BMW E46 M3 MILLTEK Exhaust Comparison

[supercarkid]

Actually i think the stock exhaust sounds better...

[Drizzzlez]

ehhhh sounds nice idling, dont like it when its revving but

[2010BeatFreak]

Sound was better with the stock exhaust.....this time milltek made it sound worse

[glockXblood]

wtf .... the OEM exhaust sounds like the milltek exhaust :s...

waste of money... u should buy a eisenmann or bastuck exhaust ;)

[IrishChris1979]

Nice!

[kaidiau]

huge difference~

[zurino84]

maybe better sound stock...i think so....but sure with milltek exhaust have more power tihs is sure!!!!

[freshfruit23]

the first one sounded better. at least the miltek adds more power though

[e46Mpower343]

Got to say I liked the original rasp better than the Miltek. Was looking into getting a Miltek system but not going to bother now!

[Gallardo575]

i prefer the stock one i think

[euro944t]

Headers w/ O2 simulator should be next. If you live in Calf, keep cats on header, get el diablo rasp pipe for deep tone.

US headerCats rob you 30ft lb torque

[2pacr32]

i like the rasp from the original...you can hear there is an m3 coming or leaving....but now it's like a gti or something...don't like the milltek i m sorry

[akiojneg1]

yea sounds more like a lot of engine noise i would like it to be raspier...

[vortex487]

i agree

[wrx831]

Great! I wish more people would do these before & after on their exhaust videos.

[menime852]

NORD SPORTER,

your a dumbass

"Right, in-line engines are never as good as "V" or flat engines. Sad but true."

[TubeUx]

sounds better stock

[viper590t]

the secound test sounded better

[bosundave]

It is almost impossible to really hear what these set ups sound like from sound bytes. The simple revving, no load sound bytes are worthless.

I bought mine on a friend's advice.

[bosundave]

I have an E46 M3. I agree. They generally sound like crap. I finally found one combo (i am sure there are more) that really sounds great. That is saying a lot because I usually cant stand 6 cylinder engine tones. I could not afford the new 8 cylinder M3 so I was very happy when I got my Borla Mid Pipe and Rogue Engineering El Diablo muffler set up. Sounds, uh, "exotic".

[one1uv4ev3r]

@bosundave You're right in it sounding exotic. I have an e46 M3 and I don't really want to switch out my exhaust as it sounds like kind of babyish you know? My bro has the borla cat back on his and it sounds like a lambo, but the sound I wish I could hav esounds like the vette or the new benz V8.

[emil3hansen]

sounds awful to me :/

[Ataemonus]

NordSporter, are you for real ? Do you even have any basic knowledge about engines ?

[jjojo2004]

Are you running an anti rasp resonator or pipe before the Milltek muffler?

[m3taLB1Rd]

well, the tips are nice...

[xtremsiege2]

seems like it needs to be broken in before its louder..assuming you just installed.

Hot exhaust and nice upgrade either way!

[tomie867]

hey

i think the standard sound was better it was more piercing. millitek fucked it up a bit. dont get it twisted millitek are sick but not for the M3

[Rezmund]

Sounds awesome, I have a full Milltek system on order for my CSL so should be a nice improvement over the stock OEM system (which sounds tinny).

[NordSporter]

Right, in-line engines are never as good as "V" or flat engines. Sad but true.

[hipnaughtic]

basis for your comment? i'd love to read an unbiased article that explains that even though bmw inline engines do more with less (ie: 1993 325 2.5L I6 produces 189 horsepower and performs on par with a 1993 5.0L mustang that produces 215 horsepower) but still aren't "as good"

[dubgli]

im not taking anysides but, maybe nordsporter was talking about the exhaust, not the engine itself.. i think he meant to say, the inline engine 'exhaust' are never as good as 'v' or flat engine 'exhaust'. maybe!! but the m3 puts out alot of power for a 6 cylinder. my japanese friends are use to 6 cylinder engines putting out under 300 hps like the nsx and the skyline. but when they came to america, they couldn't believe the possibilities, but that was a while ago.

[hungrymeh]

Thats only because of the gentlemens agreement which was lifted jus a bit ago. Why do u think the all jap cars pre '04 are all under 300? And all high performance coming out now are well over 300? Say ISF? but no way does a stock 5.0 mustang sound better than a bmw

[spoolmasta]

Inline 6 will always beat the v6.(SUPRA,m3, and many others). Find me a NON F/I STOCK v6 that has anywhere near 333HP like a m3. YOU CANT! which makes the m3 better than any v6. DONE

[ocelot6]

Are you kidding? BMW's inline-6s are some of the best sounding engines out there. I can recognize one from a mile away.

[saweet999]

it sounds much better if u do a drive buy

[05AltimaSER]

Not bad, deffinetly better, but I'm never impressed by an M3's sound.

[euro944t]

search YT for El Diablo M3 sound control.

That is what we are getting for M3 conv purchase last week , Headers, sec II with electronic bypass valve, makes more 30lb torque, muffler makes less than 10.