matth76 1 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Hi. On Saturday I'm going to Stealth Racing to get them to fit a Milltek cat-back exhaust to my Golf vr6 and do a rolling road session. Who else has had a Milltek fitted by them? Did they fit it neatly to your car (so the tailpipe looks horizontal/level and tight underneath the rear bumper)? Will it make my car sound vastly different to standard? I know it is more of a subtle exhaust which is what I'm after rather than "in your face". However I would like it to sound nice and loudish when the engine is revved. How loud is a Milltek when you rev the engine? Under acceleration is it noticably louder and audiable to other road users in other cars? I know on idle it will be hardly noticable at all - I'm really curious what it will sound like at high revs (i.e above 3-4k revs). Ideally I want it to be subtle at low revs but much louder than standard when accelerating. Will I find my car much more responsive or will it not be that noticable? (I know it won't actually add any increase in power at all... perhaps a couple of bhp... but wondered what the 'responsiveness' would be like after fitting the exhaust)Also, is Stealth easy to find? I'm staying in Rugby with my gf and on the map it looks fairly close. While I wait for them to do my car is the town/village centre easily within walking distance? (My gf doesn't like the idea of waiting around in the garage)Thanks, Matt Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Head out towards Southam care3ful tho as when you get there i usually drive by coz i'm not concentrating as its just round a corner Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Local area map: http://www.stealthracing.co.uk/locate.phpRAC Route Planner: http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner?advanced=false&fromcity=UK+town+%2F+postcode&tocity=CV47+2PT&x=0&y=0Easy to find! Link to post Share on other sites
MarkVRsix 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Have you got a price for the cat back inc fitting and VAT? meant to be saving but I want one so bad Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 depends on the type of tail pipe you have got they all sound diff deppending on the tail pipe usually the thicker the tail pipe the less sound you will get. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rich 3 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Not much to do in Southam though, just a couple of shops and nothing much else! Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Thanks for your replies. Getting the twin jet tail pipe. Can anyone say what the sound of this exhaust is like at high revs? Is it a lot louder than standard or only slightly louder? Can it be heard from other cars? The price was around Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 that seems at bit expensive to me i had a cat back made by powerflow for my mk4 turbo cat back with dual exit 4in pipes as i had a r32 kit on it 500 Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 I had a look at AMD's site and they fit the same exhaust for around the same price. Although I have been told the Milltek is one of the best quality around. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 check this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAGNEX-EXHAUST-SYSTEM-GOLF-MK3-2-0-GTI-8V-16V-VR6-NEW_W0QQitemZ8005496619QQcategoryZ38786QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem free delivery too. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 or this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scorpion-Stainless-Steel-Exhaust-Rear-Box-GOLF-GTi-VR6_W0QQitemZ8005709630QQcategoryZ38786QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 take it to a kwick-fit givem a drink and im sure they will put it on for ya or if your near my work acton i`ll do it for ya. Link to post Share on other sites
MarkVRsix 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Awesome GTi list the twin jet on the site as Link to post Share on other sites
MarkVRsix 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Here's a list of Milltek's UK stockist if you wanna ring around http://www.millteksport.com/stockists.uk.cfm Link to post Share on other sites
stuey 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I was at Stealth last week, i was asking Vince about the Milltek and he said they had put the prices up. You might find some prices on websites may be out of date. To get to the shops in Southam, turn right onto the main road and cross over, head towards the r/bout and turn left. There is a sign saying 'Southam Local something...' pointing to a right turn across the road. Follow that road past the houses and you will end up at the shops. There isnt much there, by the time you walk there and back the car will probably be ready. I would be interested to see what you think of it afterwards as i would like to get a Milltek as well. Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I was at Stealth last week' date=' i was asking Vince about the Milltek and he said they had put the prices up. You might find some prices on websites may be out of date....[/quote']Glad I bought mine when I did then! Quality exhaust - the construction looks very strong and I would expect it to outlast the rest of the car! Nice noise too - not too loud, and the tailpipes look great.No sure what the power increase is - probably quite modest seeing as the cat exerts much more backpressure than the exhaust anyway. Ditch the cat and you can see an extra 20BHP. Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Hi guys well I finally got my milltek cat back system fitted and milltek high flow cat. Also had my car rolling roaded... all at Stealth. The price I paid for it all was pretty scary although the cat was the same price as the exhaust so I had budgeted for it. The rolling road test was Link to post Share on other sites
stuey 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Vince told me the same about the cold air inlet not making much difference. My car has aircon so i don't think i could have one anyway (cold air inlet). If you haven't got aircon you could get some lower bumper intakes and duct some air up to the filter, wouldn't hurt imo. My old Clio 16v did suffer a bit when it got really hot under the bonnet, the filter was fixed straight onto the throttle body next to the engine with no shield. It did sound like a race car with no cat and the magnex though Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I've got a BMC on with cold air feed and previously had a RamAIR without a feed, I think the cold air feed is critical personally, you are just sucking in hot air without one and will completely lose any benefit of a better filter. My Ramair felt stifled and the car felt so much better when I returned to the original filter in the original box with the original air feed. The BMC is worlds apart from other filters in my opinion. I don't personally think you will spot the difference that a cold air feed makes whilst on a rolling road, the bonnet is usually up so the engine can draw in cool air anyway. When you think how different a car feels on a cool day to a hot day, that's the kind of deifference you notice every day when you have a cold air feed fitted. Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 LongLife Exhausts made me a system for Link to post Share on other sites
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