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Hello fellow owners!
I'm from Puerto Rico so it's difficult for myself to test this option on my 2023 S3 (8Y), but the shop is in Naperville, Illinois.
The place is Fluid MotorUnion with a ton of videos in their youtube channel.
They use something called a "megaphone" to tune the exhaust of cars, instead of just eliminating/replacing components.
In the case of a resonator delete/replacement, their finds is that a straight tube, although good, keeps some unwanted raspiness.
The cone shape of the megaphone provides some raspiness filtering, leaving a more throaty tone without affecting performance; this can be tuned with length and diameter.
Of course, this varies with engines and mufflers, but in general there seems to be an improvement.
That sounds like it could be a good alternative for obtaining a different tone from deleting the resonator, but they haven't done any sport Audis.
That would be the experiment and, from their videos, they're willing to test different setups. So, a) megaphone resonator replacement, b) delete + megaphone.
Their general rule is the closer to the engine, the better the megaphone performs.
Any of you thinking of a resonator delete should definitely give this a try and let us know, so Fluid MotorUnion has the data, and we can order the appropiate megaphone.
Please post your experience, so we can learn from it.
This video is a good example of what happens with a 4 banger...
View: https://youtu.be/9kl980keGfs?si=_RkwZ-rGUyj5hbay
I'm from Puerto Rico so it's difficult for myself to test this option on my 2023 S3 (8Y), but the shop is in Naperville, Illinois.
The place is Fluid MotorUnion with a ton of videos in their youtube channel.
They use something called a "megaphone" to tune the exhaust of cars, instead of just eliminating/replacing components.
In the case of a resonator delete/replacement, their finds is that a straight tube, although good, keeps some unwanted raspiness.
The cone shape of the megaphone provides some raspiness filtering, leaving a more throaty tone without affecting performance; this can be tuned with length and diameter.
Of course, this varies with engines and mufflers, but in general there seems to be an improvement.
That sounds like it could be a good alternative for obtaining a different tone from deleting the resonator, but they haven't done any sport Audis.
That would be the experiment and, from their videos, they're willing to test different setups. So, a) megaphone resonator replacement, b) delete + megaphone.
Their general rule is the closer to the engine, the better the megaphone performs.
Any of you thinking of a resonator delete should definitely give this a try and let us know, so Fluid MotorUnion has the data, and we can order the appropiate megaphone.
Please post your experience, so we can learn from it.
This video is a good example of what happens with a 4 banger...
