Looks good, sounds good, fits good and the price is right!
Much better sound then the Magnaflow exhaust I had on the car in the past. Noticeably louder then stock without being too loud. Also much lighter then the stock exhaust.
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Any clips?
Have you heard any Stromung before?
I have Stromung but I want to go a tad louder, but not too much. I wonder if this would be the right direction.
I can't comment on how it compares to the Stromung as I have never heard it in person. Forgot to mention earlier, the ANSA exhaust clears Randy's dual ear kit...
Sound clip...
Car wasn't quite warmed up, but this is more or less what it sounds like. No noticeable drone or rasp on the S52.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...w/IMG_0230.mp4
Thanks a lot Adrian! That sounds very good!
That's funny. That's one well traveled exhaust.
Yeh - Adrian was the only forum member to ask to buy it... pulled from eBay when he offered. Back to it's Texas stomping grounds and installed within 2-days ;-)
My frustration was alignment. It took a great deal of sweat equity to get it as good as it was.
The other thing, the exhaust was really $800 new and there were better options for only a little bit more money. We got lucky when a distributor was liquidating inventory and snatched them up cheap.
Edit - but yeah, the sound is nearly perfect.
Last edited by JWin; 11-30-2012 at 12:13 PM.
I think to get them to hang perfectly straight, you need to have a muffler shop support the cans with a stand, cut the outboard mount off at the muffler can, adjust the stand to straighten the can, then re-weld the mount/strap maybe a 1/4-1/2" lower on the can. That should straighten right up for cheap since it's not stainless. A little rattle-can black and done.
Last edited by Adrian G.; 11-30-2012 at 12:54 PM.
Congrats. I was lurking on eBay, hoping no one else had noticed.
I think they just got their jig wrong. I don't believe ANSA made very many of the MZ3 exhausts. When I had one, ran into the same outer tip droop. I took some sheetmetal and fabricated a set of rear mounts (replacing the stock rubber) with vertical slotting to allow some tilt adjustment on each side. Between that and bending the mount arms on the cans a bit, it fit pretty damn even across the back end.
Is this the one that originally came from me as the orig owner?
BMW M3 - Ferrari 348 - Chevrolet Chevelle
What's more interesting to me is why BMW used the elaborate/expensive rubber isolators ($20+/each) with through bolts rather than cheap ones like the non-M use with traditional bent metal hangers and cheap rubber isolators that can be found on the shelf at any parts store for $4/ea.
Since i was under the car last night swapping diff's, I spent a bit of time adjusting the exhaust.
(the spacing is even and within 1mm in any measurable direction
Very nice.
Looks good. I'd like to hear it from curbside as it rolls by on throttle.
Jay
The mufflers are mounted backwards. Left should be on right, and right should be on left.
You can tell because the outer pipe is longer than the inside one, which leads me to believe they should be swapped to match the contour of the bumper.
I've always wondered how these sounded. Thanks for posting! Anyone have any comments as to how the ANSA sounds in comparison to a Remus?
-Bill
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