Saturday 19th November Exhaust
Fitting
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Words: Ken Devitt
Photos: Richie Mooney |
When investigating which exhausts
give decent gains, are good quality, and look and sound good -
two names kept popping up - Supersprint & Eisenmann. I'd never
actually heard of Eisenmann until recently, but knew plenty
about Supersprint. Being hand built, the Eisenmann was slightly
more expensive than the Supersprint, so it was only after months
of not so gentle persuasion that I decided on getting the
Eisenmann.
After getting in contact with Roy at Eisenmann.co.uk, we decided
to run an group buy through the forums. A 20% discount was on
offer for a purchase of 4 exhausts, so as soon as four of us
with more money than sense decided on what we wanted, the order
went in.
The exhausts were all built and delivered in the space of one
week, which was an exceptional turn around, and its the sort of
service that ensures Roy has a loyal customer base.
Its all well and good having four shiny new exhausts sitting in
your garage - but all the better to have them fitted on your
car. While one of the exhaust ordered was a bolt-on (Dave's
Supersprint exhaust for his M3), the E46 exhaust needs to be
cut, so we needed to have someone competent to fit them. Having
briefly thought about trying it myself (not really), Al and Gary
at AC Car Sales came to the rescue.
It was decided to make a day of it - so we all arrived by 9:30
or so on a rather fresh Saturday morning. First up, i.e. the
guinea pig, was Richie and his 323ci. I think its fair to say
that Richie was initially surprised by the size of the tailpipes
on his exhaust. We'd definitely ordered 76mm round pipes, but
they looked more like 80mm when the exhaust was off the car.
Comparing them to the 76mm Supersprint pipes showed them to be
the same size - the inwardly rolled pipe on the Supersprint are
quite deceptive in that they make the pipes look slightly
smaller than they actually are.
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