1st Gen R50 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: Thinking about exhaust

I have had my Borla Exhaust for more than a year now. I like the looks and sound but I doubt it adds much power. It has a nice low end tone, and then gets louder over 4K rpms. There is a slight burble off throttle.

HERE is a poorly filmed sound clip. Don't know if it helps or not.

I was all set to buy a Megan exhaust till I got a ride in a friends Cooper with one. Nice sound but too loud for my taste, and I didn't like the 50-70mph drone.

 

I have a Megan exhaust on my 03 Justa. Together with the Way/DDM intake Poco probably picked up a few extra ponies. It burbles and snorts with a mellow growl when your just putting about, but roars when you get on it. There is a drone on the highway, but I just turn the music louder if I don't want to listen to it:lol:



Mark

 

Deeper sound, not so, how do you type?...brrrapppy

Let me figure out how to do a sound iPhone computer link thing, and I'll post what mine sounds like.

Mark

 

I have a Borla with an aFe intake. Together they make beautiful music together. On a serious note, the Borla has a nice deep tone, and I've received plenty of complements from people. That's from fellow MINI owners, and import (Japanese) owners.

 

I'm failing at thisut:. Come visit for a listen to Poco, probably be quicker

Mark

 

I have a MinSpeed exhaust that I got from Way Motor Works. Like Mark, I have the WMW/DDM intake which has a nice sound by itself. With the intake and the exhaust. my Cooper cabrio has a nice deep sound, not ricey or too loud (and with a cabrio, you hear a lot more than with a hardtop).

I was looking at the Megan originally so I listened to Mark's and loved the sound. I ended up with the MinSpeed because I had ordered a Megan from a place in California (not one of our vendors) and they kept giving me the runaround on when it would ship. Way had my exhaust in stock and made me a good deal on it.

I'm very happy with my exhaust, but I can also say that the Megan sounds really good. If you get a chance, get with Mark and listen to his.

 

On a R56 a Catback will be a expensive noisemaker and you only realize power changing out the downpipe too

I am *assuming* it is the same with a R50 and the need for a header to get the airflow to get the extra power avaialble