone. Definitely drones during the startup cycle but otherwise it's easy to carry on a conversation and listen to music. Great setup IMO!

BC

[graider]

sound pretty good. not too loud, not too quiet.

[Poofyo101]

barry
sounds sick
now you got me wanting an akra

[mmm_03]

Does anybody out there have the new gen AA X-Pipe or Challenge X-Pipe with Akra Slip On? Hope to hear from you guys on your experience on this combo? Thanks!

[Dengel]

sounds awesome. What was that loud pop in the first video?

[Raz@Gintani]

[QUOTE=BarryC;7726835]Guess Raz/Gintani has ignored my comments then....QUOTE]


Actually I just saw this today, why would I ignore your comments Barry .. lol anyways, you were driving with our xpipe for a pretty long time now, and all the our other customers haven't got the cel. Maybe the check engine light was for something else? If you still have the light on, then I want to do everything possible to take care of that for you.

Barry how long have you been driving with the Xpipe with HFC on. From what I've been told you also had the catless system also correct? Maybe the CEL was thrown from switching systems. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[BarryC]

Raz - actually I've had a CEL on my '08 and '11 M3. I've only had the HFC setup and have not purchased the non-hfc pipe. I have discussed the CEL with Gintani when I had it on my '08 car and was not surprised when it occurred on the new car. So it's not the car, its the hfc/xpipe causing the CEL.

Thx,
BC

[QUOTE=Raz@Gintani;7729826]

Originally Posted by BarryC

Guess Raz/Gintani has ignored my comments then....QUOTE]


Actually I just saw this today, why would I ignore your comments Barry .. lol anyways, you were driving with our xpipe for a pretty long time now, and all the our other customers haven't got the cel. Maybe the check engine light was for something else? If you still have the light on, then I want to do everything possible to take care of that for you.

Barry how long have you been driving with the Xpipe with HFC on. From what I've been told you also had the catless system also correct? Maybe the CEL was thrown from switching systems. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Raz@Gintani]

The reason why I asked if your car was fine was because you were the only one that reported a CEL code.. so I just wanted to make sure.

[aus]

Originally Posted by mmm_03

Does anybody out there have the new gen AA X-Pipe or Challenge X-Pipe with Akra Slip On? Hope to hear from you guys on your experience on this combo? Thanks!

if you're interested in the Challenge pipe, then you should just consider going to a good exhaust shop and having them cut ou the secondary cats back to just before the resonators (if you want to keep them). They should be able to add the X-pipe back and weld it up for around $200. They wanted to cut after the stock X-pipe because the pipes there are not round so it would take more work to weld up nicely if they did it before the X-pipe.

[mmm_03]

Originally Posted by aus

if you're interested in the Challenge pipe, then you should just consider going to a good exhaust shop and having them cut ou the secondary cats back to just before the resonators (if you want to keep them). They should be able to add the X-pipe back and weld it up for around $200. They wanted to cut after the stock X-pipe because the pipes there are not round so it would take more work to weld up nicely if they did it before the X-pipe.

Thanks for your inputs Aus!