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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 06:56 PM
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exhaust question

Does anyone know the difference between the Cooper Coupe S regular exhaust and the JCW Cooper Coupe Exhaust? Different sound better performance?
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 07:49 PM
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Nope, no one knows.... You've come up with a unique question: "regular-v-JCW exhaust"... I'm pretty sure that it's never been discussed (ad nauseam) on this forum.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Dont bother with the exhaust until youre making 250 hp. You'll just be spending money on changing the sound. Of course, if you remove the first catalytic convertor, changing the sound might make more sense but you didnt say whether you did that or not.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 08:30 PM
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Dont bother with the exhaust until youre making 250 hp. You'll just be spending money on changing the sound. Of course, if you remove the first catalytic convertor, changing the sound might make more sense but you didnt say whether you did that or not.
Not removing the cats just was thinking about the exhaust from the Cats back to the tips.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by PHL_FLYERS

Not removing the cats just was thinking about the exhaust from the Cats back to the tips.
If you got some cash burning a hole in your wallet, do what you want. If you have a N18 engine you'd be better off with a JB+ from BMS if you don't already have one.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 10:19 PM
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Cat-back exhaust is a noisemaker (poor one at that) only... no performance advantage. This engine requires some real cash to improve... trust me on this.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Melangell
Cat-back exhaust is a noisemaker (poor one at that) only... no performance advantage. This engine requires some real cash to improve... trust me on this.
about $13,000 (on top of a JCW) apparently . Short of that, don't bother with the exhaust.

http://www.motoringfile.com/2013/11/...uld-have-been/
 
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