I recently bought AWE’s exhaust for my 997.2 TT. Previously, I had an Eisenmann exhaust on my M5. I could not be any happier with my decision.

My prior experience (M5) was with an exhaust that sounded great 80% of the time. But there was that 20% when the exhaust was just too loud – whether it was on cold startup trying to sneak out of the neighborhood, at highway speeds when I wanted to be on the phone, etc. So coming into this decision, I was very conscious about not getting an obnoxiously loud exhaust.

My homework was similar to what most people do – read the forums, watch the videos, etc. I then called Mike at AWE and he agreed to meet me after work one day with their car/exhaust. It was late, after hours, and he didn’t need to. We had a drink and some food, and he even picked up the tab. Great guy. We took the car out, at which point my decision was done. This exhaust was exactly what I wanted – a deeper and more exotic sound but nothing obnoxious, not even close. I know there is a belief that all aftermarket exhausts have some drone – maybe, but I can’t tell of one at all. I can cruise at highway speeds with no discernable difference than stock, allowing me to talk on the phone if I need to. But on any acceleration, the exhaust comes to life, and over 4,000rpm, it just screams. I always wished PSE was available on the turbo as I like the idea of a switch for the exhaust. The funny thing is, the AWE exhaust seems to have a built in switch, in the sense it is stock-like at idle or when cruising, but sounds intoxicating on acceleration or high rpms.

In addition to being extremely satisfied with the exhaust, the customer service was nothing like I’ve experienced before. Thanks Mike!

Here are some pictures (there is an extra set of clamps in the 3rd picture which were removed) and I will get a video up shortly.

 

Nice looking system! Post up some videos

 

in for the vid, and you don't often see a red turbo, post up pics too!

 

Sorry it took so long, but was having trouble posting the video, and the good guys at AWE were able to host it for me. As with all videos, they never seem to do the exhaust justice. That is definitely the case here. It's hard to capture the sound with a stationary video camera and it's hard to capture the range of sound based on rpms and accelerations. Anyway, I think you'll get a flavor for the sound, but my real world experience hears even better music.

‪Turbo 3.m4v‬‏ - YouTube

 

mike is a cool dude