RS2 Milltek sound

[Simoni]

Anyone who has a sound clip of an RS2 with Milltek exhaust?
I cant seem to find any..

[s2_bo]

I dont have a sound clip but can say that its a very nice sound, overrun in second and up shift from 1st to 2nd gives a very satisfying burble. I really miss that sound actually.
0 - 40+ mph "cough cough" in Mont Blanc tunnel was also quite spectacular especially for the cars behind..

[s2driveruk]

yep alpine tunnels are awesome....mine decatted was sounding rather luuuurvely

Miltek RS2 is lush....Fitzy has one on his, i do have a clip somewhere but we didnt have much straight road to play with lol

[macspring]

Simoni,

Love the work you're doing with your RS2 and the photos.

A while back I bought a RS2 Miltek system for my S2 Avant as part of a mini group buy, makes the 5 cylinder very audible, mine has an RS2 airbox and decat, like a lot of us on here, I'm fussy and so am very dissatisfied with the fit of the system. Also for me I'd prefer the two tail pipe to be less thick and more discrete. The factory one is discrete, the Miltek sticks out a bit to far and the two pipes are a bit to thick as opposed to plain slash cut oem pipes. Hope you can understand what I'm trying to convey?

If I was doing it again, I'd arrange to make combine a trip to England with bring the car over to England to get a custom made exhaust made up which will fit better and presumable be a audible nice as the Miltek.

A company I visited in the UK in the past was RS Fabrications, which while not cheap I felt would do a very good job. Others may be able to comment based on actual experience of their work.

I'm sure there are others potential exhaust makers in the UK, but also there'll be others in Europe who'd easily be as good?

Hope this info is of some use to you.

Kind regards.

[rob martin]

had a milltek on my RS2. all i can say is " very bad fit ".

sounds ok but got PIPEWERX to cut and shut it in effect. raised the back box to fit the bumper properly, staggered cut the tail pipes to fit the curve in the rear bumper also. they look terrible standard, but once modified, look and sound great.

[Simoni]

Avantus on here has a custom one made by BFR but it's a bit pricier as a Milltek one and as I haven't heard it when properly run in I'm still in doubt about the volume of the sound.

I'm currently running a 2.5 straight pipe which sounds very nice above 3500rpm but is always very loud which makes it ridiculous on longer trips. I'm looking for something quiet when not pushing but loud and with a bang every now and then when stepping on it!

As the 2.5 is too small I cant add any silencer withouth reducing flow and performance.

[macspring]

Simoni,

I hear what your are saying about the cost, but as Rob and myself has said I feel you'd be happier at the end of the day with a better/dearer one than a Miltek.

i.e. you'll be much happier with the better custom one, long after the pain of the extra cost is absorbed / forgotten.

Kind regards.

[Avantus]

We'll go for a trip shortly, when warmed up it sounds really great. And it certainly pops and bangs on the overrun and shifting at max rpm

[rob martin]

you better not price up a SUPERSPRINT system then ! when mine was at PIPEWERX having it sorted, a gentleman had come over from Germany to have a full 3 inch turbo back system made and fitted to his RS2. it was still cheaper than a cat back SUPERSPRINT system and the results were brilliant. didn't see it personally but was a true one off system at the time. full custom ss tig welded turbo back exhaust. sounded amazing. give JEFF a ring @ PIPEWERX and see what he says.

ps. i do not have any interest in PIPEWERX as a company. just let them work on my cars if needed. anyone who knows IAN or JEFF there will tell you what they can do.

[macspring]

Ian is a legend in my mind from his work on Mk 1 and 2 Golfs, back in the day. Anyone whose familiar with the cars in question will know what I'm referring to.

[rob martin]

milltek currently around £600.
supersprint currently around €1500

will ring PIPEWERX for you to see what they can do a custom job for. will be back in touch !

i'd say around £500 - £600 for turbo back system with cat bypass. bit more with a sports cat in there. 100 or 200 cell probably an extra £150 ?

DAVID - have you seen their latest mk1 fabrication job ? currently doing the rounds on PISTONHEADS. was there when my RS2 was being worked on. check it out.

[DeanG]

Milltek recently fitted to my RS2

I recently had this fitted to my RS2 and AMD in Essex did a super job. My main concern about this system was that the tail pipes would stick out too far, but they were able to adjust it, so that it fitted perfectly.

The only slight dissapointment with this exhaust is that at a constant speed between 2-2.5k it generates a droning noise, which for my taste is too noisy, but on acceleration the system sounds lovely!

The quality of manufacture appears to be very high and it looks so much better than the old system.

[rob martin]

i want another RS2 now !

[Lloyd]

If you buy a Milltek you will not be disappointed, but do call the factory and arrange a free fitting (or re-fitting) to get it properly setup.

[Simoni]

To me this sounds perfect, but I'm not willing to change the downpipe due to Belgian MOT being fairly strict ( way too strict) about various things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd-4lksmZUo