Gntani Sport to Race

skoot3r · 02-17-2010, 01:06 PM

So in the last month or so I went through 3 muffler set ups. My first was the Dinan mufflers which I had for about 10 months. They were good mufflers but left me wanting more. More as in IN your face look/sound with proven dyno charts with good power gains. So pretty much I have been trolling the forums for days looking, reading, watching videos trying to find a set up that would meet my personal requirements. Then after watching the exhaust compilation video I got to hear the full Gintani set up for the first time and boy was I

ing. What sealed the deal was this review on the full system by Nawaaz
I ordered the mufflers and drove down from San Jose to Van Nuys in SoCal to pick them up. But I also got to chill and talk with the owners Alex and Arno as well who were real chill guys. I got to look around the shop and see what crazy things are being developed for our cars. And if there is ever any doubt about the quality of the stuff they produce I can personally assure you they know their s#it. Especially when it comes to making great sounding exhaust systems and supercharger kits.

So to make a very long story short first time around I picked up their Sport mufflers on accident. But these should be good for about 90% of the M3 community. They had little to no drone like the Dinan mufflers but were about 10x louder. Very good build quality. Had the aggressive 90mm tips which filled my challenge diffuser really well.
After calling Alex and talking for a while we set up a date where I can come down again to pick up the Race mufflers but have them install it for me ( the shop that installed my mufflers the first time did a very s#itty job)

The install was very quick. As soon as I got the the shop they put my car on the lift let it cool down for about 15 min then got to wrk. Oh it also was Alex and Arno who personally installed it. No go get some other worker and do it. They work on all the cars that come into their shop. Facts about the Race system good for about 10% of the M3 community. It has some drone at around 2k - 2.5k. 50% louder than the Sport muffer (Alex warned me over the phone that it would be very loud but I assured him I want loud and drone doesn't bother me). This set up is only for people who REALLY want a nice sounding LOUD exhaust set up and don't care for small amounts of drone.
I am also running the Dinan midpipe. Sorry if the story is vague or missing some info I am trying to type this before I have to go to class

List of my future mods from Gintani: Pulley, Tune, Midpipe, Stage 2 Gintani Supercharger

I will post pictures up in a few and videos tomorrow.

Pics taken at Gintani also got pics of their midpipe system with cats

Pictures of my car after I just detail it today

MMMorish · 02-17-2010, 01:42 PM

Congrats on finally getting the exhaust you like. I said it before and I'll say it again, Nawazz's M3 is the "King of Exhausts".

PunjabiM3 · 02-17-2010, 03:16 PM

Congrats to the OP to finding the system you like! From reading your post it seems that hopefully I made the right choice of going with the Gintani Sport mufflers. I feel my Eisenmann Race is too loud with the high flow cats and x-pipe, and in the end I was trying to decide between the Gintani Sport and Dinan. This entire time I have been worried the Gintani Sport is going to be too loud but now I'm hopeful (it's on the way). BTW, did you already sell the sport mufflers? If I had known this a week ago I would have much rather bought a used set instead of pay retail for new ones.

Mrbojangles · 02-17-2010, 07:11 PM

Congrats!! Glad to hear you found what you were looking for.. the guys at Gintani are great.. cant wait to see the pics and vids!!

TheKosherStogie · 02-17-2010, 07:16 PM

good choice!

spoonf20c · 02-17-2010, 07:17 PM

what'd you do with the gintani sport? did they let you exchange it or are you gonna be selling it soon?

skoot3r · 02-17-2010, 07:24 PM

Just updated post with pictures

M3Alpine · 02-17-2010, 07:26 PM

Exhaust looks great inside the diffuser. This will be the route im gonna go. Good luck !!

dlbrooks18 · 02-17-2010, 10:49 PM

nice choice, let's hear some sound clips!

Alex@Alpine · 02-17-2010, 11:05 PM

Very very nice, they are both very helpful and great guys to work with.

saeedg48 · 02-17-2010, 11:36 PM

Where the videoszzz ? I want this exhaust it looks pretty clean

skoot3r · 02-18-2010, 12:00 AM

I will take videos tomorrow!

Splinter4784 · 02-18-2010, 08:45 PM

Great Follow up Report

I have come to the conclusion that 99% of axle back exhaust lose sound after 4 to 5k rpm

when i had the Axle back RPI it hollowed out after 5k rpm

Now with the midpipes you hear the anger until Redline

Eugene-TAIWAN · 02-18-2010, 09:03 PM

I see you got cats on your car! I have never heard this set up before. How was that?

biglare · 02-19-2010, 01:12 AM

Lookin good!

Lets hear it! Vids please.

skoot3r · 02-19-2010, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene-TAIWAN

I see you got cats on your car! I have never heard this set up before. How was that?

I have no cats good sir!

Eugene-TAIWAN · 02-19-2010, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skoot3r

I have no cats good sir!

so its the resonators up front? I thought it was cats..

skoot3r · 02-19-2010, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene-TAIWAN

so its the resonators up front? I thought it was cats..

I took pictures of the Gintani midpipes with cats to show ppl who were curious of what it looks like and to show the quality of their product. I personally have the Dinan midpipes with no cats.

saeedg48 · 02-19-2010, 02:09 AM

Thanks for the pics. Pretty informative post

02-17-2010, 01:06 PM	#1
skoot3r BMW n00b 50 Rep 1,143 Posts Drives: 09 e92 M3/ 2013 GMC 2500hd Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Jose iTrader: (4)	Gntani Sport to Race So in the last month or so I went through 3 muffler set ups. My first was the Dinan mufflers which I had for about 10 months. They were good mufflers but left me wanting more. More as in IN your face look/sound with proven dyno charts with good power gains. So pretty much I have been trolling the forums for days looking, reading, watching videos trying to find a set up that would meet my personal requirements. Then after watching the exhaust compilation video I got to hear the full Gintani set up for the first time and boy was I ing. What sealed the deal was this review on the full system by Nawaaz I ordered the mufflers and drove down from San Jose to Van Nuys in SoCal to pick them up. But I also got to chill and talk with the owners Alex and Arno as well who were real chill guys. I got to look around the shop and see what crazy things are being developed for our cars. And if there is ever any doubt about the quality of the stuff they produce I can personally assure you they know their s#it. Especially when it comes to making great sounding exhaust systems and supercharger kits. So to make a very long story short first time around I picked up their Sport mufflers on accident. But these should be good for about 90% of the M3 community. They had little to no drone like the Dinan mufflers but were about 10x louder. Very good build quality. Had the aggressive 90mm tips which filled my challenge diffuser really well. After calling Alex and talking for a while we set up a date where I can come down again to pick up the Race mufflers but have them install it for me ( the shop that installed my mufflers the first time did a very s#itty job) The install was very quick. As soon as I got the the shop they put my car on the lift let it cool down for about 15 min then got to wrk. Oh it also was Alex and Arno who personally installed it. No go get some other worker and do it. They work on all the cars that come into their shop. Facts about the Race system good for about 10% of the M3 community. It has some drone at around 2k - 2.5k. 50% louder than the Sport muffer (Alex warned me over the phone that it would be very loud but I assured him I want loud and drone doesn't bother me). This set up is only for people who REALLY want a nice sounding LOUD exhaust set up and don't care for small amounts of drone. I am also running the Dinan midpipe. Sorry if the story is vague or missing some info I am trying to type this before I have to go to class List of my future mods from Gintani: Pulley, Tune, Midpipe, Stage 2 Gintani Supercharger I will post pictures up in a few and videos tomorrow. Pics taken at Gintani also got pics of their midpipe system with cats Pictures of my car after I just detail it today __________________ 09 SpaceGray M3 DCT Power: Dinan 3.62, Gintani Race Mufflers, Dinan Intake, Gintani Xpipe, RPi Scoops Cosmetic: Vrs Poly-Lip, CSL Trunk, LED Interior Lights, LUX H8, Smoked Tails, Challenge Diffuser Last edited by skoot3r; 02-17-2010 at 07:23 PM..
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MMMorish Just call me J.J. McClure 156 Rep 2,834 Posts Drives: E92 M3 & C4 Corvette Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	Congrats on finally getting the exhaust you like. I said it before and I'll say it again, Nawazz's M3 is the "King of Exhausts". __________________ MODS: Meisterschaft GT Racing Exhaust / BMC Air Filter / UUC SSK & DSSR (Modded)/ RPI Scoops / Passport SRX Hardwired / Custom Wrap 3M Clearbra / 20% Tint / 50% Windshield Tint / Key Hole Delete / Matted Out Accessories / VRS Type II Diffuser / Smoked Reflectors / Euphoria 6K LED Interior Lights / Rear Fog Light Mod / 6000K HID's / 6500K LUX H8 Angel Eyes / RDash License Plate LED Kit / LED Xenon Reverse Lights "M3 drivers have no friends"
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PunjabiM3 Colonel 253 Rep 2,091 Posts Drives: M5 CS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Flower Mound, TX iTrader: (1)	Congrats to the OP to finding the system you like! From reading your post it seems that hopefully I made the right choice of going with the Gintani Sport mufflers. I feel my Eisenmann Race is too loud with the high flow cats and x-pipe, and in the end I was trying to decide between the Gintani Sport and Dinan. This entire time I have been worried the Gintani Sport is going to be too loud but now I'm hopeful (it's on the way). BTW, did you already sell the sport mufflers? If I had known this a week ago I would have much rather bought a used set instead of pay retail for new ones. __________________ 2012 Audi R8 V10TT\| 6MT\| Suzuka Grey 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale\| Rosso Scuderia 2020 BMW X7\| Mineral White 2024 718 GT4 RS \| Arctic Grey
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Mrbojangles Lieutenant 41 Rep 560 Posts Drives: BMW M3- Melbourne RED- Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA... The Valley iTrader: (0)	Congrats!! Glad to hear you found what you were looking for.. the guys at Gintani are great.. cant wait to see the pics and vids!!
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TheKosherStogie Lieutenant Colonel 342 Rep 1,805 Posts Drives: 08 M3 DCT AW/Red Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Hollywood iTrader: (1)	good choice! __________________ 17' M2 DCT - KW CS - Re71r - Carbotech BW C13 - 1:57:2 ACS - 1:49:6 WSIR - 1:30:6
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spoonf20c let me see you become a ///Monster 16 Rep 396 Posts Drives: F80 Join Date: May 2009 Location: SloCal iTrader: (15)	what'd you do with the gintani sport? did they let you exchange it or are you gonna be selling it soon?
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skoot3r BMW n00b 50 Rep 1,143 Posts Drives: 09 e92 M3/ 2013 GMC 2500hd Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Jose iTrader: (4)	Just updated post with pictures __________________ 09 SpaceGray M3 DCT Power: Dinan 3.62, Gintani Race Mufflers, Dinan Intake, Gintani Xpipe, RPi Scoops Cosmetic: Vrs Poly-Lip, CSL Trunk, LED Interior Lights, LUX H8, Smoked Tails, Challenge Diffuser
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M3Alpine Lieutenant Colonel 52 Rep 1,512 Posts Drives: M4 AW/SO Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central NJ iTrader: (11)	Exhaust looks great inside the diffuser. This will be the route im gonna go. Good luck !! __________________ 2002 AW/IR : Sold 2004 AW/BLK : Sold 2009 AW/FR : Sold 2015 AW/SO
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dlbrooks18 Brigadier General 161 Rep 3,736 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (2)	nice choice, let's hear some sound clips! __________________ 2008 E90 335 Last edited by dlbrooks18; 02-17-2010 at 10:57 PM..
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Alex@Alpine Colonel 1303 Rep 2,441 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: United States iTrader: (50)	Very very nice, they are both very helpful and great guys to work with.
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saeedg48 Brigadier General 342 Rep 3,574 Posts Drives: Porsche 991.1 GT3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Newport Beach, CA iTrader: (1)	Where the videoszzz ? I want this exhaust it looks pretty clean __________________ 2015 Porsche 991.1 GT3 2015 F80 M3 -- Individual; Space Grey
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skoot3r BMW n00b 50 Rep 1,143 Posts Drives: 09 e92 M3/ 2013 GMC 2500hd Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Jose iTrader: (4)	I will take videos tomorrow! __________________ 09 SpaceGray M3 DCT Power: Dinan 3.62, Gintani Race Mufflers, Dinan Intake, Gintani Xpipe, RPi Scoops Cosmetic: Vrs Poly-Lip, CSL Trunk, LED Interior Lights, LUX H8, Smoked Tails, Challenge Diffuser
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Splinter4784 414 little horsies 56 Rep 405 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Beverly Hills iTrader: (2)	Great Follow up Report I have come to the conclusion that 99% of axle back exhaust lose sound after 4 to 5k rpm when i had the Axle back RPI it hollowed out after 5k rpm Now with the midpipes you hear the anger until Redline __________________ Race Precision Inc
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Eugene-TAIWAN Brigadier General 249 Rep 3,157 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Coupe Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan iTrader: (4)	I see you got cats on your car! I have never heard this set up before. How was that? __________________ Past: Gintani stage3 M3, Cayman GTS present: Porsche 993RWB, 964RS America,996 cupcar, 964 turbo 3.6,Macan Turbo,997GT2,930 turbo,i3, MINI JCW
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biglare Bulldog 482 Rep 3,355 Posts Drives: BMW & Porsche Join Date: May 2008 Location: ? iTrader: (3)	Lookin good! Lets hear it! Vids please. __________________ Prev: Individual F80 M3 - Fjord Blue/Silverstone(interior) \| Fashion Grey(exterior) GTS
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saeedg48 Brigadier General 342 Rep 3,574 Posts Drives: Porsche 991.1 GT3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Newport Beach, CA iTrader: (1)	Thanks for the pics. Pretty informative post __________________ 2015 Porsche 991.1 GT3 2015 F80 M3 -- Individual; Space Grey
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