sexybourbon 0 Posted May 13, 2014 Simple question , iv got a decat on and its pretty tinny when on the throttle. , you can hear it passing through and its taken away some of the deep growl the vr has and it niggles me Question is as i want to keep it is would it stop it if it was resonated ? And can someone explain what the difference is between resonated and non and wether it can be applied to my decat And i dont want a sports cat , there expensive and iv already paid for the decat and want to keep it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray1965 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Found this matey, might help. Have you got a stock exhaust or a after market can't remember when i saw your car. http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-678.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borachris 0 Posted May 14, 2014 The term resonated and non resonated applies to the extra silencer doesn't it? You can't resonate a decat pipe as such. How long has it been on for? After a while they tend to quieten down once they have a bit of a soot covering on the inside Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted May 14, 2014 Ahh cheers , i thought it was the same or like the ceramic coating you can get applied to manifolds and stuff. , hence why i thought it might be possible to apply it to the decat to get rid of the tinny sound it creates !! Ten looser points for me then for being a doofus Chris , iv had it in about a year now so should have plenty of soot in there mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borachris 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Maybe try getting some heat wrap on it to muffle the sound a bit? I'm just clutching at straws but maybe the decat is made out of a low quality material, I assume it's stainless? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted May 15, 2014 It is stainless and not sure on quality tbh its hust a stright through pipe , might give the heat wrap a go see if it muffles it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borachris 0 Posted May 15, 2014 That's the only thing I can think of that's worth trying really. If you get desperate you could try welding a piece of stainless bar to the decat, I'm not working of any proven scientific facts here but I reckon it would change the tone of the noise lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted May 15, 2014 I can see your thinking in that mate haha , will wrap it in heat wrap and see if that helps it at all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hofmiester 10 Posted May 15, 2014 Hmm was about to fit one to mine too but having second thoughts now :) notice any performance gain? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted May 31, 2014 Never seen your reply hoff , its not that bad mate it made mine more raspy tbh but in a good way if that helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites