Got the Remus installed. Considering removing cat tomorrow

[Luke318is]

Im going to a shop who is going to remove the cat for me. The car is not loud at all with the remus right now (which is OK) So i feel like i have a bit of auditory wiggle room.

I was planning on having the cat removed.

Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on this? Do you will think it will be TOO loud?

Any info or opinions appreciated. Thanks.

Heres how it sounds now (keep in mind its an underground parkade)

http://youtu.be/lN-xj-qoewU

[ak-]

My experience with removing the cat is just rasp.
Remove the last resonator instead. Sounded great on my brother's early model with a late model exhaust.

[Luke318is]

Wish i knew more about the exhaust system so theres a cat, and more than 1 resonator?

[Dj Buttchug]

DONT remove the cat. you will hate yourself. keep the resonator too. m42 cars have 1 cat 1 resonator system.

[LJ851]

It depends on if you still have the factory cat/resonator on the car. Most aftermarket cats (mid pipe) don't have a resonator at all.

I am running loudest/worst possible sounding setup (straight, dual pipes to Remus) and it is not loud. It is louder than yours in the video but the sound quality is also worse. The tone of yours is great, put an X pipe where your cat is if you decide to remove it.

[Luke318is]

Its an m20

[Luke318is]

Do you have a link to somewhere i can see an xpipe?

Im just looking to get it a bit louder, but i dont want to make it sound like shit in the process. Thanks!

[LJ851]

Do you have a link to somewhere i can see an xpipe?

Do you have google on your internet ?

[Luke318is]

No actually. Only bing.

Of course i do, but i havent found much usefull info on what an x pipe is.

[Todd Black 88]

It's a pipe, shaped like an X? :)

Two inlets, two outlets, open to each other at the center of the X

[LJ851]

If you look closely, you can see why they are referred to as an "X" pipe.

[Luke318is]

Ok well ill take your advice and get them to make one. Cant find anywhere that sells em

All they Y pipes on ebay seem to come with headers

http://www.ebay.com/itm/84-91-BMW-325-E30-M20-2-5L-2-7L-STAINLESS-STEEL-EXHAUST-HEADER-Y-PIPE-DOWNPIPE-/170938901185?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ABMW&hash=item27ccc0a2c1&vxp=mtr

[Vincent Brick]

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-643122?seid=srese1&gclid=CJ_1-MeC3cECFZKCfgodkkgAXw

Any large mail-order hot rod/muscle car speed shop that ships to Canada should have pre-made ones, unless the exhaust shop specializes in performance stuff that's likely not something they can just fab up.

[Luke318is]

Thanks man

[Northern]

If you look closely, you can see why they are referred to as an "X" pipe.

I lol'd pretty hard at this.