Custom S50 exhaust installed

[trackjunkie21]

$1000 is actually a reasonable price for a well built custom exhaust. I know most here think a custom exhaust costs $100 but...

My reaction was more so to the fact that I rarely see anyone on here get a quality exhaust that costs thousands of dollars, mine is pure shit and can't wait to have a decent amount of cash to build an exhaust like that.

[10-66kruk]

What kind of rear bumper is this looks damn good! Also your car looks very well sorted out.

[Beej '86 325es]

Why no X pipe?

The tuner that did the exhaust said he'd had more bad experiences with them on the straight 6, than with them. He's got the tuning and exhaust experience, so I'm not going to argue. But we'll see how the dyno goes after I break in the motor.

The car looks great. Are those thr cab's, or something else

Thanks! They are THR CABs. They were an unpainted run that they made a long time ago.

When you drive it for a bit and the car warms up it will likely go away. I get this from time to time of the car sits a bit. Once it warms up and the car get in the upper RPMS it goes away.

Those are exactly my symptoms. The noise is coming from cylinder 6 I believe. But it's a new, heavily built engine, so I'm not going to deal with it.

What kind of rear bumper is this looks damn good! Also your car looks very well sorted out.

It's the BMP RS rear bumper. Thanks for the compliment, it's been a 6 year project. Friday was the first time I've driven it (besides a quick test drive around the block) in 6 years.

[e30gentry]

:up: :up: for the super clean engine bay!

[Beej '86 325es]

:up: :up: for the super clean engine bay!

Thanks! Reggie's Motorworks shaved the engine bay for me. They even re-ran wire harness through the fender.

[samiam3356]

There is a BMW Service Bulletin about the lifters BTW. I'll see if I can find it for you.

[Yeee30]

:up: :up: for the super clean engine bay!

so clean u can eat off it.

[e30polak]

How loud is it? does it drone at all? Is it raspy?

Really curious to hear how it sounds, because it looks top notch!

[kevnj]

Brandon,

Exhaust looks great. Looking forward to hearing some sound clips. Something different!

-Kev

[ACHTUNG]

6 years?!?!

[Beej '86 325es]

No rasp at all, it's a very low rumble, fairly loud at idle. It doesn't sound like a typical BMW; it sounds more like my Jeep SRT8 with the Mopar exhaust. Drone-yes, it's definitely not quiet.

And yes, 6 years...
I work a lot, and then I moved out of state, and then I started the project over, etc. etc.

[nmlss2006]

Yes, it would not sound like a BMW without an X or an H pipe. I wonder why your exhaust-person recommended against it.

[mohamadr89]

which rear bumper bumper is that? and i hope my raceland one piece headers fit that good when i try to put them on. i heard you need swap bar spacers for mine. im bolting it up to stock e36 m3 exhaust then i'll custom anything after that doesnt work!

[mohamadr89]

Damn $1000? The 02 sensor should be reading the oxygen content in both pipes, not in just one fyi.

my stock e30 and my stock e36 m3 exhaust both have only 1 02 sensor spot. are you sure about this???

[nando]

it's one place but it's basically in a factory X pipe so it reads both sides.