Right....
i dont post much on MaxBimmer but heres something i'm damn proud off...
first of all, here is what she looks like right now.
a bit about her:
i got her jan of last year and she was a 94 530i automatic Touring. in spring i converted her to a 5spd manual and removed the resonator. lowered the front and threw on the 18" staggered m-parallels....she stayed basically the same until i decided to swap out the 3.0 M60 v8 and put in the 540i motor the M60B40. the swap was done in my garage last week. so shes now technically a 540i, something they never came as in north america, and a manual, another thing they never came as in North America, the Wagons that is.
so...the exhaust was done on tues...it consists of stock cats with a y pipe right after into a 3" pipe into a magnaflow 3" in 3" out part no. 14219 sitting where the stock muffler would be into an oval shaped tip. fits perfectly in the opening...
right, so the videos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12nzsHJGMes
thats open cats....drove like that sun, mon and tuesday while finding a shop to do the work.
and here she is with magnaflow on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5lFOHawSOQ
she sounds even better in real life...its undescribable, u kinda wanna say its a V8 sound, but not really, u wanna say, inline 6 ala Skyline, but its not that either, and it almost has a bit of the Ferrari sound to it as well...i get goose bumps whenever i hear it. it turned out 10x better than what i expected.
learn from me. screw the "resonator delete" i had that before....it sounded "better" but i spit on it compared to this...it doesnt have none of that raspiness that comes at higher rpm...i think the whole smooth resonance thing comes from combining the two pipes...
i had a 5.0 with cat back magnaflows...NOTHING like this...this definitively has an exotic sound to it...i ask myself sometimes if i accidentally swapped in a V10 DOHC in there....
anyways, also, ignore the check engine light, its the 02 sensors, ignore the ASC light as it no longer works, ignore the temp guage 1/4 way up as its the plug in the back of the cluster acting up....
and ENJOY!
whoever is coming to the bimmercruise will get to see her then...
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- 1994 530iT: M60B40'd + 5spd conversion, 18" Style 32's, Magnaflow catback, Voltglands, angel eyes, Erebuni ACS body kit, 10" sub and amp, Alpine deck, soon to be supercharged!!
- 1984 635CSI: 92 535 M30 5spd, Koni Yellows, Eibachs, Magnaflow cat + catback, short throw shifter, Style 5's, 2x 10" subs, soon to have 3.46LSD. STOLEN! baby's gone.
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