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Looking into getting a backbox and center section for E46 m3. Has anyone any experience with Scorpion or Schmiedmann exhausts?
I understand scorpion would be considered budget, but from what I can gather, it is made in UK and to decent quality. Cant really find anything on Schmiedmann at all, no sounds clips, no forum posts.
I know there are others like miltek, eisenmann but not sure if they sound that much better for the fee they commanding, 1.5k just for the backbox.
I bought a scorpion for my e36 because it was the only thing available and it looks like it’s super quality.
Personally I wouldn’t put an exhaust on an e46. After putting an airbox on that’s all the noise I’d ever need!
I have eisenmnan on mine but its sport version with super sprint centre section
Not that much louder
Which Is the way I want it
The evolve box makes some roar at full throttle
Which I'm.unsure of
Must throw up a sound clip
What about miltek
Good quality not mad money
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Miltek apparently drone.
I had a miltek on my e46 m3 and it was a lovely rasp. Had everything else standard
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I think the allure of scorpion is, it relatively cheap so if I get it with center section it would be under 1k all together. Milltek backbox alone cost that much and if I dont like it or it drones, it would be just a waste of money. I did read it drones with center section.
Carbon intake is definitely on the cards at some stage, just not now. Altho haimus racing came a long way with their intakes. Maybe I ll price up the whole set up again. But sending ECU to Uk is pain in a hoop. Does anyone in Ireland do it? Whats involved in it? Is it soldering some chip and flushing a map?
Surprised nobody heard or had any experience with Schmiedmann?
If I was you I’d just go with the haimus box. That’s what I have and the newer one is much better quality than the first one I got.
If you could convince the seller to ship it from UK, this could be a nicely priced one?
e46 m3 Scorpion back box | The M3cutters
HEMI5 member on here does custom exhausts I gather - http://www.bmwhaus.ie/vbulletin/show...l=1#post138436
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I have the Eissmann sport exhaust with standard centre section (as far as I know0 and its great sound off it. Slight drone at 2.2k RPM but I daily mine and can easily live with it. The other option which is louder again is Hals exhaust off ebay. Its based off the Supersprnt LWR exhaust and has gotten very good feedback on M3cutters. I have been tempted by it. https://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/threa...review.236707/
Yea saw that one. Might be a tad too loud and obnoxious? Was looking for more videos but couldnt find any.
Not sure coding to back fire is ment to be good for your cats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSDv...l=DWMotorsport But defo seems like good price.
Yeah I wouldn’t be coding that in. The software I have has that option but never tried it when I had the M3.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokyMo
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You'll kill your cats with a crackle tune. Fine if running decats if pops and bangs are your thing I suppose lol.
Out of Scorpion and Eissenmann, I'd go Eissenmann if I could without a doubt. They sound so much better.
I've had scorpion on my car at first and it does sound good but it drones abit at 50-60mph.
I've a full supersprint lightweight race system now and although louder, I think it drones less!
I'd agree with Smokey though. A carbon airbox will always trump an exhaust on these cars so I'd be going for that first if at all possible.
I can't really hear my airbox over the exhaust when inside the car at times which is a shame.
in my opinion waste of money carbon box and remaps. too offten fucked ECU after maps and never get use out of it for road car for sure .better spend money on other stuff
On that basis, everything that's commonly done to these cars is a big waste of money though.
Exhaust, doesn't really add power and never get use out of it on the road
Cams, Better brakes, 4.1 diff and better lsd, coilovers, reinforced racps etc all would be a waste of money if compare them to what you get out of them on the road to a carbon airbox.
But lots of people still do those jobs.
Don't really see how you never get to use a carbon airbox on the road either as there's a massive difference in noise from 2-3k up.
If never get the use out of one, might as well just drive a 320d :D
Would agree though, there's lots of ECUs and engines getting ruined by "Alpha N" tunes especially E36 M3s with lads not even going to the expense of a proper airbox and just getting a generic 100 euro ecu flash.
I am not concerned with losing couple bhp by adding exhaust. Its mainly for sound and a bit of theater as the car is going to be weekend only.
Plus its a bolt on as oppose to intakes and I am not in a humor of getting one this year.