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Post a "before" clip too, if possible, so we can hear the difference. TIA!Tarspin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:01 pmI'll be happy to upload some clips of the new noises once I bolt this on! Hopefully I get a warm and dry day soon.Gberg2119 wrote:
Gonna need lots of sound clips!
I told myself I wouldn't buy another exhaust but who knows.
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A side by side video at [user not found]'s place would be 5/7
It is fairly difficult to make a turbo 4 sound good... then again I thought same about the beema and somehow BMW did it. I think you essentially have to artificially GENERATE noise in order to make sound in these vehicles.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:49 pm First time I got to do some windows down driving today. This car NEEDS volume. Windows down and some WOT driving it's so quiet even with the soundacktor buzzing away. I miss my turboback.
Such a shame VW doesn't have exhausts with character for north american cars.
You can give them some character (noise), but it's never going to be a V8, or even a VR6. Some exhausts are tuned to give a deep-ish throaty sound with little to no drone, and that's all we can hope for. I'm excited to listen to my new setup. Stock is basically like any other stock in line four banger. Pretty boring on a car that's otherwise really entertaining.max225 wrote:It is fairly difficult to make a turbo 4 sound good... then again I thought same about the beema and somehow BMW did it. I think you essentially have to artificially GENERATE noise in order to make sound in these vehicles.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:49 pm First time I got to do some windows down driving today. This car NEEDS volume. Windows down and some WOT driving it's so quiet even with the soundacktor buzzing away. I miss my turboback.
Such a shame VW doesn't have exhausts with character for north american cars.
Gberg2119 wrote:First time I got to do some windows down driving today. This car NEEDS volume. Windows down and some WOT driving it's so quiet even with the soundacktor buzzing away. I miss my turboback.
Such a shame VW doesn't have exhausts with character for north american cars.
a factory akropovic option would be awesome!I don't know why but the euro cars sound so much better in stock form even without the akropovic. Could the MPI have something to do with it?Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:45 pmGberg2119 wrote:First time I got to do some windows down driving today. This car NEEDS volume. Windows down and some WOT driving it's so quiet even with the soundacktor buzzing away. I miss my turboback.
Such a shame VW doesn't have exhausts with character for north american cars.
I seem toTarspin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:44 pmYou can give them some character (noise), but it's never going to be a V8, or even a VR6. Some exhausts are tuned to give a deep-ish throaty sound with little to no drone, and that's all we can hope for. I'm excited to listen to my new setup. Stock is basically like any other stock in line four banger. Pretty boring on a car that's otherwise really entertaining.max225 wrote:
It is fairly difficult to make a turbo 4 sound good... then again I thought same about the beema and somehow BMW did it. I think you essentially have to artificially GENERATE noise in order to make sound in these vehicles.
the GTI sounding pretty good and much louder than a WRX that i drove back to back. Dat sounductor.Akropovic was the one exhaust I really considered for the GTI, but I couldn't swallow that price tag.Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:45 pmGberg2119 wrote:First time I got to do some windows down driving today. This car NEEDS volume. Windows down and some WOT driving it's so quiet even with the soundacktor buzzing away. I miss my turboback.
Such a shame VW doesn't have exhausts with character for north american cars.
The factory akro is over $3k for our R's and it's only an axleback. If I remember right it doesn't even fit the 7 R. It only fits the 7.5 which has a slightly wider diffuser.
This is 50% of the price, and looks like a solid piece. Deets to come.Gberg2119 wrote:The factory akro is over $3k for our R's and it's only an axleback. If I remember right it doesn't even fit the 7 R. It only fits the 7.5 which has a slightly wider diffuser.SAWCE wrote: Akropovic was the one exhaust I really considered for the GTI, but I couldn't swallow that price tag.
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The audio doesn't demonstrate the differences, but there is a deeper and louder note, maybe stock + 20% which is perfect for daily duty but to open the sound up more I think a res-less catback is the better way to go.Gberg2119 wrote:They do sound fairly similar. DSG farts a little more noticeable on the Remus. It's probably very different from outside the car. GoRf is almost too refined in the cabin.
Your soundacktor is at 0% right?
So if your Remus is just an axle-back, you can probably do the OEM resonator delete too.Tarspin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:30 pmThe audio doesn't demonstrate the differences, but there is a deeper and louder note, maybe stock + 20% which is perfect for daily duty but to open the sound up more I think a res-less catback is the better way to go.Gberg2119 wrote:They do sound fairly similar. DSG farts a little more noticeable on the Remus. It's probably very different from outside the car. GoRf is almost too refined in the cabin.
Your soundacktor is at 0% right?
My soundaktor is unplugged in both of these videos.
Right, the pipe would bolt right in if I choose to give it a try. The exhaust guy was saying that he wouldve removed the resonator to wake the car up. I might pick one up later this year. Maybe the res delete is all the car really needsGberg2119 wrote:So if your Remus is just an axle-back, you can probably do the OEM resonator delete too.Tarspin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:30 pm The audio doesn't demonstrate the differences, but there is a deeper and louder note, maybe stock + 20% which is perfect for daily duty but to open the sound up more I think a res-less catback is the better way to go.
My soundaktor is unplugged in both of these videos.
Now that I think about it, are the diameters the same?Tarspin wrote:Right, the pipe would bolt right in if I choose to give it a try. The exhaust guy was saying that he wouldve removed the resonator to wake the car up. I might pick one up later this year. Maybe the res delete is all the car really needsGberg2119 wrote: So if your Remus is just an axle-back, you can probably do the OEM resonator delete too.
There is an adapter ring that fits the wider Remus onto the stock resonator pipe now so I'm sure that something can be done one way or another via direct bolt up or a connecting pipe.Gberg2119 wrote:Now that I think about it, are the diameters the same?Tarspin wrote: Right, the pipe would bolt right in if I choose to give it a try. The exhaust guy was saying that he wouldve removed the resonator to wake the car up. I might pick one up later this year. Maybe the res delete is all the car really needs
Do you have your valves coded to always open?
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I still don't have it either. I should probably buy it as I've had the car over a year already.Tarspin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:05 pmThere is an adapter ring that fits the wider Remus onto the stock resonator pipe now so I'm sure that something can be done one way or another via direct bolt up or a connecting pipe.Gberg2119 wrote:
Now that I think about it, are the diameters the same?
Do you have your valves coded to always open?
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I'd like to have better control of the valves but I still don't have an OBD11
Ok cool in4updates. I don't want to bolt on anything else until I learn what those valves are doing. If they are closing even in Race mode (which i think that they are doing) then I can likely code them to be fully open always. What would be ideal is 100% open in race and default setting in Comfort/Normal.Gberg2119 wrote:I still don't have it either. I should probably buy it as I've had the car over a year already.Tarspin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:05 pm There is an adapter ring that fits the wider Remus onto the stock resonator pipe now so I'm sure that something can be done one way or another via direct bolt up or a connecting pipe.
I'd like to have better control of the valves but I still don't have an OBD11
Exhausts are so tricky to get on camera. When it gets warmer I'll do the res delete.
