A couple new videos:
Installed and broken-in, it provides a nice deep rumble and excellent styling. Through my last tank I even ran almost 5% better gas mileage, too. Strange considering all the extra "testing" I've been doing lately.
Pics(19): http://imgur.com/a/62gGE
Vids(17): http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=remus4b8
Text: It's Alive!!!
Short Version: Installed the New Remus Sports Label Exhaust System on my 2010 S4 and love the deep rumble.
Long Version: I can really appreciate the Audi engineering team's talent in developing such a reserved exhaust system. I just found that running stock my car was a bit too quiet. It's not like I have a ton of money burning a hole in my pocket, but I did feel like an exhaust upgrade would give my car a more unique presence and at the very least help me remember that I had already started the engine... I keed, I keed!
I've always been a fan of Remus products dating back through my years with my BMW M3's and so I reached out them about my new S4. It just so happened they were already working on a solution and I was able to buy the following:
http://www.remususa.com/epages/remus...230491080556LR
I then got connected with the local Remus distributor Vivid Racing (http://www.vividracing.com) for the install so all I needed to do now was wait.
Well, waiting is boring, so I thought I would design some before and after tests. I broke out the video camera and started shooting. I captured some cold start idling and some driving sessions in a parking garage. I even taught myself some video editing and learned how to overlay a spectrum analysis of the exhaust sounds on the video itself. Guess that's what happens when a computer geek is also a car geek. And yes, I have my very own authentic vag-com cable, but that thing scares me a little bit so I'll leave that story for another time.
A couple days later and my package arrived. I was very impressed by the fit and finish of the new system. Obviously high-quality materials, but also great styling queues on the tips especially with the way Remus uses black powder coating as a contrast to really set them off. I took plenty of pictures and measurements and I'll get those up soon.
The day of the install came so I headed over to Vivid. I met up with Jeff and he got my car up on the lift. The guys at Vivid are great and they made quick work of mounting up my new Remus system. Of course, while waiting I had to check out all the other exotic European cars and parts. Jeff was with a local Audi dealer for over 15 years before joining Vivid and he even showed me his current ride, a sharp A3, so I felt good trusting these guys with my install.
Now, finally, for some sound. Well, wouldn't you know it, it was raining and pouring and my first drive was boring. Anyway, a few hundred miles later and the system is sweet. Very deep rumble at idle. Just about perfect and more than I could expect out of our V6's. That rumble stays with you until it turns into a growl when you get on it. I really tried my best to capture the sounds, so just make sure you've got a good speaker system and that you have a really large subwoofer that's turned up past 11. The frequencies of this new system stretch down all the way below 20 Hz and that's what really makes the Remus exhaust something you can feel.
What I like most about my system is that I can actually hear the throttle blip on downshift now. Putting my car in Dynamic and driving around town is wonderful. I almost love red lights now because of the wonderful exhaust notes as the S tronic kicks down from 4 to 3 to 2 then 1. I must look like a fool smiling every time I hit the brakes knowing that I'll get to hear my car drive itself better than me. I really think Audi missed a great selling feature because I could never notice that graceful rev matching before my Remus install.
Just thinking about it right now made me go out and do some more filming from inside the car... Okay, one more vid up on youtube for your enjoyment. You can find them all (17 as of this posting) on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RemuS4B8
I can't thank Duffy and the gang over at MaxMOTO (http://www.maxmoto.com) enough for importing these systems for us. The only problem now is my car won't be that unique after everyone else hears how good Remus makes it sound.
Answers to question so far: No drone, but there is definitely a nice deep tone.
Try to listen to the cold start fast idle videos with good speakers and that should provide a sense for the sound profile below 2,000 RPM. That same lovely rumble also comes through some on the rev matching videos between the 1,200 to 1,800 RPM range. Sorry, but you really won't get the same effect with laptop speakers. It does sound awesome on HTPC's with full-sized sub's, though.
I'll try to get some more videos up this weekend. I appreciate all the suggestions for testing scenarios and hope you all understand I did the best I could for comparing stock to Remus back-to-back.
Hope this helps.
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