[s-cars] Sweeter Sound

[Matt Molyneux]

Thanks for the advice. I'm getting closer to the Stromung. It's gonna
require some saving though. In the meantime if anyone has a used Stromung
for sale, let me know. Thanks.

On 10/10/05, Chad Clark <chadaclark4 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Matt,
>
> Coming from the guy who's definitely BTDT, I'll try and save you some
> time,
> money and headaches.
> I'm sure others will chime in with their experiences but here's what I
> did.
>
> Like you, I wanted to hear my car run. I could not afford the Stromung
> system at the time and thought I could come close to the sound quality
> with
> simple muffler deletions trial and error.
>
> Started with a simple cat delete on stock exhaust. No change in sound
> level
> that I could detect. I'd like to sit here and say that my
> seat-of-the-pants
> felt a bit quicker spoolup from the turbo but that may have been just
> wishful thinking at the time. Car came very close to passing the emissions
> test but nonetheless failed from high Hydrocarbons.
>
> Next was the center muffler delete. The car could now be heard but I
> wouldn't call it sexy. Sounded more like a 5 cylinder truck engine. A bit
> anemic, wrong sound at WOT, short band(3500-5000rpm) where it sounded ok,
> quiet otherwise.
>
> Next was a rear muffler swap with a 3" in/out Dynomax turbo unit. I had a
> 3"
> "Y" installed post dual cat-delete and a true 3" to the rear Dynomax box.
> Sorry I don't have the dimensions offhand. Now we were getting somewhere
> as
> the sound was deep and throaty but it droned too much. So now I needed a
> 3"
> center resonator installed to get rid of the drone. This helped and the
> car
> sounded pretty good but not as good as some of the Stromung systems that I
> had heard. Plus I still had the stock exhaust plumbing from the turbo.
> Even
> more, the system was cobled together with lots of welds and bends that
> looked like $hit, it hung too low and scraped over speed bumps.
>
> As a side note, what I would have loved to hear is Dave Dawsons built
> motor
> with the 3.5" nascar oval pipe, turbo back, single rear muffler system
> before he threw some resonators on it. Apparently it sounded something
> akin
> to Audis Sport race motors at full wail, especially going through the 2
> miles of Eisenhower Tunnel at 10,000ft elevation. We really need to get
> some
> sound clips of this Dave!
>
> Reluctantly I finally bought the generation 4 Stromung sytem, a true 3"
> turbo back stainless system, and have never looked back. Yes, its
> expensive
> but the system is well built, fits properly and more importantly(for me)
> sounds the best. I probably spent close to what I would have paid
> initially
> for the Stromung system on my cobled, wannabe, ghetto setup after all the
> trouble I went through to get it right. The only issue I had was I needed
> to
> file down the two mating flanges at the downpipe/mid pipe joint so that
> the
> sections joined up better. I was getting an exhaust leak at the base of
> the
> flanges because the two flanges weren't completely flat with each other.
> Took me about 1.5 hours of flat filing with a 12" bastard flat file. The
> only thing I think this system could improve on would be three hole
> flanges
> as opposed to two hole flanges so that others won't have this issue. Small
> issue for such a nice system though.
>
> Obviously if I had to do it all over again, you know what I would have
> done
> from the start. Is the car any faster? Sure it is because it's louder and
> sounds better now:-)
>
> Nothing to gain from Stromung, just a satisfied customer.
> HTH,
>
> Chad
>
>
>
> >From: Matt Molyneux <mmolyneux at gmail.com>
> >To: audifans <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >Subject: [s-cars] Sweeter Sound
> >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:21:08 -0400
> >
> >This is going to sound like a dumb question because it has nothing to do
> >with performance at all, but bear with me. With the MTM spec software and
> >the new tranny working well I'm just about perfectly happy with the S6
> >again. I plan on doing some mild suspension mods as I have alluded to in
> >earlier posts, but other than that there is only one thing about this car
> >that has always irked me...the exhaust note.
> >
> >Sure the stock exhaust flows well, even for cars with more HP than I'll
> >ever
> >make, but it just doesn't do the 5-cylinder justice. Reving the engine at
> a
> >stoplight will get you more rolling eyes than anything else. I have
> driven
> >a
> >car with a complete aftermarket exhaust and even though it was a while
> ago,
> >I remember it sounding glorious, so I know this engine CAN sound great.
> >
> >So here's my question, what can be done about making the exhaust note
> much
> >improved? I know I can try and track down a used exhaust system somewhere
> >but it hasn't been too fruitful, and I know that Stebro and Stromung make
> >good exhausts for this car but I really can't afford a completely new
> >system
> >(besides I can't get a hold of Stromung). Therefore has anyone come
> across
> >an inexpensive and practical way of improving the exhaust? Would high
> flow
> >cats make it sound much better, or would changing the rear muffler be the
> >best bet? What's the best source for these things? I'm asking because I
> >really have not clue were to start. Thanks for any help.
> >
> >--
> >Matt Molyneux
> >Washington, D.C.
> >1995 UrS6
> >MTM Stage 1+, EDU 6-speed
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Matt Molyneux
Washington, D.C.
1995 UrS6
MTM Stage 1+, EDU 6-speed