Pro's and Con's of just replacing back box's?
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Someone mentioned Schnitzer exhaust a while back. Don't seem to see too many, but here are mine (on the car when I bought it). The looks seem to divide people, but I like them - a bit different but clearly still a twin pipe system. And they sound brilliant with no drone. Oh yes, car now has a BMW stubby :roll:
I like them, something a little different 
Good article on Pistonheads about the whole 'exhaust thing'. Suggests that with cars being more refined, regulated, boring to drive, the sound coming out of the tailpipes has become an emotional part of owning and enjoying a 'sports car'. hence BMW using sound enhancers/ generators on cars like the new M5.
The majority of owners fit a louder system/airbox for the sound rather for any notional increase in BHP. All the same you wouldn't want to loose too many horses from your car! The Z4M system is restricted at the resonator where the pipes flatten and the two very heavy cans on the rear have a single entry/twin exit that quietens the whole thing down and seems likely to restrict exhaust flow as well. Of course all this may be intentional by BMW and the best design available but I very much doubt it and suspect noise levels and cost were the driving considerations when it was designed.
Good article on Pistonheads about the whole 'exhaust thing'. Suggests that with cars being more refined, regulated, boring to drive, the sound coming out of the tailpipes has become an emotional part of owning and enjoying a 'sports car'. hence BMW using sound enhancers/ generators on cars like the new M5.
The majority of owners fit a louder system/airbox for the sound rather for any notional increase in BHP. All the same you wouldn't want to loose too many horses from your car! The Z4M system is restricted at the resonator where the pipes flatten and the two very heavy cans on the rear have a single entry/twin exit that quietens the whole thing down and seems likely to restrict exhaust flow as well. Of course all this may be intentional by BMW and the best design available but I very much doubt it and suspect noise levels and cost were the driving considerations when it was designed.
mmm-five said:I don't believe it was the twin round version that people disliked so much, but rather the odd oblong ones.sutts said:
That hole kit look ruins the car, one of ACS poorer efforts I think.
Like OOOO we could do this... like a child and a blank wall with a crayon.
