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Help! What exhaust do I get?
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I currently have a MPE v1 on my M3 and the sound is great, but I want something louder. I would just throw on the AA test pipes but I would need to tune it and dont want to have to deal with any warranty issues (car is covered for another 50k miles). Any ideas on something that is louder/more aggressive than the MPE but not 2k+ in price? Thank you for the advice, loving the e9x m3 community so far. |
01-20-2021, 06:22 AM | #2 |
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I have the Supersprint Race exhaust and it's great. Got it on Sale for less than $2K from TurnerMotorSports.
Amazing sound.
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Anything you get is going to be louder than any MPE you would have installed (v1 or v2).
You didn't specify what TYPE of loudness you wanted, so any of the cheap brands will get you obnoxious loud - Megan, Agency, MagnaFlow, Borla, Remus. The more 'refined' type of loudness will get you there albeit with more price like - SuperSprint, Akropovic, Miesterschaft, Eisenmann. To be clear, you might find the 'refined' exhausts not loud enough either. A lot of these don't sound good until you put either an X-pipe or test pipes onto them, then they really open up and are amazing. The obnoxious loud will just be straight loud, no matter what you do. I've tested out 4 of the brands above (2 cheap, 2 expensive) and in various combinations (X-pipe vs. Test pipe) and it really depends on your preference. Literally DOZENS of threads and videos on the forums to take a look and listen to which you think sounds good. No, it's not 1:1 quality, but they will get you in the ballpark of what tone you prefer. -Duke |
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thanks for the replies duke and mpow3red.
I'm very tempted to just say screw it and add the Active autowerke test pipes to my MPEv1. especially considering the test pipes are just a couple hundred bucks. I'm no longer in California so emissions is not an issue. I dont think the techs would be checking out the test pipes, but i'm assuming that any tune I do would immediately throw off red flags? |
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Correct Megan sounds like stock. I couldn't tell a difference in the car between the two, outside the car Megan sounded slightly louder. I'd find a market deal on a used something locally. If you decide you don't like it, re-sell it and move on with minimum financial exposure. Personally the akrapovic to me is tough to beat for lots of reasons some of which is subjective, some of which isn't.
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Sell that shit get a Meisterschaft GT2, sounds perfect with the stock X pipe.
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Like many others, I tried a few different combos. Borla catback with stock x-pipe sounded good but wasn’t loud enough for me. Borla + Remus x pipe (deleted secondary cars and resonator) was too loud and sounded like shit. Switched the Borla for a Remus catback but that was way too quiet.
I eventually settled on, and loved, the Borla catback with a modified stock x-pipe which had gutted secondary cats but kept the resonators. Never touched the primary cats. Sound level and tone were perfect for me. Teamed with an Eventuri plenum and the car sounded absolutely amazing. By far the best sounding car I have ever owned. |
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