After hunting around for a while I decided to take the leap and purchased a new exhaust (Catback only) for the GTI, and this arrived at TopOne early Wednesday morning.
For some background, Akrapovic is a well known exhaust/CF manufacturer for motorcycles and divested its interests into cars some time ago. Until now most of their work has focussed on Porsche 911 and BMW M3 models/variants with some pretty impressive results. I'm not sure what inspired them, but they have made one for the Mk6 GTI, in what they term a 'slip on' exhaust. The system comes with either full Titanium or CF (with Titanium inner) tips depending on your taste, and can be bought as a full cat back, partial (requiring cutting) or just the tips (requires cutting).
So up on the hoists, and out with the new...
and in with the new....
Of course it wouldn't be complete without the party piece
mmmm CF tips with a Titanium inner.....
And of course the finished product...
Initial thoughts, its much much louder than stock (surprise surprise) it has a very deep growl to it and can be reasonably quiet when not putting my foot down for the occasional squirt. I have an issue with the drone around the 1500rpm atm, hopefully this will decrease as it beds in, but only time will tell.
Just want to point out I have no affiliation with the company nor their dealer in Aus, but have been very impressed with Erik from evlmotorsports Vic as the principle dealer, prompt communication, friendly and a pleasure to deal with.
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Originally Posted by reaction
, as its not a turbo back wasnt expecting power gains and my butt dyno hasnt registered a big change....
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