Hi everybody,
As mentioned in my earlier post, i bought my first MCS, what a fun to drive...And this forum is a great help in getting close to all answers needed..
I have reading a lot and learning a lot...
I want to do some basic mods to my car, as far as i read 15% S/C pulley-any brand, some like a and some like B- is recommended, this is now solved.. Ordered it already, then a CAI and i am leaning towards GruppeM, first what is your opinions about this one, it is a well known company for BMWs and as Mini is a part of BMW it seems going in that direction seems logical...Know it is pricy than any other CAIs but this car is my only entertainment at this moment.
The second and the most important issue for me is choosing an exhaust system. I know tastes are all different but i have listened to quite all brands on youtube but could not find one liked...
I have been searching Japanese market and found out 2 Japanese makers are offering exhausts for MCS, D.U.Z and ARQRAY...
Anyone out there installed them or listened to them? I only could find D.U.Z's sound clip which was in idle...I am in Europe and gonna import one of two...
I would like to hear opinions/experiences had...
Thnx in advance...

 

just curious, what s/c pulley did you end up with?

good luck in your exhaust quest, get some dyno data when youre done!!

 

I havn't seen the D.U.Z but the ARQRAY is really nice. It's a work of art like a lot of car parts from Japan.

The sound will change a lot once you add a header. If you are looking for a cat back consider that when/If you add a header it will change the way your cat back will sound.

Good Luck .

Longboard

 

Thnx, its going to be kind a long journey, i am not in a rush considering the arrival of a boat is about a month, once i am done, i ll post whatever i did...
Here in NAM, experts say 15% is the way to go, cant go wrong with any brand, i was not picky w/ the brand but i went w/ Alta...

 

Thnx 4 the input :-)
As far as what i see from the pics, the system in both brands come as "after headars" , i am not sure about the headers at this moment, i do have chance to get the headers from Larini as well...
Seems i ll go with the exhaust 1st, then decide about the headers...

 

http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?i...erscab3nv6.jpg This is the Arqray....
http://www.arqray.jp/pages/products/sound/AVI/MVI_0137.AVI
This is the sound clip...
http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mufall2nj1.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mufalldt1.jpg
This one is D.U.Z full Ti
Could not find any sound clip for D.U.Z yet...