Hi

I have been reading through many a post the past few days and can't seem to find any consistent info / comparisons on the noise levels of Intakes and Exhausts

I want to get both but don't really like the loud blow off / hisssss of the intakes I've heard , Alta, M7, DDM, NM

I have 2007 Cooper S --- I will tune the car in the spring but want to do the exhaust and intake now

I want a nice sounding exhaust and the benefits of new intake without the Darth Vader sound

Any thoughts? -- Thanks

 

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If you have an S.....
The quieter intakes are JCW, and Dinian....there are others, that do various tradeoffs fore noise/price/style...are a bit louder, but "more fun". In my situation the price of the dinian for my s was right...the drawback is that the filter is a bit pricey.......Most JCW intakes have been modified with a "flap removal" to help them make noise at lower rpm's where they are as silent as stock.
The others do get louder, some can whistle, or even rust, so watch out. Also the plastic engine/firewall divider can be left in or removed with some intakes to adjust sound levels. Most intakes from what I hear all make similar HP.
I'd call Way and chat with him.....he has worked on/modded/raced more MINI's than most anybody....he sells some pretty good stuff to boot!


Edit: for the exaust the milteck/stratosphere is great if you want a nice sound, and don't want a drone, and are looking to avoid the boy racer sound. It seems IMO to be just about right.
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Buy a factory jcw exhaust and put in a K&N replacment filter .The only intake that makes more power than a dropin k&n is a Dos cai.

The Jcw exhaust has 0 drone and with a catless downpipe makes the same power as a milltek,borla or magna flow.

 

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If you have an S.....
The quieter intakes are JCW, and Dinian....there are others,



When did Dinian start selling parts for the R56 ?

 

Like he said...JCW is your way to go.

Probably one of the best working intakes out there, and doesn't have the blow-off noise like the open ones do.

Exhaust noise is subjective....just listen to as many in person as you can. I think the car is quiet with NO exhaust, so I'm probably not the one to give advice haha

 

Thumper - thanks for response -- i will start to hunt around for a price on JCW Intake

How do u like the Invidia --- i have read a few posts about a "drone" when it gets hot after a couple of hours driving

any issues with yours

Thanks

 

Absolutely love it.

It has a good amount of volume now that I've had it for over year. I've had many compliments on how great my car sounds...I had a valet the other night go crazy over the sound. And since my tune causes it to burble, the burble sounds AWESOME ...a deep rumble.

I might be selling it shortly if you're interested. Not because I don't like it, but cuz I'm goin on to bigger and better things......

 

Thumper

ask jan about how race my jcw sounds

aka jameshunt

any word on a eta ?

 

By end of month

 

Borgwarner ,IHI or mitsubishi ?

 

Modified Mistu

 

any clearence issues ? did you fab a log or still using the stock exhaust manifold ?