Nice!

 

I am going to meet Fabio the owner of Secret Weapon and the team here in Sao Paulo tomorrow. I just saw an Aventador they made and it sounded bonkers. Can't wait to hear the R8 in person.

Let me know if anyone is interested in one!

 

I have 2023 r8 gt and would like to find out how I can purchase their product and if they will ship to Boston.
My guys at AVI Boston will
Install it.
Thank you

 

curious to know if the car in the video is stock other than the exhaust or is there headers and a tune etc.
also would like to know if it is valved
thanks

 

I was at their facility today. They are incredibly detail oriented and I am convinced they are true sound engineers for exhaust systems. Absolute nerds.

The R8 indeed has headers. It was their first exhaust made for 5.2L and they are working on a new improved manufacturing system that may sound even better.

 

If not valved, it's (for me) too much for a road use. Very funny for a sport trip in mode "no brain" but for a longer trip, if there is no valve....

 

Do they have a valved version ?

 

I’m waiting for the exhaust to become available to purchase. Did they give any indication on when and rough costs?

They have a 5-6 month wait time. I can get you pricing. Shoot me your R8 info: year and model.

Do you know if they fabricated the headers or were they purchased from an external supplier?

Headers are their product and engineering, with entire production chain being 100% theirs. They have an NDA with a machinery supplier for 3D metal printing.

Do they have a valved version ?

The exhaust is valved and and they carefully eliminate frequencies below 200hz for the absolute “no drone” experience.

 

Quality welds. As I learned, it doesn't get better than this.

And I got a cool keychain too!

 

Quality welds. As I learned, it doesn't get better than this.

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And I got a cool keychain too!

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2015 V10 SPIDER DCT FOR THE SECRET WEAPON SYSTEM

 

2014 v10 Spyder DCT

 

Good afternoon This is my 3-rd r8 Had 2017 spider , then 2020 spyder And just got 2023 gt gray Looking for the best possible exhost and tuning Had titanium before Is there anything better out there? Any ideas are welcome. Thx

 

V10 shriek sounding great in the video

 

Can I get pricing for 2023 R8 performance please?

 

I'll DM you direct contact info to the owner of the company. FYI - the production wait is about 6-7 months.

 

That sounds a lot more like an f1 race car.

 

Hope some forum members on here get their hands on that exhaust soon. As soon as Secret Weapon finishes their R&D (final stages) on the metal 3D printing, they will be shipping a number of them to Miami, from where they'll be dispatching them to US customers.

 

Soooooo whats the price for this exhaust to gen2

 

I am wondering the same thing and availability? Ordering process. Secret weapon doesn't have much of a website.

 

According to them25-30k
4-5 months out
A little bit too much even for an amazing exhaust if u ask me

 

Wow i was thinking anywhere from 8-15k max.

 

I just spoke to Fabio, the company owner; they are rebulding their website to be fully have a full feature for the V10 family. They are in final stages testing and should be able to start shipping their systems out in May. Stay tuned!

 

Sounds good thank you for the information!

 

Yeah I got in touch with them and they quoted me $20k-$30k. BEFORE installation. Yeah, I’m not getting a $30k exhaust.

 

Will it be possible to get this shipped to Australia?

 

They ship worldwide, so yes.

 

This exhaust has reignited my interest in the V10 platform but that price is eye watering. Quality does look nice but I’m used to mandrel bent titanium from
akrapovic, pie cut titanium welds make me think of cheap chinesium.

 

It sounds amazing, but you can Supercharge your car for that much and put on a reasonably priced aftermarket exhaust.

 

That’s great but I have no interest in making the car faster, I just want it to sound like that. Only issue is that price is insane and impossible to justify.

 

Lol if you want it to sound like that but 30k for an exhaust is too expensive for you, just sell it and buy a Lamborghini Gallardo with the 5.0 engine... You are also gonna need an aftermarket exhaust with a crossover pipe to make it sound like this but in the end it will overall be way cheaper than an R8 with this sound.

 

I'm just wondering how the hell they made an uneven firing V10 (90°-54° intervals) sound even firing (72° interval)? I know it's the headers but what the hell did they do to them, I just can't figure it out? Making certain pipes longer/shorter? Collecting the pipes in a different way? Crossing them over somehow? None of their other work is as revolutionary as the headers on this in my opinion..

 

Okay so I informed myself again and actually the headers are simply equal length headers and not the special thing. Equal length headers everyone already knows. The special thing (but actually quite simple) is that before the crossover, the midpipe from one bank is 25% longer than the other one, and this offset emulates the 72° even firing interval/bank angle like for example 18° offset crankpins would. So it is revolutionary in the sense that they are the first ones to do it and go viral. Maybe some guy somewhere did it already and only 10 people know, because after all it's not that difficult to pull off.

 

The question is… when are they or someone gonna drop this thing!

definitely waiting!