Best sounding exhaust

[Tones]

I’ve had a B&B with headers for years and never really got old. I like the sound a lot. You need headers for the exhaust note to actually sound good. Without them, car will sound like a Honda

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M48osMJIa9A

Yeah that does sound pretty great.


Seems like maybe do headers forest from what every one is saying.

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[ChipperM3]

Eisenmann sport sounds like OE enhanced plus a little deeper

This.

[yhp2009]

Nice I should look into an eisenmann sport then... and supplement the stock note with a CSL box and headers prolly sometime in the future

[T.J.]

Man, am i the only idiot who likes the stock exhaust note? Its so damn unique you simply wont hear anything like it anywhere.
Literally sounds like a chainsaw, and coming from your back it feels like youre being chased haha. Its pretty damn metal

I like it a lot, and I got the eisenmann sport because it is just more of that!

[yhp2009]

Man, am i the only idiot who likes the stock exhaust note? Its so damn unique you simply wont hear anything like it anywhere.
Literally sounds like a chainsaw, and coming from your back it feels like youre being chased haha. Its pretty damn metal

[maw1124]

Anyone here do Euro headers and a Borla Sec 2 (stock mufflers)? Thats what I’ve been thinking about. I’m not worried as much about price as the end product — if I get what I want it’s worth the money. I don’t think I’m interested in intake noise though, and I am a V8 guy by nature so deeper is better. Just not looking for loud or raspy. TIA

maw

[Slideways]

My M3 sounds AMAZING above 3500rpm. The trade of is it sounds like trash below it. You can't have the best of both worlds but since WOT is where the exhaust note really matters to me, I am super happy with it. I have Megan Racing headers and a GruppeM exhaust. I did notice after adding a K&N the idle sounds a bit louder but mostly same tone. My car scares people at gas stations when I start it. If anyone calls a GruppeM a muffler, they're lying, it's just a couple resonators.

I've learned how to drive it respectfully and not be a cop magnet though. I'll upload a video of a cold start later

How do you drive it respectfully? Trying "not to be a cop magnet" sounds like a bad tradeoff for having a loud exhaust on an M3.

[Arith2]

My M3 sounds AMAZING above 3500rpm. The trade of is it sounds like trash below it. You can't have the best of both worlds but since WOT is where the exhaust note really matters to me, I am super happy with it. I have Megan Racing headers and a GruppeM exhaust. I did notice after adding a K&N the idle sounds a bit louder but mostly same tone. My car scares people at gas stations when I start it. If anyone calls a GruppeM a muffler, they're lying, it's just a couple resonators.

I've learned how to drive it respectfully and not be a cop magnet though. I'll upload a video of a cold start later

[Tonggi]

Supersprint stepped, catless sec 1. Oversized aec 2 with resonator and SS sport.

Nice deep tone at idle. Driving around feels normal and when you rip it you will hear it. Perfect IMO. I don't want a car that sounds loud but going 25 mph down a residential street.

[shibui]

+1 on the headers, they’ll make a bigger difference than any Sec 3 ever will.

For Sec 3:

Loud: Scorza, El Diablo

Quiet (relatively): Supersprint Street, Eisenmann, Dinan (if you’re ok with the dummy exits)

The thing that will make you regret a cheap exhaust more than the lawnmower sound is the drone you’ll get from most “lightweight” exhausts. I had a Gruppe M and it was unbearable for daily driving.

[///m325i]

Every e46 NEEDS headers and a dual resonated or catted section 1. The section 2 and muffler can be whatever you want it to be. A stock muffler will make the car sound stock volume from my experience.... And then there's mufflers to choose from depending how loud you want your car to be. The s54 has a unique sound and I've heard so many m3's sound like garbage because people would mod them incorrectly. Do it the right way and you won't be disappointed.

[T.J.]

Eisenmann sport sounds like OE enhanced plus a little deeper

[Nico]

I’ve had a B&B with headers for years and never really got old. I like the sound a lot. You need headers for the exhaust note to actually sound good. Without them, car will sound like a Honda

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M48osMJIa9A

[Icecream]

Dont let these CSL intake or nothing guys scare you away lol, its just gonna take some work and money. I have headers , cats and scza with a loud intake (not csl loud but loud) . And yeah, its a little too raspy down low but not only is it quiet enough to hear the intake , its just loud enough to scream over 4k and I love it. Transformed how I feel about the car and how i drive it. Its a good sound, perhaps an aquired taste (people need to get over their V8 or nothing bias) but it just rips and is totally unique, NOTHING sounds like an S54 and thats why i love it even more. GL.

[COVID-19]

I’m a big fan of El Diablo + headers + resonated sec 1. I currently have Euro sec 1 but found a CPI sec 1 with high flow cats/resonated. Had this set up before and sounds a bit better than just with cats on sec 1.