another round of weight loss

[khooni]

Nah, get a 3 inch straight through pipe and single exit, and save the oem weight, approx 23kg, probably cost a grand. It's my next mod in winter.

I can pm you details.

please do.

[cslsuperfan]

I currently have recaro spg. not as light as spa but cheap.... came with the car. not worth it to upgrade for me since i don't have the original seats to sell for ££££

Its worth keeping an eye out for second hand spa's.

Alex AKA Karbonkid bought a carcass and had it re upholstered DIY.

[Mike RT4]

Nah, get a 3 inch straight through pipe and single exit, and save the oem weight, approx 23kg, probably cost a grand. It's my next mod in winter.

I can pm you details.

Before you go down this route, I would research this a great deal, as I have seen cars fitted with just the cross-over section in a different position that then messes with the back pressure and cause all sorts of weird issues with the VANOS, where the cars lost 30-40bhp in the mid-range due to the VANOS becoming confused and not working properly. There is a big thread about it on the M3forum. A big exhaust manufacturer had to completely redesign their exhaust because of the issues.

[rstoughy]

Before you go down this route, I would research this a great deal, as I have seen cars fitted with just the cross-over section in a different position that then messes with the back pressure and cause all sorts of weird issues with the VANOS, where the cars lost 30-40bhp in the mid-range due to the VANOS becoming confused and not working properly. There is a big thread about it on the M3forum. A big exhaust manufacturer had to completely redesign their exhaust because of the issues.

Mine had Silencer's where the cats should be. Due to the class regs I had 2x 100cell cats fitted. That gained me 10bhp :thumbs:

[Mike RT4]

Mine had Silencer's where the cats should be. Due to the class regs I had 2x 100cell cats fitted. That gained me 10bhp :thumbs:

These cars were gaining a small amount at the top end, but loosing huge amounts in the mid-range, so the power step "felt" good, but the reality was a loss of area under the graph.

[khooni]

think i have std m3 cats (the 200 cell version) which is why it is so quiet
now. maybe i'll be ok who knows? I intend to run it with the current cat setup anyway.

Thanks for the headsup.

[khooni]

car just got back tonight.

Initial pic

can't begin to describe how chuffed i am with the intrax 1k2 suspension. As previously mentioned, I no longer have subframe bushings as the subframe is solidly welded to suspension. This is done in conjunction with welding reinforcement plates to the subframe and repairing a little tear. Forget the resin injections, this is what you want. Too bad I have NO pic.s

You'll just have to take my word for it.

The supersprint exhaust i must say sounds just right for me. not too loud but I'll have to test it and report back.