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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: xtetx on 26 October 2012, 08:32
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My car is on the road after a week of public transport and long nights.
I need to ask you lads who are running the 3" exhaust from USA a few questions.
When i am in 1st gear and its under a bit of load, when i change to 2nd gear my backbox seems to be banging underneath, rather annoying, did anybody else get this problem?
Secondly, jesus will it quiten down? haha i really hope it does.
Here is a few pictures anyway:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/786308D7-C00F-46C6-8D52-F9CC7921187C-1200-000000FB8E9AB8B5.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/6253FC52-B737-4A69-81B9-6D5F0B5565AF-1200-000000FB88F89D48.jpg)
Yes i know heat sheild isnt on in this picture.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/1807E592-59A4-491F-9859-0B0CA82D71EE-1200-000000FB7EE2B762.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/F72E1B3E-550E-4080-A72B-5642E855CA6A-1200-000000FB836CBD52.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/4131610C-9BE3-4B40-8CF5-9855BB0CD9A4-1200-000000FB7863E00B.jpg)
A few things have been adjusted since taking the pictures.
Any comments and help would be appreciated.
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Your missing the middle exhaust support.
You should have a black support bolted to the bottom of the car which holds the centre of the exhuast up using two rubber blocks.
Looks good though.
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Perfect link
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=mk4+golf+middle+exhaust+mount&start=299&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=797&tbm=isch&tbnid=PqX_HqIbFPl2WM:&imgrefurl=http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php%3F5508188-Mk4-resonator-delete%26p%3D74715276&docid=ZcNDpGfaNOJ0XM&imgurl=http://meister.us.com/vortex_logos/20th/exhaust_1.jpg&w=864&h=435&ei=dGaKULSkJsLU0QXBiICICw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=313&sig=103702315428314720460&page=12&tbnh=89&tbnw=177&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:299,i:121&tx=83&ty=54
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thought that looked a bit strange :lipsrsealed: and that noise should settle....SHOULD settle :evil:
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ahhh that could be the nocking im hearing! i will sort it out then, thanks for that Jamie, mucho apreciated.
and yeah haha hope its not as loud, feel abit like a chav haha
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My 3inch exhuast also knocked on the rear valance but as you know I had a Bora. It was pretty quiet on idle but once on full chat it spat flames and was pretty loud. Sounded awsome though, I miss the noise :cry:
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My 3inch exhuast also knocked on the rear valance but as you know I had a Bora. It was pretty quiet on idle but once on full chat it spat flames and was pretty loud. Sounded awsome though, I miss the noise :cry:
haha i need to put my 45 degree downturn on then haha, currently running without it on, should have put it on before we put the exhaust on.
Its on the road now though so i need to tweak it and get it sitting right, there is quite a big difference going from a 1.6 - 1.8t!
took the DV off and also the SAI! need a pannel filter for the chatter now haha
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don't remove your DV.
it's a foolish idea.
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you took your DV off? :huh:
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I'd imagine from the 'chatter' comment, that he is attempting to create a compressor stall situation.
Of course, I imagine this will be to fool the street racing opposition into thinking his DV is broken and thus lulling them into a false sense of security!
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Yeah a guy who helped me said to take it off to stop loosing boost pressure until I get a forge one!
And we blocked it off!
And I'm not some sort of bad boy racer haha I do 60 on the motorway!
Is this a bad idea, I'm new to this coming for a 1.6!
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Theres one in ads at the moment he only wants £45 buy it quick :whistle:
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afraid so mate, removing the DV gives you compressor stall, which on a tiny turbo like the ko3 will do it much harm indeed.
The DV is there for a pretty good reason. I'd get one fitted asap.
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Cheers prawny I honestly didn't know that and thanks for the help! Ill sort it ASAP thn!!
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Prawny your like my 1.8t wikipedia, I love it haha
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haha, cheers dude :cool:
At the start of my 1.8T ownership, many many moons ago, I drove around for 6 months with an induction kit and a broken DV, I thought the compressor stall sound was normal, and to be fair, it's an AWESOME noise.
I was absolutely gutted when I fitted my forge DV and it went 'woosh' instead :(
Everyone has to learn somewhere :)
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haha yeah dude, thats the beauty of this forum, you can learn so much from it :smiley:
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and don't put the DV the wrong way, it sounds awful!
like a high pitch chirp from a bird lol ( I have read many mixed reports as to whether it actually causes any harm ......)
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My ERST used to sound like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUEBAKw5vQ
I miss the noise
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what's the difference from a 007 dv and a Bailey dv
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My ERST used to sound like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUEBAKw5vQ
I miss the noise
Haha sounds cool!
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looking good fella glad to see you finally got it all sorted :cool:
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looking good fella glad to see you finally got it all sorted :cool:
Cheers cully! I've got quite a few tweaks to sort out before I am comphortable with it. This 3 inch exhaust is reallu loud I'm not sold on it if I'm honest!
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mine isnt 3" but for some reason its gone stupidly loud and its doing my head in :grin:
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mine isnt 3" but for some reason its gone stupidly loud and its doing my head in :grin:
Boo!! I hope this thing goes quiter! Haha
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hi there the exhaust get alot quieter then where you first put it no as i was going to take it back off but after a week or so it was alot better
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Cheers pal ill keep it on then :-)
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See how it goes but a 3" exhaust is never going to be quiet. You will probably get used to it though.
If you want to change, give me a shout as I have an old miltek lying about still.
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mine hasn't gone quieter mines gone loader tbh and im sick of the knocking/vibrating noises. the milltek is going back on as we speak.
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See how it goes but a 3" exhaust is never going to be quiet. You will probably get used to it though.
If you want to change, give me a shout as I have an old miltek lying about still.
Cheers pal I will give it a week an let you know man :)
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Woww thats wierd having said that my Bora was literally a custom made 3" downpipe to decat right through to the back box which then reduced to 2.5".
On idle it was pretty much silent and an full chat sounds amazing!
On the rolling road it didnt struggle at all, I had a nice smooth line right through the rev range upto redline.
It might be a good idea to buy a reduced size back box, maybe 2.75" or very minimum 2.5".
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Woww thats wierd having said that my Bora was literally a custom made 3" downpipe to decat right through to the back box which then reduced to 2.5".
On idle it was pretty much silent and an full chat sounds amazing!
On the rolling road it didnt struggle at all, I had a nice smooth line right through the rev range upto redline.
It might be a good idea to buy a reduced size back box, maybe 2.75" or very minimum 2.5".
Im pretty sure these do reduce to 2.5 at the backbox, Deffinately the tail pipe that exits the backbox is 2.5.
My pals one has got quiter with use, I think its due to the carbon building up in the silencer. Very quiet on idle and not to loud at full throttle
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I hope so :)
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Give me a shout when you're up and running and I'll bring mine down, wouldnt mine seein/hearing the difference between this and my 2.5" Longlife system :wink:
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Will do mate! Just got a few tweaks I need to sort out at the moment man! Ill be in touch soon though and meet up
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Can't wait for them to come back into stock as my car is garaged till I get it!!!! :whistle: