AWE Tuning Track Edition Exhaust w/Chrome Silver Tips 102mm for 8V Audi S3

The AWE Tuning Track Edition Exhaust for the 8V Audi S3 uses a straight-through, non-resonated design to reduce restriction and improve exhaust flow from the 2.0T turbo engine. By eliminating resonators and drone-canceling features, it delivers a louder, more aggressive tone that emphasizes turbo spool, overrun sounds, and the engine’s natural character across the RPM range. The 102mm chrome silver tips provide a clean, factory-inspired rear finish, while the system is engineered to follow OEM mounting points for proper fitment, alignment, and clearances, making installation straightforward and preserving integration with the vehicle’s stock layout.

Track Edition Exhaust

• For those who like it raw and rowdy, the Track Edition is for you. The Track Edition shares the same integrated frontpipe, bespoke midpipe resonator, and precision engineering as its Touring Edition counterpart, minus AWE’s patented drone-canceling solution, 180 Technology®.
• In place of the 180 Technology® resonator in the rear lies a Track Edition straight section. As a result, this version is known to get (really) rowdy in mid-range acceleration and deceleration, and may be too much for many. You’ve been warned.

What is 180 Technology?

• AWE Tuning’s patented 180 Technology works as follows: As exhaust gases exit the engine and flow into a resonator equipped with AWE’s 180 Technology, they pass through strategically located ports and into reflection chambers. Sound waves carried by these exhaust gases bounce off the walls of the reflection chambers. Depending on the sound requirements of each vehicle, AWE’s acoustic engineers adjust the size and location of the ports and chambers. By controlling these key elements, AWE Tuning can manage when the sound waves exit the chambers. The precise timing of when the reflected sound waves rejoin the main exhaust flow creates a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree out-of-phase sound wave that cancels out problematic frequencies.
• Consistency Through Change:
  • AWE’s 180 Technology is not based on a “one size fits all” concept. Instead, AWE engineers design sound-canceling resonators based on the specific acoustics generated by different vehicle types, ensuring perfect sound every time. This approach is one reason AWE exhausts have earned a reputation for delivering the perfect tone, regardless of the application.
• What It Means to You:
  • The result? The elimination of unwanted tones in all AWE 180 Technology-equipped exhaust systems. The sound produced by this technology is the perfect, signature note, providing unlocked performance and spot-on tone every time.

Exhaust Tips

• Each exhaust system is equipped with three 4.5” double-walled, slash-cut tips, available in chrome silver or diamond black, each featuring a stamped AWE logo. The tips are individually adjustable, allowing for customization of their depth into the bumper based on personal preference.

Nope, It’s Not Valved

• During research and development, AWE conducted an extensive evaluation of the factory valve’s behavior under various driving conditions. They determined that there is no significant change in volume between modes requiring a valve. The valve remains closed only in comfort mode, opening upon reaching a throttle threshold. In Sport and Sport+ modes, the valve stays open, with Sport+ introducing burbles from the ECU. In the stock configuration, the exhaust routes through the side mufflers when the valve is closed to reduce interior volume and drone-prone frequencies, and through the center when the valve is open.

Conversion Kits

• AWE has made it simple to convert between Track and Touring Editions if a change in interior volume is desired later.

Features

• Proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in-house at AWE
• Max gains of 12 hp and 9 ft-lbs of torque at the wheels (turbo-back, stock software)
• Available as valved SwitchPath™ or more unleashed Track Edition
• Handcrafted from CNC mandrel-bent 3” and 2.5” U.S.-sourced .065” wall T304L stainless steel
• Direct bolt-on for factory-like simplicity
• Less is more: clean, straight-through design maximizes performance
• 102mm double-walled, slash-cut tips available in chrome silver or diamond black
• Perfect fitment, guaranteed
• Features the AWE No CEL Guarantee
• Lifetime warranty

Applications

• Audi S3: 8V (2014–2020) – 2.0L I4 Turbo TFSI

What’s Included

• Complete touring or track edition exhaust
• Two or three 4.5” slash-cut double-walled tips in diamond black
• All necessary hardware for installation

Other Editions

• Track edition w/ chrome silver tips
• Track edition w/ diamond black tips
• Touring edition w/ chrome silver tips

Notes

• AWE’s Perfect Fitment Guarantee, No CEL Guarantee, and Lifetime Warranty all come standard
• AWE exhausts are not designed to mate with other aftermarket front pipes
• 100% Emission-Friendly

About AWE Tuning

AWE is driven by a singular goal: Unleashing Performance. Renowned for their handcrafted, award-winning performance exhausts, along with rigorously tested carbon fiber intakes and high-efficiency intercoolers, AWE is at the forefront of innovation, design, production, retail, and global distribution of their performance products. These products are available through a select network of dealers, online, and directly from their advanced facility located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in 1991, AWE’s team of experts, comprising researchers, engineers, innovators, and seasoned drivers, has been dedicated to developing and introducing top-tier performance enhancements for some of the world’s most prestigious vehicles.