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Megan Racing R50 Cat Back Stainless Steel Exhaust

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5	2425	5/27/2008

Recommended By	Average Price	Average Rating
100% of reviewers	$380.00	9.0

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Description:	www.AutoXCooper.com is happy to bring you the Megan Racing R50 Cat Back System. MR had already developed a system for the Cooper S and with the voice of the Mini Cooper community has developed a Cat-Back exhaust system for the Mini Cooper as well. With it's 2.25" piping, sleek Oval-Canister and 3" Slash-Cut tip all developed within the desires of the North American Motoring community, this exhaust has a nice low and deep tone. With very little interior resonance, this exhaust maintains the elegance of the BMW while on the outside it makes itself known as the sporty car that it truly is. I have this system and LOVE IT! The sound clip below is my R50. Yes it's louder then some, but my GF can still sleep in the MINI at speed on road trips even with the rear seat delete. Sound Clip http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...amp;pr=goog-sl - T-304 Stainless Steel Construction - Smooth Mandrel Bends - Sleek Oval-Canister retains Factory-Type appearance and elegance. - Low Interior resonance. - Deep-Mellow Tone w/ Aggressive Wide-Open Throttle. - 3" Slash-Cut Tip. - 1-Year Warranty against defects.
Keywords:	R50 Megan racing cat back exhaust cooper stainless sound
Web site:	http://www.autoxcooper.com/megan.html

Author

N2MINI
3rd Gear

Registered: February 2007
Posts: 222

Review Date: 1/25/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $375.00 | Rating: 8

Pros:	Sound Sound Sound
Cons:	Sound

Excellent Product. Sounds great and I get good comments from club members who have all the other exhausts. Has an awesome burble!! I can see how for some people it "might" be alittle loud for them. My only complaint is it doesn't line up centered in my OEM cut out. It's alittle to the right. I probably could fix it but not a big deal.

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Aquasar
6th Gear

Registered: April 2004
Location: Sumter SC
Posts: 1149

Review Date: 1/25/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Pros:	Sound and Quality
Cons:	???

I was the first person in the USA to have this product from Megan. Installalation was very a simple bolt on. The sound is awesome. People would tell me that it sounded just like a true British sports car. I plan to get one in the futrre for my mew MC.

dickdavid
6th Gear

Registered: June 2004
Location: Richardson, Texas
Posts: 1518

Review Date: 1/25/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros:	Great Sound
Cons:	Cabin noise takes a little getting used to

I was part of the original group buy of this as well. I've also been the owner of a JCW Sound Kit.

This exhaust is meaty in every good way - even at low revs. The sound has a very distinctive british sports car sound.

Compared to the JCW Sound Kit, it's much more aggressive and economical.

Power gains and fuel savings are subtle if any.

Here is a sound clip that somebody else posted:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...553&pr=goog-sl

whiteyanderson
R50 from hell

Registered: December 2007
Location: North Hollywood, California
Posts: 557

Review Date: 2/2/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros:	sounds great, fits great, better throttle response on my CVT, good price
Cons:	not sure about the tip yet

i just had mine installed at minicorsa today.

i have the CVT tranny in my R50 2003 and when i first got it i had a little stumble from a dead stop- traffic light, stop sign, etc. removing the factory air box and adding an aFe C.A.I helped a little. adding the megan made it perfect. i imagine now it just gets a nice flow from front to back.

i never expected big power gains and i still don't. for me it was all about the immediate throttle response mentioned above and it really excels in that area for the CVT. MPG is TBD.

sounds great and beefy. when i toggle over to "SD" mode i get really nice sound when hitting the gas and also when letting the CVT do it's engine braking on the down revs. what i like alot also is at highway cruising speeds in regular "D" mode the exhaust sound is still there but quiter- not droney at all.

my only beef isn't a true beef- just a personal thing. i really love the OEM beer can tip for some strange reason. maybe because it's so MINI. maybe the megan tip will grow on me in time but, i saved my original tip just in case i want to taper down the tailpipe a little and put it back on. the exhaust on a whole looks really sharp and shiney, bends were nice and the cannister looks really sweet. it's a well built system. personally i couldn't be happier.

Drago
Neutral

Registered: May 2008
Posts: 2

Review Date: 5/27/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $385.00 | Rating: 9

Pros:	Fit, finish & sound
Cons:

The hardest part of the install was getting the old system off.

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