Show your mufflers

[nando]

why so many size changes? you can lose a lot of velocity with all those changes. I would have made it 3" from the Y-merge back and be done with it.

[Brew]

Just ordered all the bits for my new exhaust.

Ebay headers
Vibrant 2-1 collector 2x 2" into 2.5"
2.75" mandrel bends
3" Borla XR-1 muffler
2-1 collector 3" into 2x 2.25"
into my existing Stromung cat-back

Way more money than I should have spent but whatever... hopefully it won't be too loud.

[325issguy]

On my new swap I used whatever cat was on my original swap car with ebay headers. Then I brought that into the stock m42 318is muffler in the rear. It looks completely stock, but sounds pretty damn good once you get on it. Not near as raspy as my old magnaflow.

[JRKOUPE]

I'm a little late but let me play too. My motor is Euro S50B30. I try to keep as many of E36 M3 bits as possible as I want the car to look and sound stock. Cats had to go though because there was not enough room so they were replaced with a pair of silencers to keep it quiet. Sorry no sound clips. Never started up the car yet.

The exhaust shop didn't want to cut up the beautiful stock Euro BMW manifold so he custom made a new one.


View from rear


E36 M3 muffler and E34 M50 mounting hardware


Heat shield moved to over rear axle to protect the rubber from heat


Intermediate pipes replaced to match the E30 body


Retained exhaust hanger which will mount to the gear box (not mounted yet)


Side view

really good looking work.

[RoadHazard]

I'm a little late but let me play too. My motor is Euro S50B30. I try to keep as many of E36 M3 bits as possible as I want the car to look and sound stock. Cats had to go though because there was not enough room so they were replaced with a pair of silencers to keep it quiet. Sorry no sound clips. Never started up the car yet.

The exhaust shop didn't want to cut up the beautiful stock Euro BMW manifold so he custom made a new one.


View from rear


E36 M3 muffler and E34 M50 mounting hardware


Heat shield moved to over rear axle to protect the rubber from heat


Intermediate pipes replaced to match the E30 body


Retained exhaust hanger which will mount to the gear box (not mounted yet)


Side view

[BenM]

Will get an updated clip of my exhaust this week, but damn is it raspy! I wanted to put the middle muffler where the stock resonator is so there is a "S" shaped 2.5" pipe after the Y-pipe. Sounds good, but much louder than my previous setup!

[JRKOUPE]

OBD1 s52, with eBay SS headers > Flowmaster y-pipe > 2.5" piping > Borla muffler (not an XR-1) > 2.5" piping > 2.5" Vibrant Street Power muffler.


The Vibrant almost HAS to be run with a middle muffler! It is a very loud muffler. I tried it with just a resonator and muffler when I switched down to 2.5" from 3", and it was obnixious.

I've tried 3 different middle mufflers to get the tone I wanted (spintech, dynomax, and now the borla) and the Borla was the ticket. I'd be interested to hear what 2 Vibrants would sound like, I love this muffler!!! :pimp:

thanks......if you have some "underneath" pics...Id love to see em....

[e30polak]

....I forgot..what is your set up again?.......headers on back....great sound.

s50 or 52?.........

I wonder if vibrant makes a single in/out?....Ill look.

OBD1 s52, with eBay SS headers > Flowmaster y-pipe > 2.5" piping > Borla muffler (not an XR-1) > 2.5" piping > 2.5" Vibrant Street Power muffler.


The Vibrant almost HAS to be run with a middle muffler! It is a very loud muffler. I tried it with just a resonator and muffler when I switched down to 2.5" from 3", and it was obnixious.

I've tried 3 different middle mufflers to get the tone I wanted (spintech, dynomax, and now the borla) and the Borla was the ticket. I'd be interested to hear what 2 Vibrants would sound like, I love this muffler!!! :pimp:

[BenM]

Ben...wow, they mustve expanded the xr1 line...Ive never seen that one. Good deal. I currently run a magna flow cat...and borla rear muffler on my current m20 and love it. I plan on same set up w/ the s50......or maybe do a vibrant rear instead of the borla.

But Im hoping (like the m20) just a cat and rear muffler is fine. I like it loud as it is more of a track car.

I guess you dont have to run a cat?...

Yeah, the xr-1 is a great looking muffler at a nice price. I think the Borla you currently have would sound great with the S50, but with just a muffler and a cat it may be a little loud depending on what exhaust manifolds you're running (ebay, OBD-I, OBD-II, TMS Shorties, etc.). But then again sounds ok since its just a track car. The vibrant sounds awesome, but would it justify the extra $ just to replace the borla? Maybe if its too loud have the borla moved to the middle by the cat and run a Vibrant in the rear?


I technically have to run a cat, but have a modified E30 midsection w/ stock cats that slip right over the eBay headers and bolt right up to any E30 325i catback exhaust which I will use the next time I have to go through the sniffer. My emissions isn't up for another year or so and they just use a sniffer so its no big deal. I barely put 2500 miles on my car this past year so it doesn't bother me.

[JRKOUPE]

Exactly, I want it to be quiet, hence the reason for it. It wasn't that much more expensive (I only payed around $130 from Jegs for it) and the size compared to a dinky resonator or cheaper muffler wouldn't be worth it to me.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Borla/157/40941/10002/-1


Joel,

I'd say keep your Borla at the end if its a 2.5" In/out and go with a nice muffler for the center (XR-1 perhaps) if you're looking to keep it quiet.

Just my $.02

Ben...wow, they mustve expanded the xr1 line...Ive never seen that one. Good deal. I currently run a magna flow cat...and borla rear muffler on my current m20 and love it. I plan on same set up w/ the s50......or maybe do a vibrant rear instead of the borla.

But Im hoping (like the m20) just a cat and rear muffler is fine. I like it loud as it is more of a track car.

I guess you dont have to run a cat?...

[BenM]

maybe, I don't know. the XR-1 is probably way better quality. the welds on mine are pretty ugly looking. Pretty sure a freshman in high school weld class could do better. And some people want quiet, thus the double muffler/cat :)

Exactly, I want it to be quiet, hence the reason for it. It wasn't that much more expensive (I only payed around $130 from Jegs for it) and the size compared to a dinky resonator or cheaper muffler wouldn't be worth it to me.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Borla/157/40941/10002/-1


Joel,

I'd say keep your Borla at the end if its a 2.5" In/out and go with a nice muffler for the center (XR-1 perhaps) if you're looking to keep it quiet.

Just my $.02

[nando]

maybe, I don't know. the XR-1 is probably way better quality. the welds on mine are pretty ugly looking. Pretty sure a freshman in high school weld class could do better. And some people want quiet, thus the double muffler/cat :)

[JRKOUPE]

my borla was like $95.. check on ebay.

hey Ndo.....
same here..but its a turbo model.


The xr1s tend to be a bit more iirc???

[nando]

my borla was like $95.. check on ebay.

[JRKOUPE]

I think his setup is S52. Try this for a single 2.5" In/out:

http://www.verociousmotorsports.com/Shop-by-Category/Mufflers_2/Vibrant-Performance-Flat-Black-Universal-Muffler-2-5-Center-In-Out-1146

I am going the same setup in the next couple of days (Borla XR-1 in the middle, Vibrant at the end), I'll try and grab a soundclip.

yo B...its Joel


that muffler would be the one if i replace my Borla after we swap in the s50.....!!!!thanks


oh...



Why are you spending so much on a "mid reso" like the xr1?.....Id go a bit cheaper....magna....borla turbo...flowmas....etc.......????.....just doesnt make sense to me., unless it was your last muffler in line.Arent they like over 200 ish?....