I BUY A NEW zorst today!

[dubber36]

I had nothing but good things to say about the Milltek I had on my 1.8T Leon Cupra. It made a dyno proven 4 bhp gain with no other mods, fitted, sounded and looked spot on.

However I have heard of a few diesels showing soot stains out of hairline cracks in recently fitted Millteks. Quite a few have had theirs replaced under warranty, which has solved the problem (for now) but the whole point of a stainless pipe is to fit it and forget it.

I don't think I would go for a custom pipe as an alternative. These are just made up from assorted pipes and boxes that are in stock. There is no development work other than the time spent making them fit nicely. There is no guarantee that they will work properly, and could even loose you power

[hotfive]

Thats exactly what my guy said about the Milltek cracking issue. He said in fairness the company are good at replacing but that it shouldnt happen in the first place. I suppose they are forced to move production to China to compete on price, but if i'm upgrading a component for me it should at least not fail. What about Scorpion exhausts? British built as far as I know and looks like they are doing new stuff - see http://www.scorpion-exhausts.com/

[AlanD]

I only know of people putting Millteks or Blueflames on their MK5s.

Cant really comment on any other brands.

[Jimp]

Scorpion made great mk2 and mk3 exhausts but I haven't heard about the mk5.

[hotfive]

Blueflame site still down..... Gonna phone scorpion Tomoro and see if they do a system for my car :-)

[reidtastic]

Blueflame has went under ! they will be opening with a new company name hopefully.
The blueflame is a brilliant sysyem though.

Pipewerks seems to be pretty rated and as said miltek is a shout. Miltek have had some problems with the dp cracking although i do believe that they have sorted this issue. It was due to excessive engine movement so a lower mount should help prevent this anyhoo ! you will get a warranty with the milly anyway so if it does go pete tong they should replace it. Miltek seem to be very good on the customer service front too which is a bonus.

[hotfive]

Blueflame back up I think..?

Seems lots of people are having problems with the Chinese Milltek Cracking issue, see:

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/new-a3-s3-sportback-8p-chassis/107900-milltek-problem.html

Turns out a mate had exactly the same thing, says he took it to a garage who laughed and said:
"Oh Mill-crack, as we call them in the trade"...!!!!???

[TrickGTI]

yea they are thankfully im waiting on my exhaust from them shouldnt be long now