Don't Do This Exhaust Combination On Your Audi S3 or Golf R | Unbearable

[@wyvern3525]

This is literally the best install video i'm surprised there isn't more views on this. This would have saved me like hours on hours for that drive shaft nonsense.

[@RatchetWrenches]

Thank you that means a lot! And yeah that driveshaft is right in the damn way lol

[@wyvern3525]

@@RatchetWrenches for sure mana lot of your video's where you explain are amazing! You have the best camera angles to things that literally no one else takes the time to get. That makes a huge difference and i hope your channel blows up and you get the recognition you deserve in the audi gang community ^_^

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@wyvern3525 thank you! Yeah we definitely take the time to show the viewers the important steps and make sure the camera angles are good and clear. We hope the audi gets popular also! We got big plans for it in the near future

[@roncrawford5013]

Love the honesty my man. "Austin is not a fan" "Sounds like shit" hahaha. I had the same issue with my MKV R32 when I did a cat delete. Sounded like hot garbage and had to add a resonator because it got super raspy. Try adding in a resonator and I think you'll be happy. You gotta be honest with yourself and I'm glad you admitted you didn't like it. Most people would just be butthurt about spending the money and live with it even if it's stupid.

[@RatchetWrenches]

We appreciate this comment! And yeah we’re all about honesty, it truly sounded horrendous hahah. These mqb Platforms unfortunately don’t sound the best. So my current setup is the downpipe and the stock catback with a res delete. Sounds pretty solid tbh, had to sell the catback tho haha.

[@roncrawford5013]

@@RatchetWrenches I'll have to look through your videos and check it out. Do you have any clips? Just bought a 2018 s3 that gets delivered Monday. Already has the factory res delete installed.

[@RatchetWrenches]

Yeah one of my he newer videos announcing our sponsor eqt has the sound clips in it! Check that one out. And nice big man, you’re gonna love it. Such a fun car! Good luck with it

[@RatchetWrenches]

I will say also I’d you don’t plan on tuning it and putting a downpipe on most catback a sound great, just once you put that downpipe it’s game over haha

[@roncrawford5013]

@@RatchetWrenches oh there is no doubt it's getting tuned. Probably stage 1 at first (likely eqt) and then I'll do more later. I want to get it ceramic coated as soon as I can and do some handling mods as well. I have a B7 S4 Avant manual that is my weekend cruiser. This will be a fun and comfortable daily for me.

[@dodga100]

Yeah I appreciate the honesty in this vid I'd probably never go catless and catback, you can't open up these cars too much it'll get raspy asf

[@RatchetWrenches]

Of course! And Yeah we even went with the high flow downpipe and it still sounded raspy aka this video here. Now we run this downpipe and the stock catback with a res delete and it’s probably the best sound these cars can offer!

[@dodga100]

@@RatchetWrenches nice to hear you guys finally dialed her in man!! I'll probably go high flow DP, stock cat back without mufflers and bigger tips and call it a day.... Who knows that'll probably be too much 😂

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@dodga100 yessir couple thousand dollars later haha jkjk but yeah I think that’ll sounds good honestly!

[@boatnz5374]

@@RatchetWrenches haha I thought exactly what you said, sounds like shit, sounds like a gay Honda. Thanks for the honest vid-I just subscribed

[@brentm5066]

Great video that finally nailed the same feelings I’ve had after installing a Milltek DP and Remus exhaust with. Racingline stage 2 tune. I’m just not completely into the sound with the valves open. Mostly I don’t like the bubbles since I have a manual I don’t get much from pops upon shifts. Bubbles at times are just not throaty enough. I’ll be switching the downpipe and tune soon to see if these improve the notes.

[@jamesxloan]

Did you enjoy stage 3 Racingline? Looking at going with them for my stage 2 files

[@LoganBusher]

I’ve came to this issue, I want to go downpipe tune but my s3 came with an awe track exhaust when I bought it and I don’t have the stock one. I have no idea what to do

[@RatchetWrenches]

Yeah unfortunately these cars don’t sound the best. I’d see if you can have a resonator welded in to get rid of the rasp

[@MrTyler0115]

resonator delete , stock mufflers, high flow cat 😊

[@edwinvargas6666]

Coming from someone who just sold their civic si for an S3 i couldn’t agree more on the ugly honda sound lol my S3 came with the factory resonator delete and it sounds pretty good. Im looking for a new exhaust set up though. Need something louder! Enjoyed the video guys 👍🏼

[@RatchetWrenches]

Thanks for watching! And yeah it’s hard to get these cars to sound good. Almost need a custom resonator in when you have a downpipe and catback to limit that rasp

[@edwinvargas6666]

@@RatchetWrenches seems like the best way to go is apr stage 2 for best sound

[@mbrishke]

About to go through this myself, I have the mbrp cat back and have the CTS downpipe on the way. I'm hoping the mbrp will be a bit quieter than this, as it has two large mufflers and a huge helmholtz resonator. If it is too loud, I plan to just have a shop weld in an additional resonator somewhere.

[@RatchetWrenches]

I think with the resonator you should be actually pretty good! I’m curious to see how it sounds. Once it’s on let me know how it is because I might switch to that from my current setup

[@auditech66]

im running the same set up. mbrp with cts catted down pipe. its loud when you want it to be but if you take it out of sport and throw it in drive its not bad at all.

[@ethansteier1755]

i run a catted APR DP with a res delete and stock muffler on my s3, actually doesn’t sound horrible👍🏽

[@RatchetWrenches]

That is exactly what I ended up doing! I kept the CTS DP and res deleted the stock muffler. Sold that AWE hahah. I couldn’t believe how much rasp these mqb’s produce

[@ethansteier1755]

@@RatchetWrenches yeah that’s why i didn’t even bother w a catback!! much love from NJ too!

[@GamerMan3D]

Made the same setup mistake lmao, Im gonna go catted DP, res delete, stock catback. Just wish I listened to this before I bought the catback though lol

[@RatchetWrenches]

Hahahah you and me both, I wish I listened to people and videos prior. But that’s the setup I run. I think it’s the perfect tone with the res delete and stock catback! I have other videos on my channel which include that setup if you want to take a listen!

[@paulhume469]

I have an s3 8V stage 2 with CTS turbo decated DP and thwre on stock catback. Only talking about performance, is it worht it to include an after market cat back (eny one) tu gain more power for the stage 2 set up? My mechanic told me that it is complete necesary tu have the full gain of tbe stage 2, but if that is so, will i notice more gains or is just a fey hp or Nm? The catback is an expensive part so that is my concern . Thanks

[@RatchetWrenches]

The catback is not necessary for power or performance. You’re really only changing the sound. The true power comes from the downpipe. I’ve been running a CTS downpipe and my stock exhaust just with the resonator delete and I’m stage 3 pushing around 500hp. The catback is not necessary

[@paulhume469]

@@RatchetWrenches ok. Thanks. What turbo upgrade do you have? Any more lag? Im seeking for a new turbo that spools the same as is38 (in low rpm) Maybe de gt2260s ? Or i will se not much gains with this turbo? Please your help i. Seeking more torque in de low and mid rannge as i drive in the city most of the time so no much need to have gains in the high end of rpm or at high km/hr speed

[@SilveryFoxster]

What exhaust do you have fitted, the tail pipes look awesome.

[@RatchetWrenches]

AWE catback

[@Chocobohunter]

Bro any update on your current set up? I dont want to waste money on exhaust if its gonna sound bad

[@RatchetWrenches]

Yeah I have a bunch of newer videos that include the sound clips. I currently run the downpipe installed here with the stock catback with a resonator delete and it sounds good imo. Feel free to check out our latest videos!

[@nhieudieu5919]

Do you need to go stage 2 tune if you put this down pipe on?

[@RatchetWrenches]

You don’t have to but the whole point of the downpipe is for performance, so adding the tune will just make the downpipe really worth wild. Plus you’ll get a check engine light when you put the downpipe on, the tune will help trick the system to reading the proper o2 readings

[@tvboat1]

Did you find a solution to the first bend in the mid-pipe touching the heat shield? It rattles for me right there and sounds like a leak but thankfully it's not. I just don't know what I should do to fix it.

[@RatchetWrenches]

I actually ended up tightening and tweaking the angles a little bit to have it clear. Minor adjustments go a long way! But if you wanted you can push the heat shield out of the way with a pry bar to give it extra clearance but that’s up to you. If we’re talking about the same spot!

[@ZOKU-]

Replace mid resonator/muffler with flow master super 10 And the rear mufflers with flowmaster fx

[@RatchetWrenches]

I’ll have to hear how that sounds. I currently run the downpipe with a res delete stock catback and it sounds great

[@daren9721]

Stock exhaust with the down pipe. Try it since you have it already. Stock exhaust with the res delete might sound good 👍🏼

[@RatchetWrenches]

Yeah I actually ended up running the stock catback with the downpipe haha it’s too loud. So I’m most likely going to sell the awe SwitchPath

[@daren9721]

@@RatchetWrenches how does it sound now?

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@daren9721 sounds just a tad bit louder then the stock setup, unfortunately I need more noise so I have to figure out my plan and how I’m going to achieve that. If I don’t sell the awe catback I’ll prob put in a resonator or something

[@daren9721]

@@RatchetWrenches you can get the resonator delete kit for the stock exhaust. It sounds pretty good with the downpipe.

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@daren9721 I also looked into that. Very cheap solution. Then I can sell this $1900 catback lol and call it a day.

[@TomChard]

IE 200 cell down pipe and a hotdog resonator should be fine

[@nycyabber7103]

Personally, I think the best exhaust setup on these is catted DP, reso delete, and stock exhaust. It keeps the "german" 4 banger type of sound. I feel like all the aftermarket exhaust systems make the car sound way too raspy and farty. Just my personal preference though.

[@RatchetWrenches]

I agree with you I now have a res delete with my downpipe and it sounds better!

[@TheMlvswoll]

Agreed. I unfortunately stayed stage 1 with a Borla cat back on mine because of this. It sounded great but once you add a dp to aftermarket cat back I never heard one I truly liked.

[@michaelmancusotheoneandonl1117]

@@RatchetWrenches did you go catless or high flow

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@michaelmancusotheoneandonl1117 high flow

[@zeeb2014]

Doesn’t sound awful but definitely doesn’t sound good. I just ordered an armytrix fatback for my mk3 tts I hope it sounds decent. If not, I’m out $3k🤷‍♂️

[@RatchetWrenches]

I think if I put some resonators in the system it would’ve sounded better but nice! The older generations sounds a lot better tbh so I think you’ll be fine!

[@tigerman507]

"Sounds like a gay honda!"

[@RatchetWrenches]

Exactly! Had to get rid of this setup here haha

[@javijuka1987]

💅

[@MrEcho419]

Describes about 9001 steps to do this job. “Its a really simple job” 😂

[@RatchetWrenches]

Lmao it’s a lot of steps but doesn’t mean they’re hard steps! So it’s pretty easy 😂

[@gazza8596]

Live and learn bro good video

[@philip_2024]

i mean you are straight pipe, and there only 1 cat no resonator on the awe, thats why it sounds like a fart can. if you weld a resonator it wont sound like that....

[@saltyfish24]

I have an 8p & my wife has an 8v the old 8p sounds so much better

[@RatchetWrenches]

I agree the 8p’s do sound good

[@Kingkes92]

Is that with down pipe? Asking because I done a resonator delete and back bod delete on my s3 8p . But I don’t know if I should put a downpipe on it

[@RatchetWrenches]

@@Kingkes92 unfortunately the downpipe paired with my catback created an awful sounding exhaust. I could’ve put in a resonator to minimize the rasp but I ended up keeping the downpipe and putting the stock exhaust on with a resonator delete and it sounds perfect. If you don’t plan on tuning the car don’t even bother putting a downpipe on and just run a good catback for noise. But I’d you tune it get a downpipe obviously and then do a resonator or definitely do your research on what combo would sound best

[@saltyfish24]

@@Kingkes92 I've got a s3 8p myself with a full turbo back miltek if you want to fit a downpipe you'll need a tune

[@Kingkes92]

@@saltyfish24 nyc one ☝️

[@ForRJ]

Stock resonator is meant to eliminate the unwanted(that shit sound) from the stock exhaust but not engineered for an aftermarket downpipe, need a good exhaust with a good resonator to eliminate that raspy sound, I have a Billy Boat with an APR downpipe and my car sounds very good however it’s not very loud, just nice and deep, these cars will not sounds good and loud, the turbo discharge will not allow that, Good Luck 😂

[@RatchetWrenches]

Yeah Ik unfortunately the awe catback I have doesn’t come with a Resonator😬 I think I’m going to fab one in so I can have some noise with the car haha. Because rn with the downpipe and stock catback it’s too quiet. I gotta really weigh my options and see what’s best! Thanks for the feedback!

[@xbigdaddy77x]

Sounds awesome man.. I would keep it for sure.. you'll get used to it..

[@RatchetWrenches]

Ehhh idk it’s very raspy

[@Jon-us1bx]

I liked the video cuz I like you guys but...that sounds absolutely horrible. Audis are known for their awesome sound. That’s the worst sounding S3 I have ever heard. Definitely try stock car back or maybe a resonator.

[@RatchetWrenches]

Hahah we appreciate that comment! And trust me we couldn’t agree more. I already put the stock catback on and kept the downpipe! Sounded god awful. Haha

[@Jon-us1bx]

@@RatchetWrenches Have you got it sounding proper now? Would like to see.

[@RatchetWrenches]

There’s not much of a difference from the stock everything sound, you can hear the turbo spool more tho. I think I might end up doing a res delete kit and see how that sounds. But when I get it all figured out I’ll be sure to make a video or something to show!

[@swansmeister]

No matter what you do with em they will always sound shit, fartcans, all 2l turbo's are fartcans.

[@RatchetWrenches]

Beg to differ, sounds great with my current setup but I can see your point

[@echodivy4565]

Doesn’t soundthat bad