Having been in a t350 with sports exhaust popping and crackling on the overrun how the hell am I going to tell myself its never going to happen in my z4mc , its a trade off between reliability/abs/dsc/that engine and the wonderful sound of a tvr t350 and no certain reliability/abs etc.
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Plus the T350 is quite a bit more to buy in the first place...
Does sound nice though, one drove through Cheddar Gorge when I was walking there, sounded pretty epic!
Plenty of options with the M exhaust though surely? I have the bypass and its nice and raspy, poppy, sounds great.
Does sound nice though, one drove through Cheddar Gorge when I was walking there, sounded pretty epic!
Plenty of options with the M exhaust though surely? I have the bypass and its nice and raspy, poppy, sounds great.
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You'd be able to get some bypass pipes or race cats from Prospeed in Cardiff. I've never used them myself, but quite a few Z3MC owners have and rate their work. You should gain power, that's why racers delete the cats. They're a doddle to swap over on your car but unless you are prepared to do the swap before and after each MOT, it would be a pain and get expensive if you don't DIY.saskia said:
Has any one just removed the back boxes and put straight through tail pipes ? Iwas going to do the bypass mod when this was suggested not sure about the look with out the twin boxes also may be a little to loud ,iam looking for a fair bit more noise as my last car was a 996 with sports exhaust ,but don't wont to spend a fortune or keep changing boxes every mot
I am in the same boat I would like more noise too the exhaust can never be to loud for me after my TVR, I keep looking at exhausts on the Internet but they are proving pricey, I read a post on piston heads about the e60 m5 & the rear boxes are huge similar to the zeds, surely when you buy an M car you want to be able to hear it!Ian58 said:
It seems the only time you can hear a M car is when you rev the backside off it which isn't a hardship but it would be nice to hear some intent lower down the rev band.
I've got a near £500 bill coming for 2 rear PSS's in the next month - although I can't complain as I've had 20,000 miles out of themIan58 said:
My before & after soundclips are on youtube (all recorded at the same relative positions, with the same equipment)...
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they're on promo too:
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Add high tech Ceramic Coating applied? (+14 days)
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VAC by Fabspeed - S54 Performance Exhaust Header, E46 M3 / Z3M / Z4M FAB-EH-S54 $1,359.00
$1,095.95 $1,095.95
Add high tech Ceramic Coating applied? (+14 days)
($335.00 additional charge)
Add fresh manifold studs? (BMW-EMSK-S54)
($29.95 additional charge)
No, I use them for everything. Spring, summer, autumn, winter, 'Ring trips, Welsh hoons, etc.Woots said:
The OEM Conti's lasted about half that time doing the same job.
I suppose I'm not the fastest or most aggressive on the 'Ring so don't tend to eat tyres or pads there. The majority of the remainder of my driving is mostly motorway, dual-carriageway which don't take a lot of life out of them either.
Well worth it for the 25% premium over the OEM Conti M3s.