Opening the taps on our M3 round back of Taupo

[Gotheschu 1]

Opening the taps on Dads M3 round back of Taupo

Title says it all.

Was a few years back on the Thursday before the A1GP was being held at Taupo's Track.

Specs:

BMW E46 M3 2002 Cabrio

Dinan Airbox

Miltek Exhaust

Dyno Tune from Gavin @ Hi Velocity

Enjoy!

Edited June 5, 2010 by Gotheschu

[*Glenn* 854]

Wow... great sounding M3... how fast was it going ?

[[email protected] 0]

Great car but the clip doesn't do it any justice.

[mark247 39]

I'm going to go against the grain here, but doesn't that sound rather tinny?

[[email protected] 0]

I'm going to go against the grain here, but doesn't that sound rather tinny?

Very much so, E46 M3s are probably one of most tiny performance cars in the exhaust department, I was in New Market driving along and an M3 opened the taps getting onto the motorway, i was quite surprised how tiny it sounded, far cry from the lazy bassy note of a good V8.

[Top Secret 2]

Ahhh, not a fan of the milo tin can with pebbles in it sound.

A standard CSL with a carbon airbox (or whatever the BMW nomenclature is) sounds the best to me.

Nice car though.

[Guest Simon*]

The good ones sound "raspy" and metallic not that high pitched tinny sound

[kingkarl 136]

Nice car. I love the sound.

By "our" M3 I assume you mean Dad's M3.

[hybrid 1043]

Guys, this is getting a tad tall poppy .. please dont let it turn into a bully fest. Opinions are all good.

Just trying to stop yet another innocent thread turning to sh*t.

[Gotheschu 1]

The video was taken with a sh**ty aftermarket iphone app. So the sound is crap but check out this clip of a M3 with the same stuff done to it but with a proper camera.

Heres what some guy said to someone who called it tinny on youtube.

IsThisAvailable007

1 year ago

Yuck! Sounds terrible!! Tinny...

enilyksnor

1 year ago

Tinny? WTF? you may as well call ferraris sound tinny too!

BTW M3 has the best note 6's in the world period.

Just my crappy camera. Giving it the bad wrasp.

And I paid for the airbox so I like saying i helped contribute to my 1 favourite cars in the world ( but in a hard top not soft top ) I bought 10KW of power haha.

And Glenn...... He was hitting round 180....

Edited June 5, 2010 by Gotheschu

[[email protected] 0]

Ahhh, not a fan of the milo tin can with pebbles in it sound.

A standard CSL with a carbon airbox (or whatever the BMW nomenclature is) sounds the best to me.

Nice car though.

100% word.

[hybrid 1043]

The CSL sound you are refereing to is engine noise and for the most part doesnt originate from the exhaust.

It is possible to convert your e46 to a MAP based system and run MAFless carbon airbox.

The signature m3 '6' sound is actually from the equal length headers and a 'trait' of the thin wall stainless design. Its is sculped buy runner lenth and placement of the center box muffler if most cases. Also you muffler restriction (or lack of) design. Weather your muffler is a pass through type or stepped inlet/oulet design. A pass through will allow more of the raspy sound threw where as a stepped type will accumulate more rubble or drone (bass).

BMW tune this also with equalising tubes or x-pipes. Its a fine balance between performance and sound and both!.