Does this exhaust have a lot of rasp, if any at all, with a HFC?

 

Does Berk sell the catback alone? I already have the 70mm HFC.

 

I have the Berk header, HFC and single 3" system. It has a bit of a drone around 75, but is pretty much gone at 80. When I moved to CA I had Bryan fab me up a pipe so I could add my factory cat in for emissions and with the stock cat installed I love the way it sounds, totally gets rid of the drone and mellows it out perfectly for me. Still quite a bit louder than stock but not as raspy and the drone is gone

 

Somewhere around 7k in an ap2 for me

 

I'm running HKS Hi power with a Berk HFC and was wondering if getting a Berk Header would be a good choice?

 

I love my Berk 3" single TP version, its only loud pending the load you put on it, it has deep kinda quiet idle, cold start up isn't bad. You will learn how to drive around the drone range

 

I do believe the HKS Hi power is 75mm's so its very very close to 3inches (76.3mm or something like that) like the Berk. Honestly, I think getting a 3inch test pipe would be a cheaper option. But you could easily sell both the HKS and test pipe and get all the money you would spend on the Berk back. I don't think any exhaust matches the Berks power to price ratio (that being my opinion of course)

 

The q300 with a test pipe is WAY louder than the Berk headerback with tp. Trust me, I've owned both.

 

Why would getting a 3" test pipe be a cheaper option to buying a header? Infact, how is that suggestion even relevant?

BearNVA, Berk makes a great header that I doubt you'd be dissapointed with. As far as headers go though, you should head over to the N/A subforum, and take a look at the header list. There's lots of good options, the Berk being among them.

To the OP: While I don't have the same setup as you, I did switch from a 3" HFC to a 3" TP, and while sonically the exhaust did change, I'm not sure it'd necessarily be in volume. With the TP things seem to be at a slightly higher pitch, with a bit more 'range' and 'echo' to it; while the HFC seemed to keep the sound a bit deeper and mutes the sound from farther distances. Also the drone characteristics will shift in RPM a bit between the two. Just to re-iterate, while they're definitely different sound profiles, it's not exactly the volume that changes. I prefer the sound of the HFC personally, and will actually be re-installing a new HFC (Berk this time, it was an Asura before) soon.

 

Could you comment on the raspyness of the berk exhaust? Is the sound of it terrible?