bitAudi R8 tuning

[R8Steve]

Was looking to unleash a bit more sound from my Audi R8 (V8) and wondered if anyone had fitted any aftermarket exhausts they would recommend?

Not looking for anything mega loud, something fairly unobtrusive on the daily drive that gives a good noise when giving it a bit of a hoon

Also, where would be the best place to re-map it afterwards?

[Deadwing]

Hi Steve - just looking at doing the same thing myself ... research so far turns up Milltek and Quicksilver in the sub £2k range and then Capristo and Primary Designs (with ceramic coating so you can ditch the heat shield) in the £3k to £4k range.
Am looking at AMD Tuning to fit mine along with their own remap and PiperCross air filters - they are quoting me £2,200 all in fitted and VAT for the unresonated Milltek with secondary cats removed which looks like a good price. They aren't in your neck of the woods but their seem to be plenty of specialist tuning firms online in the UK.
Had really wanted a Capristo as it is switchable so you can adjust how loud it is but by the time it's on with all the bits it's over £4k so starting to feel expensive.

I'd welcome any recommendations also before taking the plunge particularly if anyone has used AMD before .... thanks

[Ballistic]

Deadwing said:

Hi Steve - just looking at doing the same thing myself ... research so far turns up Milltek and Quicksilver in the sub £2k range and then Capristo and Primary Designs (with ceramic coating so you can ditch the heat shield) in the £3k to £4k range.
Am looking at AMD Tuning to fit mine along with their own remap and PiperCross air filters - they are quoting me £2,200 all in fitted and VAT for the unresonated Milltek with secondary cats removed which looks like a good price. They aren't in your neck of the woods but their seem to be plenty of specialist tuning firms online in the UK.
Had really wanted a Capristo as it is switchable so you can adjust how loud it is but by the time it's on with all the bits it's over £4k so starting to feel expensive.

I'd welcome any recommendations also before taking the plunge particularly if anyone has used AMD before .... thanks

That's a great price for exhaust, filter and remap - I've been quoted double that for the same work.
Does that price include the cost of the exhaust?
Do you know if they have any experience of the v10?

[Little Lofty]

I've got a Milltek fitted to mine and it's sounds much better than stock, well worth the money.
I'm selling the car soon so it's coming off, a member on here may be buying it, but if he doesn't it will be on ebay or on the classified's soon.There is a Quicksilver on ebay at the moment, but I've heard they are a bit too loud for everyday use.

[Deadwing]

Ballistic said:

That's a great price for exhaust, filter and remap - I've been quoted double that for the same work.
Does that price include the cost of the exhaust?
Do you know if they have any experience of the v10?

They are listing products for V10 - www.amdtuning.com - Deal offers free fitting (or 10% off on mail order) and the remap is half price if you buy the exhaust. I emailed them my query and they came back within an hour with a comprehensive quote. I haven't used them yet but they list all sorts of makes and models across three centres in the south east ... must be doing something right I guess.

[Deadwing]

Little Lofty said:

I've got a Milltek fitted to mine and it's sounds much better than stock, well worth the money.
I'm selling the car soon so it's coming off, a member on here may be buying it, but if he doesn't it will be on ebay or on the classified's soon.There is a Quicksilver on ebay at the moment, but I've heard they are a bit too loud for everyday use.

Do you have the resonated or unresonated? - I want more sound but not antisocial ... Quicksilvers on you tube sound real loud, Milltek's sound more acceptable but I can't decide on which one - worried that if I go resonated it won't be enough of a change.

[R8Steve]

I think looking at the options above i'll probably go for the milltek unresonated system and get the re-map at the same time - quite glad to see it keeps the OEM tips as i thought i would probably have to change them to the V10 oval tips with an aftermarket exhaust.

The electronic valve system is a good idea but anything over 2k for an exhaust i think i'd pass on - gone are the days when an £80 peco big bore done the job ha ha!!

[Little Lofty]

[quote=Deadwing]

Do you have the resonated or unresonated? - I want more sound but not antisocial ... Quicksilvers on you tube sound real loud, Milltek's sound more acceptable but I can't decide on which one - worried that if I go resonated it won't be enough of a change.[/quote

It's a non res, it's just about right imo.

[Deadwing]

Little Lofty]eadwing said:

Do you have the resonated or unresonated? - I want more sound but not antisocial ... Quicksilvers on you tube sound real loud, Milltek's sound more acceptable but I can't decide on which one - worried that if I go resonated it won't be enough of a change.[/quote

It's a non res, it's just about right imo.

Great - thanks - Non Res it is ....8-)

[Deadwing]

R8Steve said:

I think looking at the options above i'll probably go for the milltek unresonated system and get the re-map at the same time - quite glad to see it keeps the OEM tips as i thought i would probably have to change them to the V10 oval tips with an aftermarket exhaust.

The electronic valve system is a good idea but anything over 2k for an exhaust i think i'd pass on - gone are the days when an £80 peco big bore done the job ha ha!!

Same here - I prefer the quad pipes ... AmD were offering the ovals for £250 inc but as you say that's nearly 3 full exhausts for your old tricked up Vauxhall Nova 1.3 .... 8-)

[Little Lofty]

Drove the car back from the garage tonight, what a difference without the Milltek and not in a good way.Everyone who is thinking about it, dont think any longer just get it done.It's a totally differant animal with the Milltek fitted, the stock exhaust is far too tame for this type a car imho.
(mines in the classifieds btw)

[Jkr8]

Interesting reading these forums, I've got a v10 and had the milltec fitted. I started off with there super cup which sounded like a F1 car but in a r8 v10 way, the sound was stunningly load but the worse part was on start up.....it woke the world up and Milltek didn't mention this!! However after speaking with them they swoped it for there value tronic race exhaust which I must say is fantastic.
The question is....... capristo was a second contender and with the switchable option it ticked that box over the Milltek, has anyone got any views on the capristo ??

Cheers

[AJB88]

REVO and APR software is very good for these.

[starmonkey]

I've got the Capristo. It's fantastic if a little expensive!

[sconzo]

Jkr8 said:

Interesting reading these forums, I've got a v10 and had the milltec fitted. I started off with there super cup which sounded like a F1 car but in a r8 v10 way, the sound was stunningly load but the worse part was on start up.....it woke the world up and Milltek didn't mention this!! However after speaking with them they swoped it for there value tronic race exhaust which I must say is fantastic.
The question is....... capristo was a second contender and with the switchable option it ticked that box over the Milltek, has anyone got any views on the capristo ??

Cheers

I've just bought an R8 V10 - pick it up a week on Thursday. Booked into AmD Tuning the following day for a Milltek Supercup, filters and a remap.

Have been swaying between the Race and the Supercup systems, but finally decided on the later. The car's for weekend use only and read about a couple of folk that thought the Race was too muted. You're obviously the other side of the coin. Horses for courses.

I'll find out if it's the right choice a week on Friday.

In terms of the remap, I'd not normally go down that route on a N/A car but the fact that the V10's in a fairly low state of tune combined with the fact that the ECU would need flashed after the exhaust fitment anyway, I thought what the hell!!

Any opinions on the AmD remap, or the remapping of an R8 V10 in general, would be greatly appreciated.

[Daggerpie]

What about an Armytrix exhaust, I don't know much about them but they seem to keep cropping up on various supercars?

From the vids I've seen the R8 version sounds ferocious as well!

[graeme4130]

Daggerpie said:

What about an Armytrix exhaust, I don't know much about them but they seem to keep cropping up on various supercars?

From the vids I've seen the R8 version sounds ferocious as well!

I've heard one of them on a V8 R8, and you've got to really like loud exhausts to want one. Sounded good, but the version i heard was very loud