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Tried quite a few exhaust setups for my A3 1.8t FSI now, all of them sucked.
1. Resonator delete. No volume or pitch change except for slightly louder drone (good drone) WOT at 2-3krpm.
2. Resonator delete + suitcase delete (rear backbox, which joins tips to pipe that leads to res) - OTT, too loud, sets car alarms off, earache inducing drone.
3. Suitcase del with resonator - sounded perfect except droning at 60-80mph, headache and feeling sick kind of drone. Other than that sounded great.
So I am thinking of buying an Eisenmann, I actually have to buy a Golf MKV Gti exhaust as no one does them for my car, but the suitcase shape, pipe diameter and layout is identical. Trouble is these are £1000 which is like $1300...the car is worth £10k, I am not sure I can justify spending 1/10th of the cars worth on sound alone. That being said, if I buy this it will also fit the 3.2 A3 I am upgrading to next.
Has anyone actually heard of Eisenmann? I have looked into so many setups and then consensus being that they are either OEM quiet or drone on the highway. Apparently Eisenmann Race is loud but no drone....
1. Resonator delete. No volume or pitch change except for slightly louder drone (good drone) WOT at 2-3krpm.
2. Resonator delete + suitcase delete (rear backbox, which joins tips to pipe that leads to res) - OTT, too loud, sets car alarms off, earache inducing drone.
3. Suitcase del with resonator - sounded perfect except droning at 60-80mph, headache and feeling sick kind of drone. Other than that sounded great.
So I am thinking of buying an Eisenmann, I actually have to buy a Golf MKV Gti exhaust as no one does them for my car, but the suitcase shape, pipe diameter and layout is identical. Trouble is these are £1000 which is like $1300...the car is worth £10k, I am not sure I can justify spending 1/10th of the cars worth on sound alone. That being said, if I buy this it will also fit the 3.2 A3 I am upgrading to next.
Has anyone actually heard of Eisenmann? I have looked into so many setups and then consensus being that they are either OEM quiet or drone on the highway. Apparently Eisenmann Race is loud but no drone....