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So the best sounding exhaust you could get for OG M2 is FI. Their stuff realluy takes it to another level. I come from a V8 (and I still miss the sound SO MUCH!)
But FI on N55 was gooooood. Then I think, OK, perhaps FI can also make the S55 sound half way decent.... Nope. FAIL. This means there is just no way to make the S55 sound good. Sad but true. Here is the fart can noise the S55 makes with the best exhasut out there: Pathetic. Still all the pops and bangs but the tone is hollow as opposed to deep. I love the power delivery and the potential of the S55 but come the fuck on! This sounds like a over wound dump truck I don't care what you say, but being able to hear and enjoy your car next to a wall, or in tunnels, or just with the windows down is a big deal. I really hope someone comes up with a fix. This is the Achilles's heal of an otherwise great car.
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Well, you aren’t wrong. The s55 really won’t ever sound “good”. Just the fundamental setup with twin turbo and true dual path exhaust gives you this dueling 3 cylinder sound. It has grown on me over time though but wouldn’t say it’s a great sounding exhaust. Sounds very “Motorsport”, even though I can’t quite define what that means.
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And I guess I was really hoping that a $95K M2CS gets this part right, but it sounds just as terrible as the rest of them. Disappointing at that price. Can anyone name ONE car which sounds worse at a $100K price point?
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At this point might as well make it an exhaust thread. Here is the Remus Race: And Akra for good measure: HINT. When they play catchy music instead of letting you listen to the sound, you know it's bad.
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Personally my vote goes to the BMW M2 M Performance Exhaust for the base M2.
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To my ear this is the best.
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You really feel some type of way about the S55 exhaust note don't ya? I honestly don't think the OG or Comp sound particularly good. They're both unique sounds, but not necessarily pleasant. In the Comp, with the windows up OR down, it just sounds like a normal i6. You're an odd specimen if you're really letting what the car sounds like ON THE OUTSIDE, dictate your decision. You aren't hearing what bystanders are hearing, and you never will.
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You know, I was one of the OG owners feeling all smug about the N55 sound. Then I drove the M2C. From the inside they sound very similar and nice. I don't listen to my car from the outside.
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I on the other hand like to dive with the windows down in 40F weather with the heated seats on and a hat. I know, I'm weird. But in all honesty don't you enjoy tunnels? Don't you enjoy hearing your engine and exhaust against a divider wall on the freeway? I do. I downshift 2 gears and hit the rev limiter in a tunnel daily. Am I that rare of a driver these days?
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I have a hard time smelling. And I guess some people have a hard time hearing.
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This is where we diverge. I don't understand how you can say that with a straight face. Not that bad compared to what? To me the difference is stark. And I've heard multiple M2Cs on the outside.
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Well. Thanks for posting. It's been so long since anyone from the OG M2 crowd came by to tell us foolish folk that the M2C doesn't sound very good. I think we were pretty close to forgetting how bad our cars sound, so thanks! Really appreciate the reminder. Come on, folk! You heard him! Exhaust sound is all that matters! Off to the Ford dealership to get a Mustang that he can really appreciate (since he really misses V8's)!
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Here is a thought experiment. What if, when the internal combustion engine was developed, it was developed with a turbo. And then we spent the next 100 or so years hearing every car from a Bel Air to a formula 1 car with a turbo. Then, some crack pots in Michigan thought, wait, could we make one without a turbo? So here you are, 2019 hearing an NA for the first time. Would it sound like shit? I think it would to a car enthusiast in that alternate reality. I think we confuse nostalgia and societal learned preferences with objectiveness. I'm not going to sit here and say that the S55 is the best sounding engine ever. But, to me, it sounds better than a Coyote (which annoys me personally, especially with a Borla). I know you are definitely going to hate that statement, but that's my point, it's subjective. I think saying and/or implying some one is stupid or deaf or less than because they don't agree with your subjective sound preferences is a bit much. Though makes entertaining internets. Edit: To be clear this is not a shot at you, just a general observation. Didn't realize I quoted you until it was too late.
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You, my good sir, are like the wise man sitting at the summit of the mountain, as we unwashed climb the slopes to hear your enlightened words! I'm that dude from the alternate reality! Until a year ago, I couldn't tell you the difference between a Toyota and a McLaren. Because I had no idea what a McLaren even was. I've come into this whole car enthusiast community like a babe in diapers. And the first thing I read on the inter webs is how god awful the S55 engine sounds. I go for a test drive, and because all my life the most exciting car I've ever driven is a Honda Civic, I was like, "Daaayyyyuuuum! That sounds good!" Same with the 718 Cayman. Watch 832 YouTube videos where EVERY LAST REVIEWER talks about how GOD AWFUL that engine sounds. Go for a test drive... sounds pretty damn good to me! In fact, I love Randy Pobst for one and only one reason: When Motor Trend was doing one of their Best Driver's Car shows, he was testing a 718 Cayman and straight up looks into the camera and spake heresy! "I don't know... engine sounds pretty good to me." |
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