Lucas' Golf R

[guile]

sounds like you know what you are doing and have planned it well enough. i'm struggling to picture it at the moment so will be good to see it once its all fitted.

nice shot of the internals, looks very neet, good luck with the install on monday...

[Lucas_R]

This is the best i can do for you at the moment guile. Note my very talented MSPaint skills

[Joe7777]

Very impressed with your DIY talent Lucas and build a car in the way you designed, though not sure about the MSPaint talent

[robbie]

Love your work Lucas.

[Lucas_R]

Very impressed with your DIY talent Lucas and build a car in the way you designed, though not sure about the MSPaint talent

MSPaint talent is lacking - i agree mate :p But it gets the point across.

Love your work Lucas.

Cheers Robbie.



Mini Update:

Resonator fitted this morning and i just picked the car up about half an hour ago. The difference in sound is night and day - the car sounds SOOO much nicer now. It doesn't fart and rasp and scream and shout anymore, but the sound is deeper, smoother and more subtle and WAAAAY less raspy. Hopefully cold starts are much more pleasant now too. Happy chappy.

I'll snap some pics later.

[tigger73]

Sorry I have only trawled a little through your build thread but can you detail exactly what you have fitted from the turbo back to your exhaust tips.

Reason being is I have a 2.5" non-resonated exhaust system fitted to a 3" DP and it's too loud. I want to tone it down but not silence it completely.

Be interested in your feedback/experience.



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[Lucas_R]

I keep the 1st post up to date with things done etc, although in saying that - i havent updated it for a few weeks.

Ive had 3x different dump pipes (trying to find my idea of the "perfect" one) and have settled on the SPM dump pipe because its nicely made, stainless, and has good fitment.

The only real negative for the SPM dump pipe was a lack of a resonated option, and it sounded pretty crappy to be honest, so i starting looking for a resonator to quieten it down and deepen the tone. Im also not a huge fan of v band joins, but they are better than the 'slip fit' joins alot of other brands use which always leak.

Stock catback but with 4" tips to replace the stock tips.

So basically, the following:
- SPM dump pipe with resonator added
- Stock catback
- Different exhaust tips

[grandturismo]

I can't wait to hear this new tone Lucas. Kudos for trying a didn't route. I'm interested to know if you had a slip-on? The only reason I ask, is I currently have the Akrapovic slip-on Catback and it not only made the GTI sound deep and with a groan that gets me every time but it is such a well built system, I haven't had a single leak and I tend to frequent the track these days. Having said that though, I will get the workshop to check it again. Piece of mind

[tigger73]

Ive had 3x different dump pipes (trying to find my idea of the "perfect" one) and have settled on the SPM dump pipe because its nicely made, stainless, and has good fitment.

The only real negative for the SPM dump pipe was a lack of a resonated option, and it sounded pretty crappy to be honest, so i starting looking for a resonator to quieten it down and deepen the tone. Im also not a huge fan of v band joins, but they are better than the 'slip fit' joins alot of other brands use which always leak.

Stock catback but with 4" tips to replace the stock tips.

So basically, the following:
- SPM dump pipe with resonator added
- Stock catback
- Different exhaust tips

OK so do you mind me asking what the spec on the Adrenalin resonator you chose and how you decided which option to go with (I'm guessing there's a trade-off).

I've seen that they have a couple of different versions on their website with options on length also. I'm guessing the longer the resonator the quieter the exhaust??? And obviously you have to match pipe diameters so you can weld it into your existing system.

Anyway be interested to hear the before and after clips.

Not surprised really that you didn't like the non-res exhaust - I think most people get sick of them pretty quickly. Going for a spin through the hills they are great but as this is only 5% of my driving it's 95% bad (city commute) and 5% brilliant which doesn't really work for me.

[tonymy01]

My Miltek is unfort (for the price paid!) slip on, and, while the leak isn't audible, you can see subtle grey marks near a couple of joins= minor exhaust obviously getting out at times.
It took me a couple of weeks to get used to the sound when the stock dump pipe (with cats and that thin resonator) was replaced with the Milltek DP the other month (and I had the resonated cat-back section fitted previously for probably 8 months). I actually love the sound now finally, but it was a BIG change to having both stock dp resonator and Milltek mid/post-cat section resonator. The sound is definitely quite different, and understandable for those running stock rear muffler that once a dp is fitted,a resonator is a necessary addition!

But I noticed when I let it rip in the city the other day (well, near Redfern station but still surrounded by buildings and thus lots of my own sound reflecting back) and with the windows down, that I suspect it will make pedestrians jump under full throttle (boost up, rear valve obviously open)..... but inside the car with windows up, quiet bliss

I don't have dsg, so can often give it plenty in the lower gears..since the dp was fired and driving to Mascot a few days a week, economy hit an all time high of 14.5l/100 for the whole 25km journey on more than one occasion but driving to Newy last week, 8.9...