First Blog Post! Introduction / 8Y RS3 Exhaust
485 BLOG - #1 Exhaust Progression
Welcome to our first BLOG post on the 485 site! We have been aiming to improve our social presence and what better is there to do than showcase what we’ve been up to each week? Our goal here is to show some behind the scenes in depth detail and show you what goes on.
Let’s talk 8Y RS3 Exhaust
For those who are unaware, the 8Y chassis is the newest RS3 platform. Being released for about 2 years now, the chassis is finally coming to life. Many cars are being tuned and lots of aftermarket support is starting to take off. We have been producing exhaust for these cars for roughly a year, but we haven’t exactly pushed them heavily due to the tuning support / valve bodies.
Tuning support - Eliminating the exhaust valves completely, or OEM servos makes these cars freakout without a tune, unless you run valve delete plugs. Dash lights will come on and the car is nearly non functional.. throwing it into limp mode. Given we are not tuners, we only have so many options to fix this, which is why we lean on the delete plugs for now.
Valve servo bodies - As mentioned above we must use valve delete plugs to run aftermarket valve control, or to eliminate the exhaust valves in general for those not looking to have valves. There are no readily available aftermarket valve servo bodies to support the 8Y servo design.
Good news! We are developing our own parts to adapt the 8Y servos onto our valve bodies that we use on our 8V / 8S exhaust. This way we will be able to use our trusted valves to utilize the OEM servo for factory functions without running an aftermarket controller. This is a plus for many reasons. One being factory functions, as the servos change positioning when the car is in dynamic, or comfort mode. Our exhausts will also be direct bolt on to function without any delete plugs. Straight forward and user friendly.
For those who may not be familiar with our products above, or in general, they are all hand built here in Denver, Colorado. We take extreme pride in our work and we might not be as fast of a turnaround as other market options, but we strive to be the best. Basically every weld on the exhaust system and downpipe are spun. We build the parts in a specific order to be able to fit them in holders on a welding positioner. When build in proper increments, the part can have fully spun welds. This benefits weld quality, as well as giving off a nice uniform aesthetic.
I think that’s a pretty good start to our blog! I look forward to posting hopefully once a week, if not every 2 weeks showing what’s going on in the shop and what we’re up to, because there is always something going on and I think a lot of you like to see some further content. I will also be stepping up our youtube game! Leave us a comment if there’s anything questions.
-Nick