Worked well in Individual mode - set everything to Dynamic except the exhaust haha

Thanks! To be honest I forgot to swap it out before this photo/video shoot as I wanted to actually capture the more natural sound haha. If you're cruising in comfort mode it actually kills them down almost completely.

My pleasure, glad you like it!

Thanks for the kind words!

So it was basically just the gutted cats to the JHM catted/baffled downpipes - then directly bolted to the AWE touring stuff out back. I think there may have been some sort of bracket that JHM has that helps the catted downpipes mate to your specific cat back setup. However it's been a while so I can't remember - but if you email JHM they'd make sure it mates up ok to your cat back system. Emissions would be bad news in any state with them.

@@dom_says gotcha. Thanks much!

Airlift 3H setup with KW V3 rear shocks. At the time was running 19x9.5 ET45 HRE FF04 with 265/35 Michelin PSS! Was a super comfy ride and very drivable.

Heyo, thanks! This should work just fine with the ECS valved cat back. You’d just need to gut OEM cats and add the JHM catted downpipes if you still wanna run cats.

@@dom_says oh okay cool. Where did you get your gutted cats? But I’ll def consider doing this when I go stage 2!

@@markinopea7548 Got them done locally. Sometimes they pop up for sale in FB groups/Audizine.

Heyo - I was running Airlift performance 3H with Airlift performance shocks up front and KW shocks rear with Airlift bags. Then the wheels in this video were the HRE FF04 in 19x9.5 et45 with I think 10mm spacers rear.

Without x pipe!

Ya I’m gonna work on some more soon!

Are you in the B8/B8.5 S4 FB group? I posted a couple videos there. Also my instagram is @nerdybeard and I also posted more there!

I had the install done at JHM so they made it work somehow *shrug*

You can…it blew my other S4s engine though. It’s such a stupid tune…

Kinda hard to give any strong estimates on insurance since it’s so variable - but maintenance isn’t unbearable. Be aware of the standard 70-90k ish “issues” that can mostly be resolved in the same service: water pump, PCV, supercharger intercoolers, thermostat. Also the cats can go bad even on stock tube before 100k miles. Also, be aware of the DSG gearbox and keep it up to date with service. Motor mounts usually are bad by 50k miles. Most of the above are just standard on Audis and supercharged performance engines - and DSG is just a crap shoot sometimes. Overall if you are just prepared for the known issues and choose a 6MT or have a solid DSG unit - it’s an extremely fun and potent platform!!

I ran the setup for about a year, and had no issues. The welds were reinforced when the cats were gutted.

@@dom_says Awesome, thanks for the quick reply! No issues with the baffles either? Have you since changed the setup?

Was running gutted cats, so no issues!

I believe the AWE Touring just means it has the mufflers, whereas the track has no mufflers. I think they both come with that rear resonator IIRC.

Heyo, so ya - gutted and reinforced the welds on the stock cats & added the baffled high flow cat downpipes. Test pipes for whatever reason are raspier than gutted cats. I wanted to avoid rasp and drone - and was able to do it (albeit pretty expensive) with this setup. I also wanted to avoid the smell of running Catless, and the baffled downpipes + resonated AWE (touring) just give it a solid sound. Hope this helps!

@@dom_says this helps a lot thank you! I'm basically looking to do a very similar setup. I was thinking going for test pipes but I'll look into gutted cats instead

I'll probably try gutted cats plus JHM baffled HFC. And later add a AWE touring catback

Just gutted, reinforced with welds, and put back on

Yea 100% agreed! There's something about just opening up the flow of the OEM cats that gives significantly less rasp than the aftermarket test pipe kits. I think the catted JHM downpipes are what really help tame that drone as well.

Yo! So the smell is pretty normal for a HFC. Noticeable when you get on it, but not nearly as bad as a complete de-cat. With windows down you get a little scent, but with windows up it's non existent.

Gutted factory cats*

Hey thanks! Why don’t you gimme an overview here and I’ll try and help out. Also try out Facebook groups for B8/8.5 (the only reason I use FB lol) for advice and help!