I felt DP and APR resonated catback was too loud. I ended up putting my stock catback - the center resonator back on. Then a little while later put the center resonator back in....
Even so, that's still ~400whp. A friend locally went from that to the next step, std housing Vortex, along with fuel controller, lpfp, etc, etc, etc. For the amount he spent I can't see doing it...
According to the dyno charts on EQT's website you will. they're showing stage 2 E30 R tune, so IS38, making ~420whp. Yeah, that's not 450 but considering that's on the stock fuel system I think it's plenty.
Hmm, can't say I've felt an issue with smoothness on the 2.5 tune with my '19 6MT. Wasn't going to bother to upgrade but now I'm sorta thinking I should...
I did and the dealer said they were working properly. I agree that once they warm up "3" is too hot and I turn them down to "1". It just takes forever for them to warm up compared to previous Audi's I've owned and the Porsche Cayenne that's also in my garage. Those seats get nuclear inside of...
With the stock downpipe the exhaust was perfect, maybe even a little quiet. With the downpipe, forget about it. WAY louder and annoying on the freeway, even with the valves closed.
I didn't find the install hard at all. Everything fit as it should and went in easily with hand tools. This is maybe a 1.5 wrench rating out of 5, with it being closer to a 1 wrench...
I still wouldn't replace a good RMS. It's not like they all start leaking and replacing a good one just opens you up to the fact that it could start leaking...