How to make my exhaust sound louder?

freshpots said:

I like this idea. We'll jack the thread with nonsense, by then OP will have learned how to search.

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Bunnspeed said:

I don't want this OP to search. He played along and contributed a lot of humor to the thread, which wouldn't have happened had he searched in the first place. I wish more nOObs were as awesome as this one. Kudos to all of you saucy gentlemen. This was the funnest thread I've experienced in a while.

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Malibuboats91 said:

Thanks for all the help! I scored the pussy flo today for only $199! I feel like that's a pretty good deal considering how well of a performer it is.

I typically search, but am way too indecisive to decide off of my research. This thread was well worth me expressing my noobness.

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Red5pade said:

so i was thinking. i have a corsair k60 and a razer blackwidow ultimate. im thinking i should stop using the k60 cause i dont like the cherry reds and it hurts my wrest but the blackwidow doesnt like when i plug my ssf4 stick in. i just dont know what i should do. k60 or blackwidow? i love the cherry blacks so much that i cant stand these cherry red switches.... especially when i hit a rubber dome hahaahahahha.

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Bunnspeed said:

Dp makes a nice difference in sound quality even with the stock catback. I did a 3 inch 42 draft designs catted nonresonated dp before I got a catback. It sounded meaner than stock, especially when I got on it, but a little too quiet driving gently. I added their catback to get a ful turboback setup, 3 inches stem to stern, and now it is loud as shit...too loud, in fact.

Don't get a louder catback until you add a dp to your existing setup. You might find it's perfect at that point, or even too loud.

Your exhaust is going to be relatively quiet if it has a stock section, be it the dp or the catback, since a big part of the volume comes from having an unrestricted 3 inch setup from the engine to the tailpipe. Add the narrower, more restrictive downpipe or the stock catback to an aftermarket section, and the noise level is going to be limited by the lack of flow and the greater muffling of the factory section. As soon as you open up that sewer pipe all the way you'll hear a shit-ton more noise.

If you go to a different catback first, and then decide a few months later to add a dp to the equation, you might end up having the car be way louder than expected, and it'll be a lot harder to switch directions and go quieter. Plus, you'll feel a bit of power over Stage 1 by adding a dp. An additional benefit is that if you flash to Stage 2, your sound quality will get even beefier with the more aggressive mapping.

Before you jump the gun, remember that it's easier to make a car get louder, but not so easy to make a car quieter once you take a look at your choices. If you do get a new catback added. there's a good chance it'll sound like mine: ridiculously loud.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178771&page=3

I wouldn't worry about clutch issues. Mine lasted to about 108k miles and I was tuned since about 25K or so.

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Bunnspeed said:

No need to do that. Just get a boost tap from BSH or 42dd or any of the other companies that sell em for like 40 bucks and you'll have a non-permanent source for tapping boost which you can remove when you get rid of the car. I'm not sure if a boost tap will work with a stock pcv system (I can't remember what it all looks like ATM) but mine works well with my BSH Stage 1 pcv upgrade which cost like $99 and is a worthwhile preventative maintenance upgrade since your stock pcv is likely to blow now that you're tuned. My stock pcv leaked boost at Stage 1 and I gained a lot of power just by switching to the BSH pcv fix since my pcv must have been leaking since before the tune.

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RedLine GTI said:

Well you asked earlier if billy boat ever goes on sale...I know you went with the intake but for future reference...don't know what prices you were looking at but hers a catted version

http://www.redline-motorworks.com/Billy_Boat_GTI_GLI_A3_2_0T_3_Downpipe_p/fpim-0475.htm

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Bunnspeed said:

Great, glad you like it! Are you happy with the way your car sounds now?

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