APR TT RS RSC Catback Exhaust Teaser!

[R5T]

You can't get Star Specs in 19s unfortunately. Had two sets on my mk1 and loved them, would have already bought a set for the RS if they were available.

My bad.
Was under the impression that they where available in 19".

[Arin@APR]

Here's a sneak peak of the Stage III Turbocharger System!



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[Jman5000]

Any cross applicability for us TT/S folks?

That's a great question dude...

[fjork_duf]

Any cross applicability for us TT/S folks?

Unfortunately there is no cross applicability on this specific exhaust because the RS has a different engine than the TTS. Although I am not sure if apr has an RSC exhaust in dev for the TT-S. Arin could answer that.

[Arin@APR]

Release thread:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...II-ECU-Upgrade!

[InTTruder]

I have the Stage 2 + RSC on my RS-



First-
Kudos to Doug, Keith, Grant, and the whole team at APR who did the R&D, mule/prototyping, and delivery of my TT RS. While I was galivanting about Spain and China, they not only completed the project to better-than-OEM quality, but took care of the car, detailed it, and delivered to me at a time and place of my convenience. I am VERY impressed.

Dr. Jekyll:
- Quiet idle (more about that later)
- Linear, tractable driving about town, over hill and dale, and in difficult stop-and-go traffic.
- Amazing fuel performance: I can usually hit 29 mpg avg to work, and about 24 going home (higher traffic density) on surface streets and artery roads. That makes for 26.5 mpg on the commute- not bad, in fact incredible.
- No drive-line jerkiness or clutch difficulties, including some serious time spent while hammering along during TT-E and HelenBack. The car behaves perhaps even better than OEM: I attribute this to the increased sampling and subsequent better EMS/fuel performance of the package.

- About that quiet idle:

Mr. Hyde:
- He reveals a small bit of himself when starting from cold iron- the precat has to hit a pretty good temperature before it stops barking, so on early AM starts for my commute I strap it all on, connect my ICE, start, listen for the sounds of good oil pressure, and drive away from my bedroom community. By the time I am at the main highway (300 yards or so, past 5 houses asleeping!), we are warm and running silent and deep, like an SSN-21 Seawolf.
- The throttle is linear, and I have not experienced any turbo lag as a result of the change in the performance graphs (see earlier thread discussions below). The car is SWEET JESUS quick. I haven't timed it, but my 60 y/o butt dyno wants to say 3.2 for 0-60 (0-100 for my Canadian friends), give or take. And there just is no need for winding it up to 3500-4000 and dumping the clutch. In fact, I consider that a recipe for disaster.
- The boost and torque come on RIGHT NOW. If the TT RS was a cruise missile before, it is now a hypersonic sub-orbital WMD, capable of obliterating modified Ms and Zs and Cs at will. PERIOD. The RS was already capable, even with quattro-induced understeer: you just point and play. Now the exit from an apex is monstrous, and straight line work is like reeling in small fish.
- I haven't probed top-end speed, and may not be able to, even at AMP. I had already hit 130mph (209kph) at AMP up on top of Eau Rouge after T16. That alone is significant. The braking and tires are limiting factors now, and I need to get Carbotechs and fluid as a minimum before the October HPDE at AMP.

Again- the quality of the work, the informativeness of the personnel, and the customer service for this R&D project are hallmarks of what lurks beneath the skin.

While you're at it, ask Chris Conners for his impressions. I think he drove it Wednesday night, but my 60 y/o brain is suffering from the time-warp introduced by hard pulls in the TT RS!

Git ya some, as we say down South!

[InTTruder]

And I was the R&D mule-

[Marty]

And I was the R&D mule-

How does the exhaust volume in the cabin compare to stock when cruising on the highway (especially when cruising up a hill)?

[InTTruder]

How does the exhaust volume in the cabin compare to stock when cruising on the highway (especially when cruising up a hill)?

Louder in part-throttle under moderate load (hill), but no harmonic drone at all. A cruise it is nearly whisper silent inside.

I've seen on the web some sound measurements (dB) regarding the TT RS, and I can attest (like you I'm sure) that this was the one fault in the OEM. APR have definitely fixed it, but it is not a mouse-fix. They HAVE cancelled the resonance.

[Arin@APR]

For those who've worked hard for the things they own, you deserve it.