Best sounding exhaust

[S14]

True, but used they're $0-100, and they're not a part that goes bad...

good point. I found a few complete systems on eBay for pretty cheap. sorting out shipping though...

[EthanolTurbo]

What the fuck are sparta brakes hahaa.

V10 M5 sounds incredible, one of the best sounding cars of all time I don't know what you guys are on. My buddy has a straight piped with eisenmann race and it's louder than all hell but tremendous nonetheless.

Agreed, my E60 M5 sounds insane with Eisenmann Race. Puts 99.999% of other cars to absolute shame. That being said, it's a lot tamer with stock exhaust.

[simon_c]

Awhile back when I was trying to figure out an exhaust that was louder than stock but refined with little to no drone. Had to have good looking tips too. Narrowed it down Supersprint Sport and couldn't be happier with the decision.

[Casa de Mesa]

Out of curiosity, has anyone gone from Supersprint Race to Supersprint Sport?

I currently have Race and love it when I'm wailing on the car, but it's too raucous just about everywhere else. Also when moving to a Karb intake, I want to be able to hear that induction.

[simon_c]

Out of curiosity, has anyone gone from Supersprint Race to Supersprint Sport?

I currently have Race and love it when I'm wailing on the car, but it's too raucous just about everywhere else. Also when moving to a Karb intake, I want to be able to hear that induction.

I've heard race in person at regular driving and at WOT and it's really loud. Love my SS sport and it's perfect. I have the Evolve intake (non-CSL) and the exhaust is never overpowering. Good deep tone but refined. If buying brand new, make sure to give it some time to break it. Took a couple weeks for me.

[Slideways]

Out of curiosity, has anyone gone from Supersprint Race to Supersprint Sport?

I currently have Race and love it when I'm wailing on the car, but it's too raucous just about everywhere else. Also when moving to a Karb intake, I want to be able to hear that induction.

I went from race to sport to street lol. Highly appreciate the sound of a quiet, refined, stockish exhaust in a sea of stupidly loud cars and that includes exotics. Plus you get a ton of induction noise, it can pass dB for track and the driver will be less likely to lose their hearing

[Davis]

Last night I drove with the windows up because it was raining. Never realized how quiet my catless supersprint section 1 & 2 are paired with the borla muffler.

I could barely hear to revmatch over the sound of the rain. Loudest part is the intake for sure with this setup.

[Casa de Mesa]

...and the driver will be less likely to lose their hearing

WHAT DID YOU SAY??!?

Yeah, this is where I'm at too. Got a smoking deal on the SS Race on the car now, but I also enjoy music. Want to keep enjoying it for some time to come.

[old///MFanatic]

Gents, I need a new exhaust.
Over the summer I installed a Turner CSLish airbox, and AA headers and the car already has the added resonator (AR20?) in section one and an AA rear muffler. During a track day the car got noticeably louder, so doing a nut and bolt check post track day I see that all of the muffler hangers have failed and the AA exhaust is now split in the back and is a big contributor to the car sounding like poo.
I'd really like a quiet exhaust. Without spending $8k on a full supersprint setup, or choking the motor down, what direction should I take?
Right now I'm leaning towards adding cats to the already resonated section 1, and an OEM CSL rear muffler. Thoughts?

Curious to see where the AA muffler cracked. One would think it could be repaired by welding.
Since you want quieter I agree with another poster that Supersprint Sport or SS Street would be considerations because of what you want to achieve. With Street being quieter but heavier.

[S14]

Curious to see where the AA muffler cracked. One would think it could be repaired by welding.
Since you want quieter I agree with another poster that Supersprint Sport or SS Street would be considerations because of what you want to achieve. With Street being quieter but heavier.

the muffler is resting against the chunk of trunk floor that sticks down so that the bulky tools can sit under the trunks false floor. the "spare tire" area if you will. That is where the leak is coming from and I too am interested in how bad the crack in it is. The muffler sounded pretty good when I had stock headers, the resonator and this section 3. Now, with the catless headers and the muffler in it's current condition, it's horrible to drive the car.

[old///MFanatic]

the muffler is resting against the chunk of trunk floor that sticks down .. the "spare tire" area if you will. That is where the leak is coming from and I too am interested in how bad the crack in it is. The muffler sounded pretty good when I had stock headers, the resonator and this section 3. Now, with the catless headers and the muffler in it's current condition, it's horrible to drive the car.

Well some of those AA mufflers are very boxy design/ construction compared to canister types. Wonder if a seam cracked. Since it’s the housing of the muffler it seems possible to weld in a new skin there in the housing where the breach is. But cracks of internal baffling gets messy so hard to say.
Your previous cats as you know basically act like resonators so without those you’re going to get more sound. Going CSL muffler sure seems to me you’ll be getting noticeable “tinny” metallic rasp sound from what you had.

[Jimbo's M]

Well, I'll chime in here. The very first mod I did was 18 years ago and that was replace the cat-back (I guess it can be called that) as I wasn't a big fan of the rasp. So after researching what was available back then and various sound clips, I went with....wait for it....the UUC Rasp-X and muffler. It remains on the car to this day. The polished T304 steel (I think that what it's called) still looks new and the sound is perfect for me, just a touch more aggressive and drops about 15lbs over stock. Goes great with my CAI induction growl as well. Still have all the stock plumbing in the garage too.

[Chas3n]

CSL intake/headers w/ cats an a OE muffler

[slithershift]

I'm *eventually* headed the CSL intake / quieter exhaust route but for now I've got mine to a point where it sounds absolutely incredible above 4000 rpm screaming through a tunnel and is at least tolerable at lower rpm with *almost* zero rasp and drone. Setup is Fabspeed headers, Fabspeed HJS catted section 1, SGT resonated section 2 x-pipe and Rouge El Diablo section 3.

I started with just the headers and section 1 with stock section 2 and 3 and hated it (too quiet plus rasp). I was like, I did all this work on the headers for this??? Then added the El Diablo and liked it much more but the rasp and drone were amplified. Finally added the resonated section 2 and it mellowed everything out at low rpm and gave everything a more bass like sound. Still have a slight "rasp event" right at 2500-2800 rpm but you can drive around it gear wise. It really does scream and sound amazing at high rpm.

Closest thing I've heard captured is this youtube video at around the 0.40 mark. There's some debate in the comments on what all he was running but definitely AP headers and El Diablo. This video actually led me to going with the El Diablo.

I agree these cars are a mess exhaust wise and better off going CSL and something like a SS Street.

My experience is very similar. The video of this LSB car is the best E46 M3 exhaust sound I've heard and inspired me to get what I think is the exact same setup: Agency power headers, stock section 1 &2, Rogue Diablo muffler. I did headers before changing the rest of the exhaust system and I too thought, what have I done this is raspy as hell and awful. After adding the muffler, there is still a RPM+load combination between 2000-4000 rpm that is pretty raspy, which isn't apparent in the video of the LSB car, but above 4k it makes a sweet sweet smooth sounding scream with a hint of rasp. The S54 just seems fundamentally raspy compared to other inline sixes and I dont know what causes it exactly. To me, getting rid of the stock headers is key to making the sound pleasing with a louder exhaust.

[Phoenix///M3]

[whistle!!]... Foul on the play... can't compare a 6 to an 8 as far as exhaust sound... carry on.

maw

Someone said whistle? Whistle pipe and rasp combo, only loud in the morning when you're supposed to be up cookin breakfast anyway