Does anyone have the new APR exhuast?
07-29-2001, 09:22 PM
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Yes../no Awaiting the downpipes before installing
Best quality of bends and welds on pipes I have seen so far to include MTM,Forge,ABT... Performance is another question and until they are installed I just can't answer with a butt-dyno. Hopefully downpipes will arrive this week and I can install them.
07-29-2001, 11:31 PM
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Haven't run them yet..
Waiting for Snail-mail to deliver the downpipes before replacing the entire system. I didn't think the others were that much different to stock loud but I was driving and not outside listening to the car. Test were run on a 2.7T German Spec A6 Avant. Most noise I hear is the wind whistling and the damn bugs splatting.
07-30-2001, 02:17 AM
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I heard one with downpipes this weekend...
and it definitely was NOT quiet. In fact, it was damn loud, but it did sound really sweet if loud is what you want.
I think the cat-back is supposed to be pretty quiet, but I haven't heard one yet.
I think the cat-back is supposed to be pretty quiet, but I haven't heard one yet.
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07-30-2001, 08:39 AM
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It was the full APR system...
downpipes, free-flow cats, and APR cat-back w/muffler. The car was at Curry's in Chantilly VA. Some guy had traded the car in to get a Z06 Vette. Curry's is a local distributor for APR products. I don't know if there is a Generation 1, 2, or whatever for this system.
They said it originally didn't have the cats in place, but they had put the free-flow ones in to get the car through VA state inspection.
This car looked and sounded like it meant some very serious business.
They said it originally didn't have the cats in place, but they had put the free-flow ones in to get the car through VA state inspection.
This car looked and sounded like it meant some very serious business.
07-30-2001, 10:34 AM
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Yeah, APR has two different versions of their exhaust...
the first had SRT and was much louder than the 2nd (current one on website). The first one is still available if you want a loud exhaust (you just gotta ask the guys at APR for it). So, in theory, there could be 6 different configurations with their exhausts and downpipes and cats. I believe this is how they rank in quietest to loudest:
1.) Stealth exhaust, stock DPs, stock cats
2.) Stealth exhaust, APR DPs, APR cats
3.) SRT exhaust, stock DPs, stock cats
4.) Stealth exhaust, APR DPs, APR test pipes (without cats)
5.) SRT exhaust, APR DPs, APR cats
6.) SRT exhaust, APR DPs, APR test pipes (without cats)
If you heard #5, that's a pretty loud system. Also, these rankings are from the sound as heard outside the vehicle.
The new exhaust (#1 above) is not overly loud at all. It's a nice mellow deep note.
1.) Stealth exhaust, stock DPs, stock cats
2.) Stealth exhaust, APR DPs, APR cats
3.) SRT exhaust, stock DPs, stock cats
4.) Stealth exhaust, APR DPs, APR test pipes (without cats)
5.) SRT exhaust, APR DPs, APR cats
6.) SRT exhaust, APR DPs, APR test pipes (without cats)
If you heard #5, that's a pretty loud system. Also, these rankings are from the sound as heard outside the vehicle.
The new exhaust (#1 above) is not overly loud at all. It's a nice mellow deep note.