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Miss my MINI JCW Exhaust
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03-31-2011, 05:34 PM | #1 |
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Miss my MINI JCW Exhaust
I miss the character of the exhaust sound my JCW MINI had. I went from stock on my 335i to Borla which sounds pretty good above 3000 rpm, but not very good below that with a lot of drone between 1700-2300. I've got a PW Performance Exhaust coming which sounded really good on the car I heard with it on. I hope I enjoy it as much over the long haul. I wish BMW could get the same sound engineers who tuned the factory R56 JCW exhaust to do one for the 335. I know it was a 4 cylinder vs a 6 but it seems like it should be possible to get a little more character to an N54 without getting rid of all the cats and while keeping it drone free and civilized when you're just cruising.
Here's a clip of the stock JCW for anyone interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vwaOiGfN98 |
03-31-2011, 07:48 PM | #2 |
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03-31-2011, 08:04 PM | #3 |
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Longer pipes / wider pipes = more drone. Just resonance.
Besides, the turbo has already "set" the sound characteristic up for the car; that's why all aftermarket systems sound somewhat similar. Can't change the engine
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The MINI was a turbo but seemed to pass a lot more character through the turbo. The BMW performance exhaust seems to do a much better job than the other aftermarket exhausts I've heard of adding a more aggressive character without just opening it up creating resonance at low to moderate engine speed/load. Those who have it seem to love it, I'm really hoping I feel the same way once I've got mine on for a while. It's nice to be able to cruise in quiet comfort sometimes, and get a nice aggressive sound when you get on it a bit. |
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