I am looking to put an exhaust on my A4 1.8T but I don't want to sacrifice the quiet sound so I am contemplating the idea of an e-cutout. For anyone that doesn't know there would be a switch that allows the air to either pass through the stock exhaust system or a rerouted exhaust system. I am thinking about doing a turboback 3" straight pipe out the side of the car and than the cutout would be the stock system. What are your opinions on this setup?

 

I think it's ghetto, but it'd be pretty cool if you could pull it off. I'd love to see the look on the guy's face who you race after you flick that switch!

 

well it would be cool but the biggest thing blocking your power is your cat. the idea of a cut out is to cut out before you hit anything that would slow down the exhaust ie. cat, resonator, muffler. so placing the cut out after the cat will get some performance but not near as much if you got a test pipe and then have the cut out after the tp

 

hahaha my friend just did this to his 87' TT supra

 

That is what I am going to do. I am going to either have a custom cat-less downpipe made or get a testpipe and than run it out the side. Nice sig by the way.

 

When i was a newb many.. many moons ago i had asked this same Q and got flamed. [8D]

 

I'm no noob to cars or this forum but I just can't make up my mind whether or not I want a loud Audi. So this way it is the best of both worlds.

 

I had it on my wrx and gained 30 hp over stock exhaust but that was with a 3" downpipe. very aggresive sounding as well. Here is the company I used. http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/They actually have a downpipe with it welded in for the 1.8t jetta. I would think we would get simular gains. Watch this video: http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/Media/WRXVideo.wmv

 

I wasn't calling you a newb just reflecting on the past. I like the idea of having the sleeper ability also. But Jeff has a good point that shy-ed me away from that idea.

 

I like this set up It will give you a good idea of what your options are.

http://www.atpturbo.com/root/releases/release091004.htm