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im after a stainless exhaust for my '90 325i and have been looking at a few places but a lot of them say they are 'cat-back' exhausts and mine is a 2 piece system without a cat.

Does anyone know a good place where i could get a reasonably priced, 2 piece, non-cat stainless exhaust for less than 300 quid?
Was thinking about having one made by Pipecraft or Powerflow but not sure if the quality will be there?

Powerflow can do whatever u want interms of style, sound etc.
Theres another place called Torque Exhausts in Brimsdown Enfield who do custom made pipes too.

ill avoid powerflow then. ideally i want a scorpion system with the 'le-mans' style tail pipe.

try charlie at prospeed in cardiff mate, got one hell of a reputation!

MIJ Exhausts in Walsall?

bit far for me to travel lol. does anyone know where i can get an off the shelf scorpion or similar system?

Batesy8 wrote:MIJ Exhausts in Walsall?

they are a bunch of arseholes imo well over priced for what you get and the after sales service isnt there at all

tomti wrote:bit far for me to travel lol. does anyone know where i can get an off the shelf scorpion or similar system?

Scorpion is pretty loud apparently, might become a bit of a chore on long journeys.

not that worried about it being loud on long journeys as i only work a mile or so up the road

check out topgear based near city airpot in london. they have a website too. i paied a unqiue dtm style for my back box customised for £250.00 abit pricey but i like it the noise is spot on not too loud and not too low just the way i want it low humming noise.

my scorpion is quite loud, although my car is fully stripped, and i think it would be bearable with an interior/sound proofing.

sounds amazing when you open it up too

My scorpion is quite mild when just pottering around and on tick over but give it the beans and its a different story.

i have just had a scorpion system fitted and is as said above by leeparkes

I had no probs with MIJ on my renault?

... Exhaust on 325i is still good but I've got a rust hole in one of the tail pipes, don't know what to do with it!!!

On tick over it is no louder than the standard mild system i had on.

But bear in mind mine is in very good condition and the baffles are not empty and worn out

BMW center box with Scorpion rear box. I've heard this takes away the tinnyness.

I have a scorpion le mans style, round town nice and subtle unless you take revs round 3,500 then it wakes up. problem depending how sensitive you are too the rumble it will take it's toll on motorways as at about 70-80mph it's at the start of it's rumble range 3500 revs which can become tiresome. This is based on m20 325 with 3.91 diff.
Lower ratio diff will reduce revs which may help on motorways.
You can always turn up stereo on motorways!

long shot but if you can source a hartge system id go with that.spook had a system of me a while ago for around the 3-400 mark

Ive got a Scorpion twin exit on my 325i & it sounds perfect, not too low not too loud just right & when you open it up its sublime

Combine it with a decent induction kit & Manifold and your in sound heaven!