How to make it louder?

[Jabozuma]

Yes the ready made kit is expensive but you can buildyour own using an Itg filter which is the important part. Think I built mine for under 200 and is more effective (good for 300bhp) than the kit for half the price. Will be selling soon as not big enough for me plans hehehe

Wait untill I get my charge super cooling kit ready! It will be like running on 100bhp NoS all the time without the bneed to buy a NoS kit and gas

[P1TT8ULL]

Haha OK we shall see how it compares to the ic I got coming with wmi and Nos

[H17YD_L]

A lenght of pipe costs £70-£100???

No that's the price for someone to do it as everyone else has said, but you do ur own for £2

[Gumby]

Silincer removed

Ooo I like that...almost s2000

Edited 5 October, 2012 by Gumby

[Gumby]

you dont need a remap for the cat back exhaust, only the downpipe

Ah ok...will look into that one. Looking at vids on Youtube, it makes the sound I was after too,

Edited 5 October, 2012 by Gumby

[fabia55]

you can get a device which plugs into the cigarette lighter, sends signal to the stereo so u can hear engine sounds as you rev through the car's speakers, it does the same job.

[apmaman]

Removing the center silencer adds the biggest additional noise. Removing only the rear silencer adds a little bit of extra meat, and at 5k changing gear gives you a nice little fart noise.

Theres a youtube video of a vrs with no silencers and no CAT and its insanely loud.. filmed somewhere in Europe.

[Furbytom]

Guys man-up FFS. If you can afford to buy a circa 14k car surely you have enough cash to invest 400 in a nice catback? Jabzouma you say you are worried about warranty but then say you are designing some DIY chargecoolet kit?! ;-)

[Jabozuma]

Guys man-up FFS. If you can afford to buy a circa 14k car surely you have enough cash to invest 400 in a nice catback? Jabzouma you say you are worried about warranty but then say you are designing some DIY chargecoolet kit?! ;-)

Yes, and where is the contradiction? I can still design it, build it, try it out but not run if I chose to do so? Trust me, if it works, and I sure it will, there will be plenty of people here wanting to get their hands on it!

I bought 5 years warranty and it would be pointless to waste that money due to some not thought through mod SUK considers as voiding such warranty, don't you think?

As with all money it comes from different pots. Car pot got spent and I need to save up for any additional kit as I do not live on credit

[Furbytom]

Yes, and where is the contradiction? I can still design it, build it, try it out but not run if I chose to do so? Trust me, if it works, and I sure it will, there will be plenty of people here wanting to get their hands on it!

I bought 5 years warranty and it would be pointless to waste that money due to some not thought through mod SUK considers as voiding such warranty, don't you think?

As with all money it comes from different pots. Car pot got spent and I need to save up for any additional kit as I do not live on credit

Sorry mate, I was only having a joke/rant after a few Friday night beers lol ;-)

No offence intended, keep up the good work!

On a serious note tho I don't think I'd be confident buying a product that the seller wasn't prepared to use on his own car

[MartynVRS]

My Astra was pretty loud when there was a few rust holes in the back box. Drill a few holes maybe? :p

[Jabozuma]

Sorry mate, I was only having a joke/rant after a few Friday night beers lol ;-)

No offence intended, keep up the good work!

On a serious note tho I don't think I'd be confident buying a product that the seller wasn't prepared to use on his own car

No worries . I will be using it on my car for testing purposes that is clear. When I get the prototype working I will get a recognize UK tuner to take it from there for the purposes of developing a specific map for that unit to fully utilize its potential. Nobody will talk to you seriously unless you have something to show first :(.

I suppose rightly so as there is plenty of garage inventors go go around with all sorts of whacky miracle gizmos, like fuel polarizers etc

[P1TT8ULL]

Well mate if you want you could always come down to Hoddesdon and get the guys that have mapped my car to do before and after runs on yours and stage 2 car to show gains??

[Jabozuma]

I read your posts about failed REVO map. I also read plenty about APR maps, especially the ability to switch them, which is exactly what I need!

Whose maps Hoddesdon tuners (any details, website?) install?

[P1TT8ULL]

Its called perfect touch. There's a website if you Google them. The guy that's done my mapping also worked with the company when this ecu was being developed so knows it inside out. Plus they have seen revos, stock and how their own map has worked on the car so know quite abit about the mapping requirements

[Jabozuma]

Did he work on developing the ECU programming?

[P1TT8ULL]

He's not affiliated with VW in terms of writting their maps or anything like that but worked with the companies when the Ecu was being designed and tested. He did have some involvement with the software used on it but to what extent I don't know. Pm me dude if you need some more info dude instead of taking over this thread.

[Jabozuma]

U right of course, sry!

[James I]

Just going back to making it louder, if somebody who has removed the centre can let me know what do you see if you look through the box? Can you see straight through? is it baffled?

I was thinking to avoid any warranty infringement I could just sleeve straight through the box with a pipe or if it is baffled make a hole straight through and sleeve it, then from the outside the exhaust would look standard but a better exhaust note would prevail.

WDYT?

[Jabozuma]

You will not get any repairs covered under warranty which were deemed to have been caused by a non-OEM part. Removing that centre resonator is rather unlikely to cause malfunction or damage. Installation of the new part may cause damage if done by monkeys

[James I]

Hopefully, I have found a company that can make a direct replacement for the middle box, no messing about just un bolt the middle box and replace with the purpose built tube! Stainless or mild steel.

I will let you know when I have mine and how much they are.

[Snowman89]

Sorry for this possbile very dumb question..

Is it possible to unbolt the mid silencer without removing it with force ex with welding (i know you attach two objects to eachother with welding, but i cant remember the word for the opposite..).

How many pieces is it possible to split the exhaust in without using force or "unwelding" it? Where does it split?

[stu_mcl]

The middle box needs to be ground/burnt put

The cat an downpipe is one piece and the rest back is one piece.......i think

[Snowman89]

The middle box needs to be ground/burnt put

The cat an downpipe is one piece and the rest back is one piece.......i think

Ah okey, that seems logic. Thanks for the input

[lippylj]

I removed my middle silencer,it's sounds great,more aggressive and only cost me a tenner(bargain!!) I've been told by my local skoda garage that only the exhaust is not covered on my warranty now because of the mod,I would reccomend doing this to all vrs's!!!