I honestly can't tell a difference in the noise level without that insulation. I drive on the freeway a lot, often over 75mph, and the car sounds the same with the insulation in place.
The crayon smell is gone though and I don't miss it at all.
I honestly can't tell a difference in the noise level without that insulation. I drive on the freeway a lot, often over 75mph, and the car sounds the same with the insulation in place.
The crayon smell is gone though and I don't miss it at all.
technik headers being installed as we speak
Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim
audio to follow soon, i'm going to ask my wife to record the car on a "closed course"
update: went back to eurocharged this morning, got a re-flash with a file for catless headers. much more mid-range torque, the upper rpm power is noticeably higher, too. butt dyno is somewhat unreliable, however. i'm working to find a weekday to get flashed back to stock for a baseline, then dyno tuned by jerry@eurocharged. i have a feeling that technik headers + custom eurocharged tune will yield pretty nice numbers (for an n/a 3.0L, that is)
dane- the car is way louder, almost too much volume now :S
i'm hoping to get a muffler shop to install an x-pipe or replace one of the resonators with a resontated x-pipe from magnaflow. the tone is great and throaty, but the volume is too much for me (i like a lower profile car, not a hey-look-at-me exhaust note/volume)
pics of interior/undercarriage after recent mods?!
--Wes--
04 330i ZHP Oxford Green/Natural Brown
04 330Ci ZHP Silvergrey/Alcantara (RIP)
Call me Seth
CURRENT: 2016 Long Beach Blue BMW /// M2
RETIRED: ‘15 F22 M235i | '08 E90 M3 DCT "GoinHAM3" | '04 E46 M3 6MT "WEGOHAM"
'04 330i ZHP | '11 E82 135i | '08 E90 328xi | 07 E91 328xi SportWagon
gold DISA valve works wonders on the 4k rpm dip. highly recommended! (thanks, webster for the recommendation)
passed state inspection today. with catless headers. (shh)
They didn't even........
Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim