exhaust + manifold combo

[G unit]

right folks want to splash out on a cutback system and manifold-decat , looking for best performance setup

few people in states say running a after market cooper exhaust is better for performance than the centre exit ones for cooper s.....

anyways happy to stay for centre exit exhaust + manifold set
what your run and best performance combo

car is a 2003 R53 35,000miles

regards

[Gismo]

By far the best, in my opinion, is the Miltek

[Big Gordy]

Think you'll find 75% of the folks on here with after market exhausts run one of the Playmini systems.....me being one of them :thumbs up: Top class quality, good exhaust note when giving it the beans and pretty quiet when tootling about town :smilewinkgrin:

[Mon the fish]

Few things other folk have learned by experience, MT is your best bet for performance advice
- decat will probably cost you power
- Cooper exhausts normally don't cope well with the pulses the S engine generates, being therefore very loud, and destroying the baffles
- 4-2-1 manifolds (OBX etc) give you more torque, 4-1 manifolds (Janspeed etc) give more top end power

Fletcher, Milltek and JCW are good cat-backs with a good note. Janspeed is one of the cheapest manifolds, with proven power gains

[Craig]

I had a janspeed manifold with sport cat connected to a jcw exhaust and it sounded superb ;). I also felt a bit of gain in hp :thumbs up:

[ELFMAN]

I had a Playmini Manifold/Sports Cat and Full System on my R53 JCW 210. Sounded SUPERB (if a bit loud.... in a good way), and opened up the top end power. I was well happy.

As Mon said, there are quite a few good combos out there now though - this is just what I went for back in the day. Some Manifolds have an integral Cat, while some (GTT?) have provision for either a Sports Cat or a De-Cat pipe. I have seen a couple of R53s in mags running a COOPER exhaust (Milltek I think), but perhaps with slightly modded set-up as far as front silencer boxes are concerned, and more for 'stealth' reasons (folks behind won't suss it's an S). However, I don't really see how an exhaust designed for a COOPER will work better than one designed for an S... unless you muck around with it first.

[Mon the fish]

However, I don't really see how an exhaust designed for a COOPER will work better than one designed for an S... unless you muck around with it first.

It'll blow the baffles out the back if you don't add a resonator. A Cooper exhaust on an S with decat would be asbo loud

[stoney]

Gtt manifold with jcw / milteck or playmini with sport cat ;)


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[Crombers]

Think you'll find 75% of the folks on here with after market exhausts run one of the Playmini systems.....me being one of them :thumbs up: Top class quality, good exhaust note when giving it the beans and pretty quiet when tootling about town :smilewinkgrin:

This :thumbs up:

[Crombers]

I had a Playmini Manifold/Sports Cat and Full System on my R53 JCW 210. Sounded SUPERB (if a bit loud.... in a good way), and opened up the top end power. I was well happy.



'Ah the memories' :yes nod:

I used to throw wumin & bairns oot the way just to get close :Whistle:

[G unit]

lol thanks for the input guys doing some research the now before i purchase

[ELFMAN]

'Ah the memories' :yes nod:I used to throw wumin & bairns oot the way just to get close :Whistle:

Aye, as Springsteen would say - "Glory Days" :thumbs up: Now your car's louder than mine Crombers... :sad: :argh:

[Crombers]

Aye, as Springsteen would say - "Glory Days" :thumbs up: Now your car's louder than mine Crombers... :sad: :argh:

Dunno about that fella, it's a close one I reckons :yes nod:

[ELFMAN]

Dunno about that fella, it's a close one I reckons :yes nod:

I mean it's louder than my R56 - you're still not in the same league as the Blue Meanie! :smilewinkgrin: :shut up::thumbs up:

[Crombers]

I mean it's louder than my R56 - you're still not in the same league as the Blue Meanie! :smilewinkgrin: :shut up::thumbs up:

Agreed, close between the Coop & your 56

Your 53 was the best sounding 'street car' ever IMHO, it positively 'howled' :thumbs up:

[ELFMAN]

I reckon yours has it on the Decibel Count over my '56 Crombers... :yes nod: