Preposterous exhaust pics

[Dave Hedgehog]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

KTF said:

FN2TypeR said:

5harp3y said:

Four exhausts on a 4 cylinder golf, complete rubbish. Much worse than any barried saxo imo

Every time I see one of those two of the pipes (one either side) are squeaky clean whilst the others are filthy/black, are two of them fake?

Maybe the other two are only used when a bypass is opened in sports/noisy mode or something like that?

An R owner in a different thread confirmed 2 of them are not connected to anything.

With the old R32, one pipe was valve controlled and less dirty than the other, but at least it actually functioned as a tailpipe!

It lets the car down badly, and the crap noise they make even more of a joke

If i got one it would be straight down to milltek for a proper exhaust system and to have the engine bay speaker disconnected

[SuperchargedVR6]

DottyMR2 said:

spookly said:

Warby80 said:

SuperchargedVR6 said:

KTF said:

FN2TypeR said:

5harp3y said:

Four exhausts on a 4 cylinder golf, complete rubbish. Much worse than any barried saxo imo

Every time I see one of those two of the pipes (one either side) are squeaky clean whilst the others are filthy/black, are two of them fake?

Maybe the other two are only used when a bypass is opened in sports/noisy mode or something like that?

An R owner in a different thread confirmed 2 of them are not connected to anything.

With the old R32, one pipe was valve controlled and less dirty than the other, but at least it actually functioned as a tailpipe!

He may need to take a quick look under his car again, all 4 are connected and the outer one on each side is valve controlled so stays cleaner.

Golf R 3 & 5 door hatch, the outer pipe is valve operated.

Golf R estate - 2 of the pipes are not even connected to the back box.

HTH

I bet there is only one 2" pipe from the engine to back box too so all the "higher flow" is just marketing nonsense to sell it to people. Usually the most restrictive part of an exhaust is the CAT and the size of pipe. You can open as many valves you want, if the pipe feeding the backbox is only 2" then you can only flow as much volume as the 2" pipe will allow.

But hey, it makes them look cool down Maccy Ds car park

Nah, the system diameter is 70mm iirc. It has one cat right next to the turbine and another one underneath, but the main restriction is where the 6ish" diameter first cat drops down to around 70mm with quite a tight angle.

[AlfaRSpider]

[smithyithy]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

That's quite a cool reg plate for all those folk who say "Nice GTI"

Phon_E87 said:

I always thought they looked good like that.
That plate is fun!

I've seen loads at the VW shows, you're spoilt for choice really with a V-engine car

[ZesPak]

pah

[cookie1600]

boobles said:

& this.......

Owww that's going to take a few very big potatoes to wedge up there to stop it turning over on the key...

[Mince]

Hard to argue with TVR's exhaust selection always straight to the point ....or just straight through :P

[SuperchargedVR6]

PHMatt said:

downhillmalins said:

PHMatt said:

5harp3y said:

Four exhausts on a 4 cylinder golf, complete rubbish. Much worse than any barried saxo imo

The exhaust is as much about looks as it is performance. And that looks great as well as going like st off a stick.

Next up you'll say you can't have sporty looking kits on cars with a CC of less than 4L? Or wheels bigger than 13" on anything FWD?

To some extent this is true but if it is entirely about looks (Golf R) and not performance then it loses all credibility in my opinion.

But the Golf R DOES have performance?

This is the 21st century. Customers are paying considerably more for a car now than ever and expect a certain level of quality finish.
You can't put a stainless steel exhaust on a mass produced car and sell it for a price the customer feels comfortable paying. Hence they put trims on them to make them look nice but be reasonable to buy the car and replace the exhaust.

These days things like alloys and a nice looking exhaust are expected on pretty much all cars. I think the manufacturers have come up with good ways of making the arse end of cars look symetrical without having to fit a grands worth of exhaust to it.

With regards to the number of tail pipes - They don't mean anything. I don't agree with them having nothing behind them but in a lot of cases, the number of and position of tailpipes is indicative of the model?
The Golf R sets itself apart from the GTi this way in the same way the BMW M cars set themselves apart from 6 pots, and 4 pots and turbo's and NA's all by the tail pipe patterns.

Why should we in the 21st century settle for a cock eyed single piece of crap hanging off the back of a car because it's not attached to a V8?

They do to VAG haters.

I don't recall seeing any complaints on here about the Civic's equally high tailpipe count.

[Phon_E87]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

They do to VAG haters.

I don't recall seeing any complaints on here about the Civic's equally high tailpipe count.

I got no problem with quads provided they're practical.

The Ricer looks like a laser-equipped tranformatron, and needs to have multitubes. I have it on reliable advice the outer one of each pair fires out a stream of Uzi-equipped sharks...

[anonymous-user]

Might be in the minority but I think they're losing the plot slowly...

[MRobbins1987]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

They do to VAG haters.

I don't recall seeing any complaints on here about the Civic's equally high tailpipe count.

At least this comes with a free ironing board for the wife, aren't all the vents fake as well?

[VladD]

Willlll said:

I take your 18...


and raise you 41...

Is that a car or a wine rack?

[SuperchargedVR6]

Phon_E87 said:

SuperchargedVR6 said:

They do to VAG haters.

I don't recall seeing any complaints on here about the Civic's equally high tailpipe count.

I got no problem with quads provided they're practical.

The Ricer looks like a laser-equipped tranformatron, and needs to have multitubes. I have it on reliable advice the outer one of each pair fires out a stream of Uzi-equipped sharks...

Well that's where you're wrong. The outer ones are in fact after burners. The turbo under the bonnet is a fake one.

[VladD]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

They do to VAG haters.

I don't recall seeing any complaints on here about the Civic's equally high tailpipe count.

I hadn't noticed the exhausts because the whole rest of the car is so awful.

[ZesPak]

yonex said:

Might be in the minority but I think they're losing the plot slowly...

Nope, also don't like it at all.

Would be nicer with two big flat ones next to each other if you really need the surface

[AH33]

AlfaRSpider said:

I think they're alright. They are, at least, real.

[ZesPak]

AH33 said:

I think they're alright. They are, at least, real.

I think the main gripe with the Brera is that, like the Golf R, they are style over substance. I do agree on that. However the Brera looks the part overall so it's forgiven in my book

[AlfaRSpider]

AH33 said:

I think they're alright. They are, at least, real.

Surely not necessary with a 2.2 4cyl though...

[Stickyfinger]

AlfaRSpider said:

AH33 said:

I think they're alright. They are, at least, real.

Surely not necessary with a 2.2 4cyl though...

[omgus]

yonex said:

Might be in the minority but I think they're losing the plot slowly...

Where did they come up with that idea?