Capristo exhaust for r8 v10 thoughts

Capristo exhaust for r8 v10 thoughts

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NewNameNeeded

2,560 posts

224 months

Saturday 11th November 2017
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coche2316 said:
I did see that one, its the one at the Audi dealership also, that car has been reduced a number of times i was going to enquire about that particular one but at the time my one was a year newer and had only 6k miles and was not much more in price. The Audi dealer said to me every 4-6 weeks they review there prices and clearly there probably hasn't been much interest hence the price drop. Seems like a steal at that current price for an s tronic v10 spyder! cant see it dropping much more over the next few years. Even 2010 spyders with under 20k miles are mid 60s.
The white ibis spyder. Looks like it's now at Watford Audi, which is where I got mine from. Good experience from there, so far.

Guffy

2,310 posts

264 months

Monday 13th November 2017
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coche2316 said:
Hey,

Just ordered the capristo exhaust for my incoming 2014 r8 v10 spyder, just wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with capristo for the r8. I want to know how it sounds at lower rpm or do i have to give it the full beans. As my bentley sounds lovely at lower rpm (due to custom exhaust) am i gonna miss the lower rpm sounds with the r8.

Appreciate the feedback
I fitted mine 2 years ago to my 2015 V10 (Gen 1), it's the valved version with a remote control fob, so every time i start the engine i manually open the flaps (Ooooerr missus..). It can be programmed to start with the flaps open, but this is too noisy at 6am on a cold Scottish morning. At low revs It's much more noisy than the standard silencer, even more so at high revs.

It's not an exotic F1 sound, more guttural and angry, but still addictive, i tend to drive with the window cracked open all year round!

I could post a youtube video i made if i can find it!

coche2316

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16 posts

171 months

Monday 13th November 2017
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Guffy said:
I fitted mine 2 years ago to my 2015 V10 (Gen 1), it's the valved version with a remote control fob, so every time i start the engine i manually open the flaps (Ooooerr missus..). It can be programmed to start with the flaps open, but this is too noisy at 6am on a cold Scottish morning. At low revs It's much more noisy than the standard silencer, even more so at high revs.

It's not an exotic F1 sound, more guttural and angry, but still addictive, i tend to drive with the window cracked open all year round!

I could post a youtube video i made if i can find it!
I am sure your missus appreciates the cold start form the capristo wink in the cold mornings!
I was initially thinking of the remote but opted out for it as i wanted it to work with the sport button, Do you know if you can start the engine in sport mode on to open the valves? picking up my car this Friday and capristo exhaust fitting on Monday!

That would be great if you upload a clip? Do you know if there are any difference between the sounds from preface lift r8 (before 2012) and the facelift r8 v10? just because most of the youtube videos of r8v10 with capristo are pre facelift.

cheers

Guffy

2,310 posts

264 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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coche2316 said:
I am sure your missus appreciates the cold start form the capristo wink in the cold mornings!
I was initially thinking of the remote but opted out for it as i wanted it to work with the sport button, Do you know if you can start the engine in sport mode on to open the valves? picking up my car this Friday and capristo exhaust fitting on Monday!

That would be great if you upload a clip? Do you know if there are any difference between the sounds from preface lift r8 (before 2012) and the facelift r8 v10? just because most of the youtube videos of r8v10 with capristo are pre facelift.

cheers
It's not the best video compared to the others i've seen:

R8 V10 Capriso

The engine cannot start in sport-mode, well mine doesn't anyway!

Personally I wouldn't use the sport button to open the valves as i rarely use it these days, kinda out-grown the auto-downshift-blip that comes with it. The other feature of the sport-button is you can hit the rev-limiter (Using the paddles), in non-sport mode it will change up for you so you don't embarrass yourself when completing a heroic over-take biggrin

PS. i'm certain there's no difference in sound between pre/post face-left models, i have the Plus variant and it sounds the same a standard V10.


Edited by Guffy on Tuesday 14th November 07:14

coche2316

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16 posts

171 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Guffy said:
It's not the best video compared to the others i've seen:

R8 V10 Capriso

The engine cannot start in sport-mode, well mine doesn't anyway!

Personally I wouldn't use the sport button to open the valves as i rarely use it these days, kinda out-grown the auto-downshift-blip that comes with it. The other feature of the sport-button is you can hit the rev-limiter (Using the paddles), in non-sport mode it will change up for you so you don't embarrass yourself when completing a heroic over-take biggrin

PS. i'm certain there's no difference in sound between pre/post face-left models, i have the Plus variant and it sounds the same a standard V10.


Edited by Guffy on Tuesday 14th November 07:14
Lovely motor looks great in that blue and that noise of the acceleration is amazing, now i really can't wait!

wow you fitted the exhaust yourself? i also purchased my exhaust from scuderia parts but they are fitting it for me this Monday. I will try upload a video of a few accelerations from inside and out preferably through a tunnel!

lol I'm sure i will be hitting the rev limit a few times once the capristo is on.