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mikinoz
28-09-2009, 11:11 AM
This morning I have had the rear muffler removed and some chrome tips added. I think that there is no noticeable difference on the city driving to the noise produced but will get on the highway this weekend for the drone test. Was cheaper to have the muffler removed and tip added than getting tips on to the muffler too!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/
GoLfMan
28-09-2009, 01:09 PM
there shouldnt be any drone at highway speeds mate :) shouldnt notice any difference over stock

well my car didnt drone anyway!!!!

looks like a tidy job, the tips suit it well
Greg Roles
28-09-2009, 02:56 PM
There's a real burble 1600 - 1800rpm, and when you do a long back off at the right revs you'll hear it, but 95% of the time you'd never know. No more noise in cabin at speed, at least in my opinion.

It is a good feeling to ditch that massive pancake though eh?
mikinoz
10-10-2009, 08:36 AM
Taken some highway drives now, and the note is deeper ever so slightly.

At idle it sounds better.

The soot now makes awesome swirly patters when you boot it too!

All around awesome mod.
Buller_Scott
22-10-2009, 11:22 PM
what was your main motivation to do it? removal of that dead weight?
Greg Roles
23-10-2009, 07:36 AM
Less restriction, better response, diesel now sounds quite "sporty" at certain revs. I like it a lot, and look forward to a decent full system. There is also enough weight in it to give Polar a seizure.
mikinoz
23-10-2009, 08:27 AM
My motivation was it was cheaper to remove the muffler than add chome tips to it - so off she came and saved me about $100! :)

Yes it feel smoother as it comes on to boost. I don't have a DPF, so the soot out the back it heaps more evident than the downswept outlets.
Buller_Scott
24-10-2009, 12:24 AM
hmmm. another thing on the short term to do list. sounds good.

and, not that im big on road rage [i abhor tailgating], but sooting does come in handy when one feels like playing god every now and then. straight through as opposed to downswept eh?

have you had the dp done miki?
mikinoz
24-10-2009, 06:33 PM
I have stock down pipe - no DPF as it was the 103KW model.
poyta
08-11-2010, 03:30 PM
Anyone done this to a DPF equipped TDI? I need to do something like this on my GT because I've got an R32 rear bar for it now so Its the easiest way to get the outlets to go out the centre.
mikinoz
08-11-2010, 03:34 PM
My humble/amateur opinion is that will be fine tbh.
Transporter
08-11-2010, 03:35 PM
Anyone done this to a DPF equipped TDI? I need to do something like this on my GT because I've got an R32 rear bar for it now so Its the easiest way to get the outlets to go out the centre.

The DPF is the first part after exhaust manifold, so you shouldn't have any problems with deleting the rear muffler.
jazd
08-11-2010, 03:59 PM
Any legal issues with removing the muffler?
mikinoz
08-11-2010, 04:02 PM
Any legal issues with removing the muffler?

Technically most likely.

In practice all it is there for is noise reduction, but as the noise does not dramatically increase I can't see an issue.
Jarred
08-11-2010, 04:03 PM
not unless it made the car too noisy, in the case of the diesels, it doesn't.

shouldn't be an issue. Although I wouldn't be surprised if it got pulled up in a roadworthy inspection...(imo)
schoona
08-11-2010, 04:21 PM
I had been pulled up before for having a muffler chopped out. If the car is complianced with 3 mufflers it is meant ot have them there. In saying that though, before I got pulled up I was of the same opinion as Mik. It's all about noise and it's still under the legal limit, why bother?

I wouldn't worry too much though, it was an 80 buck fine.