AWE exhausts are known for their 'Jekyll and Hyde' personality. AWE spends considerable development time achieving civility at idle and part-throttle cruising, while producing a war-cry wail at full throttle.
The AWE Performance Exhaust for the Volkswagen MK5 GTI uses thick .065"-wall T304L stainless steel tubing, double-walled exhaust tips to reduce heat discolouration, and fits directly to the OE downpipe (or any downpipe made to mate to the factory exhaust). The cat-back is topped with AWE's signature 3.15" bevelled tips in Chrome Silver, stamped with the AWE logo. Multiple slip joints with high-quality stainless clamps allow optimal adjustment.
AWE chose 2.5" rather than 3.0" tubing for the MK5. Its first prototypes were 3.0", but AWE found the effort needed to move the larger mass of air at lower rpm cost torque with very little offsetting gain at the top end.
Key Features
- Fully mandrel-bent tubing
- Stainless steel internal muffler and resonator construction
- Stainless steel MIG and TIG welds
- Double-walled exhaust tips
- Developed on AWE's in-house dyno
