wanted to see if anyone has any new info on this?

Thank you

from what ive been reading, a secondary cat delete can give you some extra sound too and it wont be raspy either. Im in a similar position where id like my car to be louder but still maintain that throaty c8 sound.

with the cat delete do you get those pops and crackles in other driving modes or are those still only in S+?

98% of my driving is to and from work, which almost all on the highway. So believe it or not, I rarely ever use Sport+ mode. And Comfort mode with open valves is loud, but not riddled with pops and crackles.

Keep in mind, an open exhaust isn't/shouldn't be what gets you the pops and crackles. What those are are backfires. Excess unburnt fuel dumped into the exhaust after you've let off the throttle. The exhaust is hot, so it ignites, causing an explosion, and hence the loud pops you hear. AMG has simply actually tuned for this to happen. So when you go into Sport+ mode, not only is it a much more aggressive fuel map (for more power), but it allows for that overfuel delivery to allow for the backfires in the exhaust.

Yes, every now and again with hard acceleration followed by unexpected deceleration you may get a pop here and there. But you won't get it without the tuning.

And if you run straight open pipes, there won't be a restriction (cat), so you'll end up with fireballs and even flames (depends on just how much fuel you're burning/wasting).