Installed 3" dp and full decat deresonated 3" exhaust
 

well as you can see from the topic of the thread i recently did a custom 3" Dp with straight 3" pipe with cats or resonator to reach a 3" catback. the total cost was 300$ well all i can say is wow , talk about a major difference in performance the car pulls so much better up top. i know you are going to ask me why didnt i get 42DD 3" system well mainly due to shipping cost would be huge and i really dont want to pay that much saving up for T3/T4 turbo. anyways i will provide pictures as soon as possible i have taken pictures on my iphone however due to me being a smartass i tried to update the software and screwed up the memory and had to jailbreak it, so to keep a long story short i will provide pictures hopefully tomorow because today its raining. do i need to redo the software for the car or is the chip i already have is sufficient. tc guys and i highly recommend this mod.

good stuff man. cant wait for the pictures!
glad you did it yourself and not spend an arm and leg on 42dd

Sound clips?

sorry for the delay guys , as far as the sound clips ill post some as soon as i get them ok.

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got a rear shot? looks like you did a pretty good job. That is that holding your o2 sensor? a defouler?

yes great way no cel so far knock on wood :D the car pulls so hard i did a couple of runs with a buddy of mine in his stock 225 and believe me when i say it was not close :D note he needs a driver mod although i wouldnt think it would make a difference.

so is it afe to say going full custom will net the same or reasonably similiar gains as name brand? I want more than sound in an exhaust!!!! I'd appreciate it!

yes going custom will gain similar hp. especially if you go mandrel bent piping. Buying a name brand exhaust is just buying a name imo. The only time it starts to really make a difference would be in actual engine components, turbos... and things like that.

sounds good I'm going to get my tt looked at this weekend for a custom exhaust... should be fun!

wait wait $300 on a quattro car?! the DP alone would've cost more trying to engineer piping through that tight squeeze

that's blasphemy!