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I'm looking to get a full system for my car,i've already removed the cats.Any one got any preferences over any make of system? Are custom made ones as good as factory produced ones? Is there much price difference between the two either?
I use a Miltek RS2 on my Avant. Sounds like a low rumble, not intrustive at all and I think sounds nice. The Scorpion system is louder and has upswept twin tailpipes. The Miltek has two slash cut tails. Power gain? hard to tell really. There are other out there too, anyone else....
If you go the handmade route as I did, you can get a system for about £500 for a d/pipe back jobbie. Mine was £440 inc vat for a cat back with just a rear silencer (no mid box).
I'd recommend Longlife, fits perfectly, no knocking and well made with lifetime warranty and a choice of tailpipes. Expect build time to be about 5 hours and they will build according to your wishes - e.g. how loud or quiet. Mine's got a nice burbly note which is loud enough, but quiet enough for long drives and does not boom in the cabin at any speed. Oh and if you drive hard you can get some great pops and bangs out the rear end clutching for roundabouts especially
I personally like it loud. If i had to buy a system then it would be the scorpion one, its louder! But i went the custom route. A friend is a sheet metal fabricator so we made the whole system at his work. Took ages, but its great, loud as hell too.
I chucked the cats away and the centre box. Just a small back box to try and make it quiet!!
If you are using standard ECU then you possibly wont notice much power increase, but wind the boost up and the difference is mad.
That cost me about £150 all in, but then a mate did it.
Be careful which custom making centre you use, some are very good, some are *****. I think it was Leigh that used one place and the work was bad! Cant remember.
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Yeah I used Ascar exhausts in Sheffield to decat my car. They have had really good reviews and done all sorts from Novas to Ferraris and Astons but the job they did for me was crap. :mad:
I've got a Scorpion system on mine - the twin pipes are cut straight at the back. It makes a superb noise without the Cats, but I have to say the fitment is a little bit "tight" (it seems a bit one-sided at the back). It definitely gives a performance boost on a chipped car though and the noise on full boost is more than enough
Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...
i have a scorpion also, was already on the car when i bought it, the fitment is not amazing, ive had some problems with clearence over rear diff but not too bad now, but it does sound awesome, booms a bit at 2500rpm but think i can live with that, had a friend drive past me a couple of times, sounds even better than i thought, if i could change one thing that would be to have straight cut pipes (not too keen on dtm style)
Martin - get someone you trust (?!) to drive the car and try sitting in the left-side rear passenger seat, you'll get a really tasty in-car passenger-sound track! I did this a few weeks ago after having a few of the ol I have to say I did enjoy it (and so did the driver).
Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...
dan, this is what i did, then got out and had a friend thrash past a couple of times at about 100mph lol, i reccomend you try this, quite an eye opener,
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I have to say I did enjoy it (and so did the driver).
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