Anyone waiting for the AWE Tuning exhaust for their Type S?

[BklynITS]

I’m a huge fan of AWE Tuning and I’ve had their products on literally about a half dozen of my cars over the years. I reached out to their product team and they’re finalizing a system for our cars. In fact they just released the one for the Civic Type R but they said it is not an exact bolt on. Anyone else thinking about going this route also? Below is the link to their Honda version. Options should be similar for us.

https://awe-tuning.com/products/awe-exhaust-suite-for-fl5-honda-civic-type-r

 

[ABPDE5]

I think I read on CivicXI forums that their dyno testing showed +15 hp on the stock tune using this system on the FL5 (it includes a front pipe).

I'd want to see a third-party before / after measurement, but if I can get 10% increased hp (not to mention quicker spool time) with a catted downpipe and this exhaust, while running the stock tune and not voiding my warranty... yeah, I'd be interested.

 

[TeggyTypeS]

They are working on an ITS specific exhaust. I'll be getting one as soon as its available, AWE makes the best sounding exhausts..

 

[nawfoo]

I loved it on my BMW. Expect to pay over $1500 for one.

 

[TeggyTypeS]

I loved it on my BMW. Expect to pay over $1500 for one.

Depends on which version you go with but pricing should be inline with the FL5 version. That being said AWE is including a front pipe so its actually a pretty good deal.

 

[ZeroGSR]

I think I read on CivicXI forums that their dyno testing showed +15 hp on the stock tune using this system on the FL5 (it includes a front pipe).

I'd want to see a third-party before / after measurement, but if I can get 10% increased hp (not to mention quicker spool time) with a catted downpipe and this exhaust, while running the stock tune and not voiding my warranty... yeah, I'd be interested.

+15hp seems pretty dubious to me, especially without a tune, unless the FL5 exhaust valving is a mess. This is coming from a smiliar 2.0T valved exhaust and going 3" netted me... ZERO, and that was with a "tune." I can see with an aggressive tune, and especially with a turbo upgrade making decent power with it, but typically these valved exhausts should be pretty free flowing at WOT.

Also, as a note, swapping out your downpipe will definitely lead to warranty red flags. Not saying they will deny it, but if you have turbo issues, they could easily point to your downpipe as the culprit. Unless of course your plan is to just swap back to stock, which would likely be fine and thankfully isn't too bad if you go with TI studs and anti-seize.

 

[ABPDE5]

+15hp seems pretty dubious to me, especially without a tune, unless the FL5 exhaust valving is a mess. This is coming from a smiliar 2.0T valved exhaust and going 3" netted me... ZERO, and that was with a "tune." I can see with an aggressive tune, and especially with a turbo upgrade making decent power with it, but typically these valved exhausts should be pretty free flowing at WOT.

Also, as a note, swapping out your downpipe will definitely lead to warranty red flags. Not saying they will deny it, but if you have turbo issues, they could easily point to your downpipe as the culprit. Unless of course your plan is to just swap back to stock, which would likely be fine and thankfully isn't too bad if you go with TI studs and anti-seize.

Agreed. I definitely want to see some third-party before / after before I invest.

I could see a dealer refusing to fix an O2 sensor issue. It's pretty hard to argue that a freer-flowing cat / pipe post-turbo is to blame for other hardware issues (if anything, it should boost reliability d/t lower temps, etc.), but to be safe, yes I would swap it (and recommend anyone else to, as well... don't trust dealerships, lol).

 

[TeggyTypeS]

+15hp seems pretty dubious to me, especially without a tune, unless the FL5 exhaust valving is a mess. This is coming from a smiliar 2.0T valved exhaust and going 3" netted me... ZERO, and that was with a "tune." I can see with an aggressive tune, and especially with a turbo upgrade making decent power with it, but typically these valved exhausts should be pretty free flowing at WOT.

Also, as a note, swapping out your downpipe will definitely lead to warranty red flags. Not saying they will deny it, but if you have turbo issues, they could easily point to your downpipe as the culprit. Unless of course your plan is to just swap back to stock, which would likely be fine and thankfully isn't too bad if you go with TI studs and anti-seize.

They do provide a dyno graph. Most of the time they are giving numbers under the curve and not peak numbers. Take it how you will but they do make quality exhausts and they always sound great.

 

[Integra23]

The factory sounds so good. Not sure I want to mess that up.

 

[optronix]

Yeah I finally have another car I'm happy with how it sounds from the factory.

I also saw somewhere that another FL5 exhaust (I think it was the Milltek) actually reduced power. So not sure about that +14hp claim either.

 

[ABPDE5]

The stock exhaust does sound really good on this car, especially at low rpm, and the ability to swap between comfort / sport + is nice.

From the recordings I've heard of the AWE, it does sound better at wot at high rpm, though.

Assuming the implementation is the same as on their FL5 design (highly likely), you'd lose out on the valved implementation.

Tough call, even if we get some unaffiliated tests confirming the perf. benefits.

 

[sfedai0]

I'll wait for the Japanese brands first.

 

[optronix]

I'll wait for the Japanese brands first.

That probably won't happen. It's not available in Japan.

edit- well, upon second thought- why would they say no to money? But I'm concerned about the engineering effort, since they won't have the car on hand to develop (at least not as easily as a local customer bringing their car in...)

 

[PicklesTheCat]

I'll wait for the Japanese brands first.

I don't know if any of the Japanese brands have the ITS in their pipeline. Maybe if their fl5 exhaust have removable tips with tip extensions.

 

[BklynITS]

I started this post the other day with every intention of purchasing the AWE touring exhaust as soon as it became available. That was before driving my car more than the 15 delivery miles home. Since then I took it on a 150 mile trip on Friday and I must say I’m very pleased with how the car sounds. It’s the perfect volume at highway speeds and just enough growl at acceleration. I may look into a resonator delete section or something.