AWE touring exhaust issue - HELP

[apexracer1904]

I'd say it's like a horn effect sound. Like the exhaust has a gasket hanging inside of the pipe loose and the exhaust is making it like a whistler. Not that there is a gasket hanging in there anywhere, just saying that's what it sounds like.

There's a toy that you spin around in circles and it makes that noise.

Whirly tubes.

Here is a video from outside the car with my 360 cam near the rear end. It definitely sounds like a vibration from the outside and is a lot louder than what the cameras picking up for some reason. It sounds crazy on the inside and also when driving by.

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Here is a video from outside the car with my 360 cam near the rear end. It definitely sounds like a vibration from the outside and is a lot louder than what the cameras picking up for some reason. It sounds crazy on the inside and also when driving by.

Something not lining up like you stated earlier tells me you need to measure the pieces imo.

 

[Bigfx]

Did you check how close the midsection is to the heat shield? That sounds like some crazy vibration or it touching something

 

[apexracer1904]

I've moved the mid section part up and down in various degrees. Like I said I've been under it four times and essentially tried to make any adjustment I could.

 

[apexracer1904]

I've moved the mid section part up and down in various degrees. Like I said I've been under it four times and essentially tried to make any adjustment I could.

That's the rear section I'm referring to. Where the mid pipe meets the muffler or resonator section of the rear. If you see that cross member section. They say every pipe has to be bottomed out, and I'm 90% sure that pipe is not bottomed out but to push it back any further would be metal on metal against that cross section.

 

[apexracer1904]

This is the explanation I sent in with my ticket Including pictures and video clips.


Some notes:

• We have lifted the car now 4 times to adjust every way possible.
• We adjusted the clamps in multiple directions and I even bought different clamps that we tried after the second attempt to make the sound go away and that made no difference.
• We tried to adjust the tips in multiple locations and then took them off completely and the sound was still there in all scenarios.
• We adjusted the pipes in multiple directions.
• All rubber hangers are hooked up.
• The sound is significantly louder than what the back 360 camera represents. Standing outside of the car as it drives by and inside the car it is extremely loud.
• Starts around 2400 through 2800 rpms and sometimes around 1800 rpms. Would be surprised how much time you spend driving at that rpm range. I have been trying to avoid that range by shifting up and down and staying outside of that range.
• I can assure you no part of the exhaust is hitting metal under the car as we have gone through it thoroughly now four times.
• The car is new. Only 3000 miles and the stock exhaust does not have any vibrations or resonance sounds and we inspected all heat shields, no rubbing or loose car parts. Again, the car is new. .
• We have tried to bottom out each section as the instructions state but cannot seem to bottom out the last section to the midpipe section. (please see the video). If I had to estimate, I would say there is an additional 3/8" to 1/2" in order to bottom out but cannot due to the control arm mid section of the car. (please see video for visual)

 

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This is the explanation I sent in with my ticket Including pictures and video clips.


Some notes:

• We have lifted the car now 4 times to adjust every way possible.
• We adjusted the clamps in multiple directions and I even bought different clamps that we tried after the second attempt to make the sound go away and that made no difference.
• We tried to adjust the tips in multiple locations and then took them off completely and the sound was still there in all scenarios.
• We adjusted the pipes in multiple directions.
• All rubber hangers are hooked up.
• The sound is significantly louder than what the back 360 camera represents. Standing outside of the car as it drives by and inside the car it is extremely loud.
• Starts around 2400 through 2800 rpms and sometimes around 1800 rpms. Would be surprised how much time you spend driving at that rpm range. I have been trying to avoid that range by shifting up and down and staying outside of that range.
• I can assure you no part of the exhaust is hitting metal under the car as we have gone through it thoroughly now four times.
• The car is new. Only 3000 miles and the stock exhaust does not have any vibrations or resonance sounds and we inspected all heat shields, no rubbing or loose car parts. Again, the car is new. .
• We have tried to bottom out each section as the instructions state but cannot seem to bottom out the last section to the midpipe section. (please see the video). If I had to estimate, I would say there is an additional 3/8" to 1/2" in order to bottom out but cannot due to the control arm mid section of the car. (please see video for visual)

Personally, I'd go back through and steal a tiny bit from each section and give it to the last section.

 

[Bigfx]

Personally, I'd go back through and steal a tiny bit from each section and give it to the last section.

Yeah that looks too close something is off could be the pipes they sent or maybe they way you set the exhaust hangers but something is definitely off.

 

[apexracer1904]

Personally, I'd go back through and steal a tiny bit from each section and give it to the last section.

That's what we did on the last try..

 

[apexracer1904]

Yeah that looks too close something is off could be the pipes they sent or maybe they way you set the exhaust hangers but something is definitely off.

The crazy part is, they say every connection needs to be bottomed out. If so, there should be more room at the end.

 

[Sw20mr]

Having the same issue, Did u ever get this fixed or found the issue please?

 

[Trilly_Loomis]

Apex that was literally the exact sound I got ptsd hearing the video. So glad you were able to capture it. Not sure how it worked out for you. But for me I emailed and waited like I said from my last post. They just never responded after multiple attempts to I opened a PayPal dispute to which they also did not respond and I won the case. Also find it crazy they didn’t reply to us on here as they have in the past. Guess even top companies are going through it. Idk.

 

[Lambosu]

Hello,
I am having the same issue with my AWE Touring where it would sound like this in the 2-3k rpm. Has anyone ever find a solution to this other than getting a new exhaust? I had an AWE Track initially then got the touring conversion but there was no issue with my track until the touring was installed. Anything would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[MooMoo]

Crazy that AWE is not emailing people back and trying to help. Bad customer service is one of my peeves, just had some from a company that sold me a tow hook. Definitely won’t consider AWE for an exhaust, this is a nightmare situation specially if you don’t diy. Having to go and pay to get the exhaust adjusted over and over again and still making a trombone sound. This is likely a fabrication issue from a bad batch

 

[Bigfx]

Knock on wood over 5k with awe and no sounds like that ever, has to be a bad batch or a bad install. Sounds like it’s rubbing/vibrating against somewhere look at the heat shield tunnel under and how it’s adjusted there.

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