3.0T AWE non resonated down pipes with oem exhaust

[AWEs5]

AZ I’ve searched on google and YouTube with no results. Anyone have the downpipes with stock exhaust on their 3.0T? A sound clip would be greatly appreciated!


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[B8Addict]

I had it for a while before i got the full setup and went back to stock downpipes. There is a lot more rasp at the upper RPM's. No drone though.

[kjeeper10]

Haha i was just googling for this info earlier.

[AWEs5]

I had it for a while before i got the full setup and went back to stock downpipes. There is a lot more rasp at the upper RPM's. No drone though.

So you currently have AWE exhaust with stock down pipes?


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[B8Addict]

So you currently have AWE exhaust with stock down pipes?


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Yup. Initially my friend had the AWE touring with non-res downpipes and wanted to have my stock downpipes. thats why I had the non res downpipes on stock exhaust. last year he wanted to trade in his S4 for an RS so I just took his AWE touring and my stock downpipes back.


Its a cool upgrade but I wouldn't spend the money just on the downpipes. If you guys want I can post a video of how it did sound. Will need to look at my videos on the phone.

[AWEs5]

Yup. Initially my friend had the AWE touring with non-res downpipes and wanted to have my stock downpipes. thats why I had the non res downpipes on stock exhaust. last year he wanted to trade in his S4 for an RS so I just took his AWE touring and my stock downpipes back.


Its a cool upgrade but I wouldn't spend the money just on the downpipes. If you guys want I can post a video of how it did sound. Will need to look at my videos on the phone.

That’d be awesome if you can. Video of AWE non res dp and stock exhaust


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[jazzyjay18]

Its a cool upgrade but I wouldn't spend the money just on the downpipes. If you guys want I can post a video of how it did sound. Will need to look at my videos on the phone.

I am doing downpipe only because the performance gains for changing the rest of the exhaust is minimal. Now if you are going for strictly sound I agree change the rest of exhaust.

[B8Addict]

Here you guys go. Only video I have of the car with the downpipes. Launch to 100km/hr.

Stock exhaust + AWE non resonated downpipes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXoAXTlEG1g

[AWEs5]

Here you guys go. Only video I have of the car with the downpipes. Launch to 100km/hr.

Stock exhaust + AWE non resonated downpipes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXoAXTlEG1g

Thank you for sharing! I can hear a slight difference. But i think it’s too subtle for the $650 price tag


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[B8Addict]

Thank you for sharing! I can hear a slight difference. But i think it’s too subtle for the $650 price tag


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Its definitely more noticeable in real life but only after 5000RPM or so. Again, I would NOT purchase these for a sound improvement.

[AWEs5]

Got it. Thanks for the inputs everyone. I have a 2013 S5 and posted the same question but didn’t get any response. So I’m very glad i was able to get some answers from S4 owners. I have the the AWE touring exhaust with 102mm tips shipping back to me tomorrow so I will just install that and keep my stock down pipes. I remove the exhaust because the welding at the mid muffler came apart while i was driving so I sent it back to have AWE reweld it. I was told that my case was unusual as the factory welds never come apart like that. Bad luck i guess. 🤷*♂️


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[AWEs5]

I had the full set up non res dps and touring when I purchased the car but found it to be obnoxiously loud. Figured i would either run non res DPs with stock exhaust or stock DPs and touring. But no way I would be running the full set up again. It’s my daily driver and i just couldn’t live with the drone on the highways with the full AWE set up.


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[B8Addict]

I had the full set up non res dps and touring when I purchased the car but found it to be obnoxiously loud. Figured i would either run non res DPs with stock exhaust or stock DPs and touring. But no way I would be running the full set up again. It’s my daily driver and i just couldn’t live with the drone on the highways with the full AWE set up.


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Agreed. I didn't even bother trying the non-res DP + awe touring. Even the AWE touring with stock downpipes has some drone which can be annoying.

[dlo93]

Its all personal opinion. I just installed AWE non res down pipes + AWE touring and find it to be the perfect setup. Not at all obnoxious but still very aggressive.

[AFR1485]

I had the full set up non res dps and touring when I purchased the car but found it to be obnoxiously loud. Figured i would either run non res DPs with stock exhaust or stock DPs and touring. But no way I would be running the full set up again. It’s my daily driver and i just couldn’t live with the drone on the highways with the full AWE set up.


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Sound preference is definitely subjective ; with that said I think the 3.0T is one of the worst engines when it comes to drone.

I’ve ran every exhaust combo, starting with

#1 non-res DPs and stock mufflers. This was definitely the most conservative setup, and I was very happy with this for the longest time. I ended up moving on from this because I wanted a little more sound. The sound clip with this setup was never worth it, you only heard a difference at WOT.

#2 next i went full retard and paired my non-res with awe track exhaust; that did not last a week. The S4 sound like a Honda rolling down the street.

#3 Next i got awe touring exhaust with the non-res. This sounds nice but was still more drone than I wanted. I’m believe most people would like this the most.

#4 Now I have touring with stock DPs and I’m sticking with this setup. There’s definitely drone, but it’s okay to live with. I’ve learned to keep the rpms out the drone zone; it’s not too hard with the 6MT.





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[AWEs5]

Sound preference is definitely subjective ; with that said I think the 3.0T is one of the worst engines when it comes to drone.

I’ve ran every exhaust combo, starting with

#1 non-res DPs and stock mufflers. This was definitely the most conservative setup, and I was very happy with this for the longest time. I ended up moving on from this because I wanted a little more sound. The sound clip with this setup was never worth it, you only heard a difference at WOT.

#2 next i went full retard and paired my non-res with awe track exhaust; that did not last a week. The S4 sound like a Honda rolling down the street.

#3 Next i got awe touring exhaust with the non-res. This sounds nice but was still more drone than I wanted. I’m believe most people would like this the most.

#4 Now I have touring with stock DPs and I’m sticking with this setup. There’s definitely drone, but it’s okay to live with. I’ve learned to keep the rpms out the drone zone; it’s not too hard with the 6MT.





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This is exactly the review i was looking for! Unfortunately I have the AT so it’s gonna be hard to keep it out of the “drone zone” unless I’m constantly in Dynamic or paddle shifting. Thanks for help


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