It's louder across the board, but moreso at higher RPM's. I wouldn't worry about obtrusive sound, at idle or a "set cruise speed", but that's just me. The nice thing is that you can switch it to OEM, if you'd prefer it quieter: giving you the best of both worlds.
That's good to know. My interest has peaked again
There's no need to start the car in sport mode with the Millteck VC, if the valves are left open (in last position mode) then the car will sound the same in touring or sport. The only difference you'll ever hear is from sport to track when the car increases RPM a touch at idle. If you haven't already, I highly suggest programming the Millteck to your homelink garage opener on the rear view mirror as well. (although I leave my valves 100% always, it's an easy switch if I ever wanted). Cheers.I did the valve controller and 3rd cat delete and can highly recommend it, it sounds great! I used to switch modes between open and OEM but now don't even bother, i just leave it open the whole time. You can pretty easily control the volume with your right foot
What i do wish though was that there was a way to start up in sport mode - if you toggle the switch too early it doesn't notice.
Also i found the homelink option unreliable, for whatever reason the signal was too weak or the antenna in the wrong place (the remote works fine though).
Sport mode does other things -- throttle response for one.
interested in this too
I did the VC first and then the decat pipe. The decat pipe install was a PITA for me, since I struggled with the pipe expander. I think the VC made a bigger difference in volume than the decat pipe. But the decat pipe changed the tone and made it throatier. I can also hear more pops. Overall I still think the decat pipe is worth having.
How's the tone changed? What I personally love most about the V6 is the "howling" sound at the top of the rev range. It's a sort of higher frequency sound compared to the bassy drone you get from an open pipe 4 cylinder engine.
With a decat there is a lot more V6 howl at high revs but it remains civilised with no drone when cruising.
You should do both. You are opening it up anyway and the costs are one good solid fancy meal for your family, and what have they done for you lately? Spend it on your exhaust.
Any UK MOT issues from the decat?@MiamiBlue , @Orchardbike if you are not a million miles away from Oxford (or you happen to be passing by), you could possibly have a listen to mine... I've done the delete pipe, and am unlikely to bother with the controller. IMO, not too much more aggressive when just tooling around, and then it sounds like Zeus blowing a damn trumpet when you go above about 4k RPM (windows down is a must!)
Awesome difference for a couple of hundred quid.
<Stares at expansive undertray> ... what decat?
Thanks Geoff.
Do both at the same time and gain the ability to tune your exhaust sound to your liking or revert to the factory valve control on demand.
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