NOW hear your exhausts pop :)

[Cooper_si]

my latest mod....makes u hear the popping and banging from your exhaust much more clearer...especially when your parcel shelf is removed also !

All i did was remove the sponge inserts from the rear interior back panel :) Now floor it and on full throttle, you can hear the exhaust gases leaving very very fast (wooshing noise), then back off the throttle for your POP POP POPPING ;)

p.s. the bling bit in the picture is my AMP :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/si_g40/Bootmod.jpg

[The Dogfather]

Tried this and it works! I can now hear my S exhaust.

[Cooper_si]

u mean youve just done my mod...or have done it before ?

[The Dogfather]

Just done it.......

[Cooper_si]

quote:Originally posted by bad dog mini

Just done it.......


top man ! wow ive been registered for a few hours and ive got people doing my mods already ! cool :cool:

But honestly it is worth while :)

[The Dogfather]

Not a difficult mod to do....

I fitted an S exhaust to replace my old powerflow, bit miffed because it was too quiet. Now I can actually hear it.

Cheers!:D

[ELFMAN]

If I remember correctly, these wee panels were put in the back panel and parcel shelf by BMW specifically for this purpose. ie it didn't sound “sporty” enough from the inside.

Fit a 'Playmini" Manifold & System on your 'S', and you don't need to remove the foam or the parcel shelf - trust me. ps anybody got some spare foam?

Only kidding - I LOVE IT.
(Brrrroomm, POP! BANG! BANG! POP! Brrrrooooooomm)

[Cooper_si]

you nearly had me going then elfman..went out in a friends "S" yesterday and that pops like mad, told her about my mod and she was like "do it now, do it now" did it and she loves it , cool mod i say :)

[G2 - S]

I'm so going to try this before I go on tonights run!! BDM - You up for tonight??

[Cooper_si]

do the mod and keep ure parcel shelf off ! ;) POP POP POP

[KINGHORN]

i did it and noticed no sound change but it makes you go faster, lol

[The Dogfather]

Kinghorn - It's not a big difference, but it's noticable.

[KINGHORN]

OK TOOK THE Shelf out to and you can here the poping a bit better but nout else

[aimee_s]

help the slow folk out here and be more descriptive of where you mean for removing the sponge bits..... im confoosed!!

[sleepyrascal]

quote:Originally posted by aimee_s

help the slow folk out here and be more descriptive of where you mean for removing the sponge bits..... im confoosed!!


Whos this? Are you new?? AIMEEE?? ;):D

Its been a while...

[ELFMAN]

Seriously - I thought that's what the wee vented panels in the boot & shelf were for! Somebody back me up on this? I read it ages ago in one of the mags not long after the 'S' came out... It was to add "character' to the driving experience as they felt the driver wasn't getting enough "feedback" from the exhaust note.

By the way, I heard if you tear off the rear hatch and fling it away, you can REALLY hear the exhaust pop - and you can get tons more in the boot if your Dealer fits the optional (fully warrantied, at vast expense) "John Cooper Works" Cargo Net with embroidered logo.

[Cooper_si]

yes keep out the parcel shelf by all means...the sponge muffles the sound that come into the cabin so taking them out makes it sound better

[The Dogfather]

ELFMAN - Mine's a cooper with an S Exhaust so I haven't got the special parcel shelf, but the vents are on both cars.

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by ELFMAN

Seriously - I thought that's what the wee vented panels in the boot & shelf were for! Somebody back me up on this?
I think I remember reading this too! The old memory isn't what it used to be, but I seem to remember the bit about the vented shelf anyway. I back you up!:p

[aimee_s]

lol sleepy....it has been a while! been busy busy with uni stuff....and well...thats about it, poor excuse i know!!!

[duncan]

quote:Originally posted by GAJ


quote:Originally posted by ELFMAN

Seriously - I thought that's what the wee vented panels in the boot & shelf were for! Somebody back me up on this?
I think I remember reading this too! The old memory isn't what it used to be, but I seem to remember the bit about the vented shelf anyway. I back you up!:p


I'll third the motion.

[Cooper_si]

hey you guys !!! sit down for a sec and read what ive been putting ! lol

im not denying that bmw put these vents there for this reason...im only saying take the foam inserts out and the sound wont be muffled now!

i dunno ! lol

[Big Col]

They're all getting old Si. You've got to be patient with them. :)

[Julz]

I'm sure I covered these vents when I was having a mad Dynamat cover up everything in sight day!!:p 3 packs and 1 tin later, still noisy as heck!!:sleepy:

[ELFMAN]

Si! I KNOW you weren't disputing what the vents were for! I'm not THAT senile........well, only under stress.

I was just trying to remember if I read that's what BMW put them in for. Seems the other "veterans" read it too. Didn't know it was on the COOPER, though - can't remember (see?) if it was on my 2001 COOPER. Anyway, good shout about making it louder. So, NO DISPUTE!

Julz - what's the latest on the car?

[Cooper_si]

quote:Originally posted by ELFMAN
Anyway, good shout about making it louder. So, NO DISPUTE!


Cheers

:D

[Mini Martyn]

Had a look in my boot, cant see them for the fales floor!! :(