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Looking for some advice please.
Just bought a 2018 S3 Black Edition Saloon and thinking of replacing the current exhaust system. I’m not looking for a big popping and banging noise that takes over the the inside of the car and prevent a comfortable ride just a sporty sound on acceleration.
I have also been told that it is possible to take out and replace a small section of the exhaust for an improved exhaust note and then this could be replaced, say, if you came to sell the car.
As you can see I’m a dinasaur when it comes to this type of thing.
Thanks
Dave
 
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Mike many thanks for the link would you mind explaining a bit more for me please on how it works, what it replaces etc, is it easy to fix
Cheers
 
That replaces a resonator with a straight through pipe. I’m looking for the same thing as you. Don’t want silly noise just a bit more when I’m pushing on.
There’s an Audi part number that exist. I put it up on a different post.
 
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AlS3BE said:
That replaces a resonator with a straight through pipe. I’m looking for the same thing as you. Don’t want silly noise just a bit more when I’m pushing on.
There’s an Audi part number that exist. I put it up on a different post.
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Only problem with the Audi part is it doesn’t have the anti-drone feature like the BCS res delete and because that part number registered for North America it’ll still invalidate the exhaust warranty in the UK and cannot be ordered / fitted by UK main dealers either (what my local dealer told me).
 
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Interested to hear more about this anti drone device.
That’s what I’m trying to avoid as at time I will be doing a few hundred miles in 1 day so the drone is a big no no for me.
 
AlS3BE said:
Interested to hear more about this anti drone device.
That’s what I’m trying to avoid as at time I will be doing a few hundred miles in 1 day so the drone is a big no no for me.
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Well as the name suggests it meant to get rid of the drone at motorway speeds. I have one but on a face-lift car, with the exhaust flaps open the noise is abut annoying at motorway speeds. Just a deep tone really. Shutting the valves makes a considerable difference. But for town driving and having fun valves open and bcs res delete is fine.

A few people on here have one with the face-lift so will be able to chime in. You've also got a 7th gear in a face-lift so I imagine the car is quieter at motorway speeds anyway as rpm is lower.

It costs a few hundred quid so isn't cheap compared to the 50-100 quid ones on ebay. But I didn't want to buy a cheap one and find out the noise was horrible and want to get rid of it. So I bought "the best" on the first occasion. Fitting was done by the guys up near Liverpool. It doesn't sound difficult to DIY, but need good clearance under the car and a tool to cut through the exhaust. I just decided to pay them to install it for me.

I still think everyone should do the exhaust valve mod though as a preliminary step. And then with the res delete if it gets too much, just put them back to stock.
 
In a facelift you can hit just over 100 before the drone kicks in. So no worries there.
 
BCS is great, im in a FL so get more pops on downshift, sometimes a bit of a crack. Loader upshift farts, and you get a nice deep exhaust note, especially if you upshift early and really pull through the gear.

Recommend the BCS guys at St Helens, got it fitted £300 there one saturday morning.
 
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I'm getting BCS Res delete on my 17 FL S3 and from videos it looks and is the business. Will update once it's fitted next Friday.

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I recently had a custom Res Delete pipe fitted to my FL S3 from a place in Fife for £80 all in. The noise is superb! But I will admit that town driving, especially when there are high walls either side of the road! Between about 2700-3300rpm theres a big drone outside. I do also have the exhaust valves unplugged so that might be part of it. What was also discovered when I took it in was: the expected Golf R equivalent res delete pipe didn't quite fit my 3 door S3, so they had to make a new pipe for it to fit. Still only cost 80 quid. Does anyone on here have a video of a Res Delete AND Exhaust valves open?
 
KevS3- said:
I recently had a custom Res Delete pipe fitted to my FL S3 from a place in Fife for £80 all in. The noise is superb! But I will admit that town driving, especially when there are high walls either side of the road! Between about 2700-3300rpm theres a big drone outside. I do also have the exhaust valves unplugged so that might be part of it. What was also discovered when I took it in was: the expected Golf R equivalent res delete pipe didn't quite fit my 3 door S3, so they had to make a new pipe for it to fit. Still only cost 80 quid. Does anyone on here have a video of a Res Delete AND Exhaust valves open?
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Should have got a res delete with anti drone from BCS

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What is the anti drone device in the bcs? Is it just a baffle or resonator?
Curious how they do it in what should be a straight through pipe.
 
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AlS3BE said:
What is the anti drone device in the bcs? Is it just a baffle or resonator?
Curious how they do it in what should be a straight through pipe.
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Not sure , maybe @BCS Nige can advise? All I know (with my basic knowledge) is it's a sticky out bit on the pipe.

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KevS3- said:
Only thing I'd say about that is - it sounds exactly the same as my FL did before Res Delete
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I can 1000% say that it is a lot louder and sportier than pre Res delete. Having a S3 Facelift and having had this done, as my source .

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I can 1000% say that it is a lot louder and sportier than pre Res delete. Having a S3 Facelift and having had this done, as my source .

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Fair enough mate Just doesn't come across that well on video. Like most things tho,
to be fair. I'll try and get a video of mine when I can
 
KevS3- said:
Fair enough mate Just doesn't come across that well on video. Like most things tho,
to be fair. I'll try and get a video of mine when I can
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I'll try and get one of mine sometime this week too, problem is videos don't really do it justice.

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KevS3- said:
I recently had a custom Res Delete pipe fitted to my FL S3 from a place in Fife for £80 all in. The noise is superb! But I will admit that town driving, especially when there are high walls either side of the road! Between about 2700-3300rpm theres a big drone outside. I do also have the exhaust valves unplugged so that might be part of it. What was also discovered when I took it in was: the expected Golf R equivalent res delete pipe didn't quite fit my 3 door S3, so they had to make a new pipe for it to fit. Still only cost 80 quid. Does anyone on here have a video of a Res Delete AND Exhaust valves open?
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I do on my PFL though I found that with valves open at 80mph the noise was still a tiny bit annoying. Just a bit of a deep sound.

So I bought the overly priced AWE system to close the valves by pressing a button. It makes quite a big difference. You can deffo hear the difference when opening/closing them at motorway speeds.



Videos are always rubbish but around 24? Seconds after the pause I open the valves and you can hear the difference even at idle
 
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Happy to offer you the Anti drone pipe with the forum member discount...
Alternatively we can offer the Powervalve boost actuated variable tone system (REV III - more pops and burbles off boost).

Vid below shows the most extreme variant with cat delete pipe on a GR7 (same MQB platform)...



Images below show the Centre Delete Pipe with DDE (Dynamic Drone Eliminator)
Cheers
Nige

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