3" downpipe exhaust fitted

[Michael S2]

After just a few months of Milltek cat-back ownership i decided to go for a fully custom system. The cat-back Milltek is nice, but is still too quiet for me.

So after much thought and searching the forum for what others have done, i decided on the following:
3" from turbo, sports cat, 3" all the way back to the 2.5" Milltek backbox (joined before rear axle)







I am happy with the result. A little more burble at idle, give it some revs and the 5pot sounds great. I will probably have a custom back-box made in future i just wanted to see what the Milltek would sound like mated to this (plus it was cheaper this way).

[Michael S2]

I must also recommend anyone considering a custom exhaust to check out Stainless Creations in Falkirk. This is the first custom exhaust i've had done but the work looks of a very high standard. They originally said it would take a day to do from start to finish, but they said the downpipe was a ******* to do and it ended up taking much longer.

[david]

looging like they've done a good job,hope it sounds as good as it looks mate

[Sonic]

3" de-catted with milltek back-box is exactley what i have and IMO provides the perfect compromise and balance of sound vs comfort.

[Michael S2]

3" de-catted with milltek back-box is exactley what i have and IMO provides the perfect compromise and balance of sound vs comfort.

I agree, i might just leave it as is with the Milltek backbox. Do you have friendly MOT tester for the decat?

[as2q]

Looking good Michael you will feel it has more poke now that its able to breath alot better, you will have to pass us on the way up the road next saturday so we can hear it

[Greg_S]

Looks really good, going to get my exhaust modified when I can afford to and moving to a 2.5" pipe over rear axle I think is an excellent idea. Does this minimise boom a bit too

[Michael S2]

Look forward to it Martin

If you find your 3" too boomy Greg, i'd say try 2.5" over the axle. I've only been in my S2 so whats considered boomy i'm not too sure, but i wouldn't say mine is boomy at all really.

[John B]

Hey Mike

That didn't take you long to modify my ex-exhaust

When we next meet i'll have my S2 which has the full 3" system so you can compare the sound. Sometimes i think it is too loud but since I drive as a treat nowadays that's part of the pleasure If it was a daily driver, I'd probably go softer on the back-box

JB

[Michael S2]

Hi John,

I thought i'd stick with just the cat-back for at least a year, but I couldn't resist going 3" any longer

Happy with the results. Hope to see and hear your car at some point

[John B]

You can now take off those cat-holders from the OEM setup if you haven't already