« Reply #6 on: 24 October 2021, 15:52 »
Less amazing resource and more “wasted an amazing amount of money on Golfs”! But thanks anyway
VW did a bit of fiddling around with exhausts in recent years, probably because of enthusiast criticism of the early mk7 GTI and R exhaust sounds.
The Clubsport had a reasonable sounding exhaust, I found just leaving the parcel shelf out of the car helped bring a bit more tailpipe noise into the cabin. The rear box was unique to the Ed40 and well designed but lacked the drama of the CSS pipes.
The TCR rear exhaust was close in spec to an aftermarket exhaust to try and reclaim some characterful sounds. Where the Ed40 has a muted burble on acceleration and deceleration the TCR exhaust has a unique noise all the time. A kind of hum like an aircraft engine (propeller type not jet) when cruising then a bark when opened up. I’d imagine they reduced the amount of exhaust baffle material to compensate the noise removed by the GPF.
The only modification I did to the noise was the same as the Ed40 - I left the parcel shelf at home!
I’m sure there are people that have improved the exhaust note a little more but I’m not certain how they’d do it without removing the GPF. To add some crackles you might need to change settings in the ECU
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