I have an ‘89 325i with the stock M20 and a Turner Chip.
my exhaust system has been stock with the exception of a Borla Muffler for quite some time now. I had been contemplating changing the exhaust note a bit. I was hoping to acquire a more raspy sound. So today I had an exhaust shop replace the cats with straight pipes and to my disappointment, it sounds god awful. Sort of like a 325 E46 with a muffler delete
it has a very “empty/hollow” sound. I’m not sure if it’s because I have stock manifolds or not.
My question for you guys is, what makes the M20 sound raspy? Would an X pipe change the tone as opposed to just straight pipes? Maybe even some eBay long tube headers?
I’m aware that exhaust modifications won’t gain any power on a stock M20, maybe even lose some low end power, but in all honestly, this car’s my weekend toy and occasional canyon carver.
thank you guys in advance!
my exhaust system has been stock with the exception of a Borla Muffler for quite some time now. I had been contemplating changing the exhaust note a bit. I was hoping to acquire a more raspy sound. So today I had an exhaust shop replace the cats with straight pipes and to my disappointment, it sounds god awful. Sort of like a 325 E46 with a muffler delete
it has a very “empty/hollow” sound. I’m not sure if it’s because I have stock manifolds or not.
My question for you guys is, what makes the M20 sound raspy? Would an X pipe change the tone as opposed to just straight pipes? Maybe even some eBay long tube headers?
I’m aware that exhaust modifications won’t gain any power on a stock M20, maybe even lose some low end power, but in all honestly, this car’s my weekend toy and occasional canyon carver.
thank you guys in advance!
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