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I love the sound of 180 degree headers and been dreaming of one for years now. Front engine makes our car much more difficult to fab one up. After seeing Tinmatt's build thread, I'm sold!!
Here is the beginning of my build. Fabricator friend, Aron at Acedautoworx wanted to jump on this challenge. He said he is always down for a unique build.
No “bundle of snakes” on passenger side. “Bowl of spaghetti” according to my fabricator. It was extremely difficult to keep it equal length and runner specific each cylinder routes Attachment 48356100 Attachment 48356101
I didn’t hear to much of a differents from 180 and longtubes maybe the mic idk
Have to hear at WOT. Cruising speed, it’s stock like or maybe even more quiet. Give it any throttle and it sounds amazing. It has a much more exotic note and throttle respond is so much quicker. All was through stock exhaust too.
Cold start is extremely loud, any throttle is so sweet too. What I love most is cruising freeway speed, it’s probably more quiet than stock.... My new R888R tires were louder than my exhaust at cruising speed and throttle.
That sounds bitch'n!! It's also a work of art. WELL DONE
And it must've cost a pretty penny.
Four questions
1) the wood board pictured in a few shots was that temporary to hold the pipes in place? I assume it was removed when the exhaust was completed.
2) why do we see pics of orange exhaust piping but don't see it as part of the finished exhaust?
3) how much hp did it add!
4) BTW, does anyone know what this is (pic below)?
Re question #4 - that is the oil cooler, cooled by the engine coolant system.
OP - system is gorgeous and sounds great. Will be interesting to see what the HP/Torque curve looks like once you get it tuned.
Originally Posted by Maxie2U
That sounds bitch'n!! It's also a work of art. WELL DONE
And it must've cost a pretty penny.
Four questions
1) the wood board pictured in a few shots was that temporary to hold the pipes in place? I assume it was removed when the exhaust was completed.
2) why do we see pics of orange exhaust piping but don't see it as part of the finished exhaust?
3) how much hp did it add!
4) BTW, does anyone know what this is (pic below)?
That sounds bitch'n!! It's also a work of art. WELL DONE
And it must've cost a pretty penny.
Four questions
1) the wood board pictured in a few shots was that temporary to hold the pipes in place? I assume it was removed when the exhaust was completed.
2) why do we see pics of orange exhaust piping but don't see it as part of the finished exhaust?
3) how much hp did it add!
4) BTW, does anyone know what this is (pic below)?
1. Yes wood is to hold up the collectors. Removed once all welded up into place.
2. Orange are actually ICE LEGO pieces to mock up the path for the piping to achieve equal length. Saved from wasting material.
3. Will get the car tuned by Cunningham Motorsports on Friday. Don’t think it will gain peaks HP but over all faster rev should be the key with this design. Something you can maybe only timed with timing back to back videos of another A8 car with headers and intake vs mine.
4. I swear my rev is much quicker than before.
That’s an oil cooler brick. Will get a shield when I’m back to work on another project with Aron.
10-12-2017, 01:36 AM
180 degree headers C7Z... DONE!!
