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Introducing...ARK Performance USA!!!

We recently just joined FT86CLUB and want to personally let FR-S/BRZ owners that we are here for the community so ask us anything! As a quick introduction here are two product sheets on the exhaust systems we have to offer through us or our dealers.

Pm's WELCOME for any questions and inquiries!!

AUTHORIZED DEALERS:
Titan Motorsports (@Will)
THMotorsports.com (@Alan)
Corner3Garage (@Mike)
FT86SpeedFactory
ModBargains
...and more on arkperformanceusa.com

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And of course if you have an ARK Performance exhaust please share, the more pictures the merrier!

Sincerely,
ARK Performance

make a full 3" system from over pipe back in the grip style i love the sound of my grip exhaust with test pipe but im going turbo and wish you all had a 3" version

We are actually thinking about it but currently backed up with R&D

Wuts the difference between 2 systems?

DT-S is a bit louder than the GRiP.

+1 for 3" catback

All these people asking for a 3" header back exhaust crack me up... Even with a turbo, the ONLY reason you'd ever need to go to a 3" exhaust on this car would be with a built motor. I had a 3" on my Evo 9 and put down over 600hp on a mustang dyno with great spool. Most people on this forum aren't even touching 400hp on a dynojet and that requires E85, meth, or racing fuel. A 3" exhaust for this platform would be servicing a very small market... well I guess plus the people who think they "need" it.

Back on track, I just bought your Grip exhaust. It's going on tomorrow. Can't. Freaking. Wait.

Any chance you guys will do an over pipe? I have the dts arriving on Tuesday and can't wait.

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These guys have awesome products and awesome customer service! I'm extremely happy with my ark grip paired with my hks header w a motiv op. Super throaty. The build quality is top notch! I haven't heard another exhaust that sounds as good as the grip. Oh and that sexy style of the grip with the canisters at an angle with the helmholtz **DROOOOOOOOOOOOOLL**** Thanks ark!

btw lerry is a sexy beast lololol


this was at ark before the lip kit and some other mods. ark grip.
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under shot of the grip
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highly recommend investing in their test pipe of you don't have a front pipe. =]

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The test pipe came with the group buy. I'm going to be selling it because it doesn't fit with my "long term goals" for this vehicle. I specifically chose the the Grip because it goes a decent way as a dual. I'll be able to bring a custom dual 2.5" all the way up to the Grip if I cut it right after the Y. Think LS ;)

PS. Sorry Ark. I bought your exhaust with the intention of eventually cutting it up some :/

I'm interested in how your exhaust sounds with the header, got any videos?

Also, I've heard headers are in development? How's that coming along?

not quite yet. haven't had time to do it, but if i do i'll put it up on my ig

I installed the exhaust this weekend sans test pipe. The look is stellar, the sound is very understated, and I squeal like a school girl inside walking to the car. Overall, I am very pleased with the fit, finish, and quality.

Installation Note for the Ark Grip Exhaust
This is assuming the test pipe is not being installed, or has already been bolted up into place, the stock exhaust has already been removed and the hangers have already been transferred. These are the steps we took to insure perfect tip alignment.

1) On the ground, bolt the mid-pipe with the resonator and the curved piece together with the nuts simply hand tight.
2) On the ground, bolt the passenger side tip onto the driver side tip, again leaving the bolts hand tight.
3) Slide the mid-pipe assembly into place by rehanging the hanger and bolting the front flange up to the test pipe or cat leaving the bolts again hand tight.
4) Grab a buddy and slide the rear section up under the car with both of you on your backs with the assembly on your chest. One of you hold up the majority of the weight while the other slides either the passenger side or driver side hangers in place. Then slide the other hangers in place. Then place the bolts and gasket between the left tip pipe and the curved pipe, again hand tight.
5) Starting at the front most midpipe to cat/test-pipe flange, starting bolting down everything making sure you have the gaskets in place.
6) Tighten down the mid-pipe to curved-pipe flange.
7) With one person under the car and one person eye-balling the tips, line up the driver side tip FIRST. While holding the tip in the exact center, tell your buddy to tighten down the curved pipe to driver side tip flange. This means the very last flange that goes to the passenger side tip is still loose!
Note: we measured exactly 1" from the tip wall to the bumper on the left, top, and right of both tips when properly aligned.
8) Repeating step 7, have one person align the passenger side tip while the other person tightens the very last flange. Measure for 1" clearance around both tips and visually check the "poke" on each tip and insure they are equal.

Hope these help someone out there! I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but this is how we did it over the weekend in my buddy's garage.

And a picture of the final results.

...so pretty! :wub:

I have the Grip installed. Just a note to new buyers. Right after installation it will be VERY quiet. I'm talking stock-quiet and it won't sound all that impressive tone-wise. It takes a couple hundred miles to break-in. As you put miles on it, it will get louder and deeper.

I was moderately disappointed in my Ark Grip when I first put it on, but now that I've broken it in, I really like the sound. I can't wait to get the rest of my exhaust installed.

Could you elaborate on this? The way I interpret what you're saying doesn't make any sense, so I must be misunderstanding you!

I'm glad to see the support from this community and everyone that supports ARK! Thank you all! I will definitely see to it to taking care of each and everyone of you ARK owners.

As for @ft86me...thanks for the comment lollllllll you're awesome, bring your FR-S back and stop by!

Like I mentioned to a few people headers are still being considered, although actual R&D has not started yet we still have it on the board to bring you guys headers and overpipe, stay tuned!

Lerry @ ARK

He's going to chop up the exhaust and just keep the muffler/resonators/tips. He'll run his own twin exhaust to them.

Can't wait! Based on how gorgeous this exhaust is I'd buy your over pipe in a heart beat.

Pics from my DT-S (Doing a proper shoot / clean of the car once my rims come in, will post more)

http://i.imgur.com/Kg5oCgMl.jpg
Well packaged but unfortunately too big to fit in the frs. :mad0259:
http://i.imgur.com/ZRBSFvLl.jpg
Repackaged into the trunk. Problem solved :thumbsup: haha
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Unboxed everything. Nicely wrapped so nothing scratches
http://i.imgur.com/1fZryu8l.jpg
All the grogeous bits exposed.
http://i.imgur.com/ADXODNtl.jpg
Installed and sounds amazing. Especially going into boost :burnrubber:

Great quality stuff. Always love seeing one come through the shop. :)

so whats the power gain for an otherwise stock engine with this exhaust?

I figured. But from where? And why?

If he means discrete pipes from the heads, through discrete cats (if using cats I guess), to the muffler - a la V engines - that's not a good idea; it won't work well on a flat four.

If he means splitting after the collector/cat, that'll work fine, but it seems like a lot of effort and money (and probably extra weight), and I didn't/don't understand the payoff.

I'm planning on stuffing a v8 into the car.

Ah! Makes all kinds of sense now!

Damnit. If only you had those sooner!

hi there Lerry @ARK Performance :) i am a member with residency outside US, that is Indonesia.

can i contact you about Ark DT-S ? well surely hope you can help me in pricing and custom invoice note..

thanks..

GRiP, average 6 HP midrange increase
http://frs-tuner.skipthediet.com/wp-..._Exhaust_3.jpg

DT-S, average 9 HP midrange increase
http://frs-tuner.skipthediet.com/wp-...k_DTS_Dyno.jpg
@dokterdewe: please email me, lerry@arkperformanceusa.com

You could also try contacting Titanmotorsports on here. They are a distributor of ARK that I bought mine through. I am international as well (though Canada is quite a bit closer) so they should be able to hook you up.

i have mailed you :) please kindly help me..

i will try contact lerry first.. thanks for the help..

Responded to your email @dokterdewe

@ARKPERFORMANCE, what is the weights of these 2 exhaust systems in comparison to the stock catback?

Thanks.

The DT-S I believe was about a pound lighter and GRiP was about 2 pounds lighter give or take, we didn't have a proper scale to really measure oem, GRiP, and DT-S to an extremely accurate number but this is what our scale gave us

@Titanmotorsports I live close by but could not see anything on your website about ARK. Do you have any available? And how much?

Pm'd

Here's the link to the ARK GRiP cat-back from Titan

http://www.titanmotorsports.com/ark-...p-exhaust.html

I'll get some pictures up in a day or two, but wanted to give some feedback...

Got my DT-S and Test Pipe installed last night.

I went into a bit worried about getting the right fitment based on some comments. Got everything hung (on urethane hangers), started tightening at the front and made my way back. Got out from under the car to check the tips -- absolutely perfect fitment.

I've done probably 10 installs of exhaust on my own cars. Probably helped on 50+ over the years (used to own an online aftermarket company with a storefront). I've never seen an exhaust that didn't need one iota of adjustment. It just went on.

As for the sound...

I've never had an exhaust that can go from so loud to absolutely silent depending on the RPM and load. And, strangely enough, the thing gets significantly quieter (drone-wise) as the RPMs build -- at 7000rpm there wasn't a ton of sound in the car, until one rolls down the windows. It sounds absolutely epic, but (at least with test pipe) it does drone at certain RPM levels, and the lower the RPM the worse. The dreaded torque dip is even worse now, as that seems to be where it drones the most -- probably due to a higher engine load in that RPM range. Drop a gear and it largely goes away. Not remotely as bad as most exhausts I've heard, but I was definitely hoping for less. And I will stress that this is with the test pipe.

I'm hoping for some improvement as it breaks in. Plus figure some Dynamat, which was already in the plans for road noise anyways, in the trunk will help because it actually seems like a fair bit of the drone is actually simply from the sound bouncing around in the empty trunk. It doesn't sound as much as the exhaust is droning as the trunk is just a big reverberating sound cavity.

Overall, the sound is simply too epic for me to be disappointed by the drone. It's fairly minor, I'm hoping it'll dissipate as it breaks in a bit, plus I think some Dynamat will help immensely. I'm not gonna go so far or be so pretentious as to say it sounds like a supercar, but it's definitely something that leans in that direction. It's a strange phrase, but the sound really compliments the car.

I do worry about the sound after a header install. But that seems to be an across-the-board worry with this car, as just about everything seems to make the car incredibly loud without some custom resonator installs.

As for ARK in particular -- I really would like to see your company tackle headers before the market gets too saturated. I've seen a LOT of exhausts over the years, from just about everyone under the sun, and the quality of this exhaust is right up there with the best I've seen. Not just arguably some of the most attractive exhausts on the market, but awesome craftsmanship with beautiful welds and, as already said, absolutely perfect fitment. Would love to see what you can do with a header setup that compliments the sounds of your exhaust.

So what RPM's does it drone on 6th gear? We good up to 75?

@SigmaHyperion: We are definitely still considering headers and over pipe, and thank you for the honest review! We are always looking for areas to improve in to make sure you guys get the best product!