Metallic Berk HFC's breaking down
 

Well, I took my barely 1 year old Berk HFC's off last night and the passenger side one has some internal damage. I've put roughly 5k miles on them with a Vortech kit and now the STS.

I PM'ed Bryan about it, so we'll see what he has to say.

Anyone else ever experience this problem? I don't currently run an EGT sensor, but maybe I should. Not sure if excessive heat is what caused this, although I never saw them glowing red or anything. I've never tracked my car, or pushed it hard for any good amount of time.

Sorry for the large picture, I'll try to get around to resizing it.

http://jon.capcik.com/pics/z/cat_inside.JPG

sorry to hear it, don't you have the warranty with them?


Edit: i do remember from your thread that you bought those with vortech
chefj

I bought them in February of '08, and Bryan informed me that they are out of their 1 year warranty. I actually planned on selling these, which is why I spent $300 on a set of resonated test pipes. Oh well, cars = money down the drain :-/

how did u know that they are dameged ?? from sound or preformance ?? or just when you removed them

Just when I removed them. I'm sure they still flow just fine, but with the remote mount turbo, it won't be fun (or cheap) to blow out my cats.

keep us posed on what Bryan says. That isnt good after just 5K miles.

Here is what Bryan had to say...

I was running very retarded timing for a little while when I first got my Vortech, so that might have caused it.

ahh, makes sense. Thanks for sharing bro.