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·Had my new exhaust and Apexi filter fitted by Gary (Evoboy) this weekend.
The exhaust system consists of
PE Downpipe
Magnex Decat
Blitz Nur Spec R cat back
I decided to go this route for 2 reasons
1. Firstly the Blitz follows a much straighter path than the OEM exhaust and other aftermarket exhausts that follow the OEM route.
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It's still possible to fit the exhaust down this route without it being lower than the maximum travel of the axel so there should be no problem with bottoming the exhaust out.
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2. With a minor mod to the Blitz the exhaust is now 3 all the way down
The blitz was modified to remove the restriction at the waist where it has to taper to join onto the standard cat
Before
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After
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A few other points to note
1. The OEM turbo elbow could be better, compare the OEM part to the PE downpipe.
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2. The CAT looks very restrictive to me, almost like having a brick in the exhaust
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The results
The sound is unbelievable! The combination of the Exhaust and Filter change the whole character of the car, it now sounds and feels like it should do. The car now pulls a lot better, most noticeably (and worryingly for me
) in 5th gear from 3k revs and up it pulls much better.
Have no mistake this exhaust is VERY loud, people do turn and look when they hear it, I feel like a boy racer! I now have to drop the car into neutral when I enter my housing estate and cruise onto my drive, I'm sure the neighbours will be up in arms if I didn't
The sound is also very invasive in the cabin although you can cruise at 70mph withit being no louder than the OEM exhaust, ANY extra gas at all though and you hear things immediately. I can see why this might irritate some people on long motorway trips although if it does all that is required is a bit of restraint to keep the car at low revs. Personally I love it
The other benefit from this exhaust was that school boy giggles I got when I saw my rear view mirror light up yellow and orange on the very first day driving home. It must have been a substantial flame too!
I'm not sure if it's just the new filter but when I come off the gas at high revs I get a nice PSSssst, maybe the OEM BOV? Anyway the Apexi filter sounds fantastic.
Fuel cut
The one and only drawback has been the immediate and thereafter intermittent fuel cut that I'm getting. I've only had this fitted since Saturday and haven't driven the car enough yet or pushed it too much (wearing new discs and pads in) but I've had fuel cut about 10 times so far.
I can't always recreate it but I have seen it happen sometimes when I'm cruising at 3k revs and I drop a gear and floor it, fuel cut happens at around 6k revs. It will also sometimes happen from standing starts when I floor it in every gear, fuel cut at about 6k revs in 2nd 3rd and 4th.
I need drive the car more and push it more before I can nail down when the cut is happening, maybe it's still the ECU getting use to the new setup and it will stop after a while? I wonder if an ECU reset might be a good idea anyway. For some reason I thought I was going to get fuel cut with this setup, oh well if it remains I'll have to bring the ECU remap forward a few months (my bank manager will love me!)
The fuel cut is really for info; I'll keep people posted on what happens with it as it may influence their choice of exhaust. What are other peoples experiences with the Nur spec R, decat and PE downpipe? If you have a similar setup (I know evoboy has) did you have any fuel cut? Do you still have the waist? Did you have an ECU remap at the same time, before or after the exhaust was fitted?
I suspect that the fuel cut may just be down to how unrestrictive the exhaust now is, with any luck it will go away, although its very intermittent at the moment and if I'm progressive on the gas it never happens, I can at least live with it till I get a remap done.
Well there you go that's my experiences with my new exhaust and filter, hope it's of some use to people.
Lastly I would just like to say a very big thank you to Gary (evoboy) (and his sidekick Dan) Gary put up with me watching him fit the exhaust and took time out to explain what he was doing and point out interesting parts of the process. Gary it was a pleasure to watch you work, I've never seen someone take more care over the car than I do myself, you treated the car like it was your own and I know that's not because I was watching! It's nice to know there are people out there who take pride in their work and give a toss about what they are doing. I'll be back again for more work!
Ta
Ryan
The exhaust system consists of
PE Downpipe
Magnex Decat
Blitz Nur Spec R cat back
I decided to go this route for 2 reasons
1. Firstly the Blitz follows a much straighter path than the OEM exhaust and other aftermarket exhausts that follow the OEM route.
It's still possible to fit the exhaust down this route without it being lower than the maximum travel of the axel so there should be no problem with bottoming the exhaust out.
2. With a minor mod to the Blitz the exhaust is now 3 all the way down
The blitz was modified to remove the restriction at the waist where it has to taper to join onto the standard cat
Before
After
A few other points to note
1. The OEM turbo elbow could be better, compare the OEM part to the PE downpipe.
2. The CAT looks very restrictive to me, almost like having a brick in the exhaust
The results
The sound is unbelievable! The combination of the Exhaust and Filter change the whole character of the car, it now sounds and feels like it should do. The car now pulls a lot better, most noticeably (and worryingly for me
) in 5th gear from 3k revs and up it pulls much better.Have no mistake this exhaust is VERY loud, people do turn and look when they hear it, I feel like a boy racer! I now have to drop the car into neutral when I enter my housing estate and cruise onto my drive, I'm sure the neighbours will be up in arms if I didn't
The sound is also very invasive in the cabin although you can cruise at 70mph withit being no louder than the OEM exhaust, ANY extra gas at all though and you hear things immediately. I can see why this might irritate some people on long motorway trips although if it does all that is required is a bit of restraint to keep the car at low revs. Personally I love it
The other benefit from this exhaust was that school boy giggles I got when I saw my rear view mirror light up yellow and orange on the very first day driving home. It must have been a substantial flame too!
I'm not sure if it's just the new filter but when I come off the gas at high revs I get a nice PSSssst, maybe the OEM BOV? Anyway the Apexi filter sounds fantastic.
Fuel cut
The one and only drawback has been the immediate and thereafter intermittent fuel cut that I'm getting. I've only had this fitted since Saturday and haven't driven the car enough yet or pushed it too much (wearing new discs and pads in) but I've had fuel cut about 10 times so far.
I can't always recreate it but I have seen it happen sometimes when I'm cruising at 3k revs and I drop a gear and floor it, fuel cut happens at around 6k revs. It will also sometimes happen from standing starts when I floor it in every gear, fuel cut at about 6k revs in 2nd 3rd and 4th.
I need drive the car more and push it more before I can nail down when the cut is happening, maybe it's still the ECU getting use to the new setup and it will stop after a while? I wonder if an ECU reset might be a good idea anyway. For some reason I thought I was going to get fuel cut with this setup, oh well if it remains I'll have to bring the ECU remap forward a few months (my bank manager will love me!)
The fuel cut is really for info; I'll keep people posted on what happens with it as it may influence their choice of exhaust. What are other peoples experiences with the Nur spec R, decat and PE downpipe? If you have a similar setup (I know evoboy has) did you have any fuel cut? Do you still have the waist? Did you have an ECU remap at the same time, before or after the exhaust was fitted?
I suspect that the fuel cut may just be down to how unrestrictive the exhaust now is, with any luck it will go away, although its very intermittent at the moment and if I'm progressive on the gas it never happens, I can at least live with it till I get a remap done.
Well there you go that's my experiences with my new exhaust and filter, hope it's of some use to people.
Lastly I would just like to say a very big thank you to Gary (evoboy) (and his sidekick Dan) Gary put up with me watching him fit the exhaust and took time out to explain what he was doing and point out interesting parts of the process. Gary it was a pleasure to watch you work, I've never seen someone take more care over the car than I do myself, you treated the car like it was your own and I know that's not because I was watching! It's nice to know there are people out there who take pride in their work and give a toss about what they are doing. I'll be back again for more work!
Ta
Ryan
