Bino
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I have a APR TBE and I love it. It screams when your WOT and almost as quite as stock whencruzing around. But there alittle $$$$.$$
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I have a APR TBE and I love it. It screams when your WOT and almost as quite as stock whencruzing around. But there alittle $$$$.$$
Tried both 3" 200-cell catted/resonated SPM and AWE 2.5" 400-cell catted/resonated. Both mated to SPM 3" street cat back.
Total rough numbers here but at cruising they're very similar. AWE maybe 5-10% less noise. Under load or WOT, AWE is 30% less noisy overall. Less noise under load/WOT is what I was looking for so I've stuck with the AWE. Also AWE has added benefit of more likely to not trigger CEL.
I made a video of my full SPM street TBE setup. Used an external mic but even still, online videos only tell you so much. You need to head to a meet and start checking them out in person. The video does sound very similar to how my car sounds though:
Performance wise the difference is negligible to the butt dyno. Real dyno #'s who knows, I never had time or funds to dyno test each setup. I daily drive my stage 2+ GTI so either way it has plenty of power to get moving, break tires loose, etc.
Total rough numbers here but at cruising they're very similar. AWE maybe 5-10% less noise. Under load or WOT, AWE is 30% less noisy overall. Less noise under load/WOT is what I was looking for so I've stuck with the AWE. Also AWE has added benefit of more likely to not trigger CEL.
I made a video of my full SPM street TBE setup. Used an external mic but even still, online videos only tell you so much. You need to head to a meet and start checking them out in person. The video does sound very similar to how my car sounds though:
Performance wise the difference is negligible to the butt dyno. Real dyno #'s who knows, I never had time or funds to dyno test each setup. I daily drive my stage 2+ GTI so either way it has plenty of power to get moving, break tires loose, etc.