My 99 e46 328i

[tman]

Car looks very clean! raise:

I had also had a E46 328i and eventually sold it with 355 000km on the clock.

 

[ChrisBrand]

So last week Friday I took the car to Power Flow Salt River to have the exhaust completely redone.

The 'original' exhaust had the CAT's removed, replaced with straight pipes and the middle box replaced with a Power Flow box as the crack on the overrun was overbearing as the air could not move through the middle box quick enough.

This gave the car a very tinny M3-like sound which I did like. Especially coupled with a CAI the car was dead quiet from 0 - 3000 RPM but roared into life from 3000 - 7000RPM.

Fast forward and I decided I need more of a deeper sound coupled with the screaming I6. Spoke with D who was awesome and even gave a courtesy car for the day. Such an awesome oke.

The plan was to drop the standard twin pipes from the branch to the middle box, which then exited the back as a single pipe with twin tips, and run twin 50mm pipes from front to back and replace the rear box with a smaller box.

I must say I am VERY happy with the results. I was scared of droning but even with my shorter 3.46 diff there is absolutely no droning on the highway.

Will refer anyone to D and his team. Very professional and knowledgeable.

PS: When I brought my car in they had a Jaguar E-type they were working on and when I fetched my car they were working on a brand new RS5.

Vids to follow

 

[Straight six]

Chris how will this be on an Auto though....?

I also want some life on my Zorst.....but not too drasitc

 

[Donovan2412]

So last week Friday I took the car to Power Flow Salt River to have the exhaust completely redone.

The 'original' exhaust had the CAT's removed, replaced with straight pipes and the middle box replaced with a Power Flow box as the crack on the overrun was overbearing as the air could not move through the middle box quick enough.

This gave the car a very tinny M3-like sound which I did like. Especially coupled with a CAI the car was dead quiet from 0 - 3000 RPM but roared into life from 3000 - 7000RPM.

Fast forward and I decided I need more of a deeper sound coupled with the screaming I6. Spoke with D who was awesome and even gave a courtesy car for the day. Such an awesome oke.

The plan was to drop the standard twin pipes from the branch to the middle box, which then exited the back as a single pipe with twin tips, and run twin 50mm pipes from front to back and replace the rear box with a smaller box.

I must say I am VERY happy with the results. I was scared of droning but even with my shorter 3.46 diff there is absolutely no droning on the highway.

Will refer anyone to D and his team. Very professional and knowledgeable.

PS: When I brought my car in they had a Jaguar E-type they were working on and when I fetched my car they were working on a brand new RS5.

Vids to follow

Hey there,

Out of interest what RPM are you doing at 120km/h in 5th

I'm also considering a 3.46

Thanks

 

[ChrisBrand]

Chris how will this be on an Auto though....?

I also want some life on my Zorst.....but not too drasitc

Best to speak to them at the shop. Im sure they will be able to tell you exactly what would best suit your needs.

 

[ChrisBrand]

So last week Friday I took the car to Power Flow Salt River to have the exhaust completely redone.

The 'original' exhaust had the CAT's removed, replaced with straight pipes and the middle box replaced with a Power Flow box as the crack on the overrun was overbearing as the air could not move through the middle box quick enough.

This gave the car a very tinny M3-like sound which I did like. Especially coupled with a CAI the car was dead quiet from 0 - 3000 RPM but roared into life from 3000 - 7000RPM.

Fast forward and I decided I need more of a deeper sound coupled with the screaming I6. Spoke with D who was awesome and even gave a courtesy car for the day. Such an awesome oke.

The plan was to drop the standard twin pipes from the branch to the middle box, which then exited the back as a single pipe with twin tips, and run twin 50mm pipes from front to back and replace the rear box with a smaller box.

I must say I am VERY happy with the results. I was scared of droning but even with my shorter 3.46 diff there is absolutely no droning on the highway.

Will refer anyone to D and his team. Very professional and knowledgeable.

PS: When I brought my car in they had a Jaguar E-type they were working on and when I fetched my car they were working on a brand new RS5.

Vids to follow

Hey there,

Out of interest what RPM are you doing at 120km/h in 5th

I'm also considering a 3.46

Thanks

Way back I raced your car and freerider's e36 328i, which had a 3.46 diff, and freerider's car pulled me by 1.5 car lengths from 40km/h to 120km/h.

It is therefore very worthwhile.

In 5th gear on the highway doing 120km/h the revs sit at about 3750 RPM. Not too high as to damage the engine but high enough so that when you plant your foot your right in the ideal rev range.

It can be a bit tedious when doing 140km/h and the revs are at 4000RPM+.

 

[ChrisBrand]

Meyle shock mounts and Axis reinforcement plates :rollsmile::rollsmile::rollsmile:

 

[ChrisBrand]

So after a long time away I finally had a chance to replace the shocks and mounts.

Thanks again to moranor@axis for supplying me with top notch products. Meyle HD shock mounts and Axis reinforcement plates.

Old Shocks:

Old Shock mounts (properly screwed):

 

[gconry18]

:clapper:

 

[moranor@axis]

any branding visible on the old mounts?