PICS of complete m50 exhaust I made tonight

[Widebody325]

So I just started it up with the new exhaust, and it is way too loud. Going to weld on a resonator right now.

[Brew]

What are the chances of copying just the downpipes? I'll be running 2.5" piping to a small universal cat then out through an E30 Stromung cat-back, but I could probably get the mid section fabbed up at work.

[Widebody325]

I have aftermarket headers that I had to modify to fit. So unless you brought youre car to me I couldent do it. THanks, Ben

[Brew]

I have aftermarket headers that I had to modify to fit. So unless you brought youre car to me I couldent do it. THanks, Ben

I see, thanks anyways man.

[Addissimo]

So I just started it up with the new exhaust, and it is way too loud. Going to weld on a resonator right now.

yeah

figured as much

I have cats a resonator and a muffler and its still pretty loud (in a good way)

m50s are noisy ass mo-fos

[JRKOUPE]

time....

cool, how many hours would that take to do from a shop?... say that it's from the downpipes to the muffler.. What would you think? hours-wise

3 hrs max....I had it done on my 325i......

[f u z z]

I just did the exact same thing for my car. It sounds great under 2.5k, but after that it gets really raspy and sounds shitty. I am also going to be putting a resonator on very soon. Go us.

[Widebody325]

So I put a resonator on. It sounds real sweet. Perfect match of nice low tone at low rpm's, and bat out of hell when you get on it. By buddy has a '05 STI which is where I got the resonator from for FREE. He gave me the entire STI midpipe which is mandrel 2.5 stainless with a resonator, fits perfect, woo hoo.

[f u z z]

Was your exhaust really raspy before the resonator installation? Mine sounds like a bunch of ratteling cans after 2.5k

[herragge]

Looks good, I would suggest adding in a 1' piece of flex pipe though, sure has come in handy for me cause I can just drop the exhaust down without having to pull it off. How low is the exhaust gonna be right by the rear subframe? When I built mine I had to crush the pipe and then widen it so I didn't lose ground clearance.

Thats a good idea. I will plan on doing this to my m20 setup.

Mike

[Ryan Stewart]

Was your exhaust really raspy before the resonator installation? Mine sounds like a bunch of ratteling cans after 2.5k

Yeah mine was horrendous before an 18" resonator. Even with its pretty loud at WOT.

http://photos.imageevent.com/rstewart/s50swap/exhaust.mpg

[bimmer8604]

ryan, ur car sounded bad ass that first night we picked it up from Davids...

still sounds good, too

kyle

[streetknight]

whats the size of the pipe before they join together?

[Widebody325]

whats the size of the pipe before they join together?

1.75 inches

[wazzu70]

Where did you get the joint right infront of the muffler? Ive been looking for one off and on (not real hard) for when I weld an exhaust up. Did you just get it off another car or can you buy them? Thanks.