R56 MCS exhaust options
Discussion
Hi,
Long story short. My son has started talking about chopping in his MCS for a JCW. He has had it for a bit over 2 years and it’s about the nicest R56 I’ve ever seen (immaculate, fully loaded, all JCW options including some that were not generally available other than on a JCW - it was a demo car - genuine mini Y spoke BBS split rims...........) 62 plate and just over 20k miles. (Picture in my garage from before he dechromed it).
Problem is I think he could spend 5k cost to change and end up with an older, higher mileage car that is no where near as nice. I think he’d regret it.
Trying to break down with him why the change and it’s clearly mostly about the noise (he likes my wife’s F56JCW). So looking at exhaust options.
Not really concerned over increasing power (I drive it quicker than he does). He's 21 so wants loud burbles crackles and pops. This is the favourite so far, but I’d be interested in any first hand recommendations on what else is worth considering. Milltek seems to have a good rep, but appears to be quieter than the JCW exhaust, which was the starting point.
Cheers
https://www.lohen.co.uk/quicksilver-sports-exhaust...
Long story short. My son has started talking about chopping in his MCS for a JCW. He has had it for a bit over 2 years and it’s about the nicest R56 I’ve ever seen (immaculate, fully loaded, all JCW options including some that were not generally available other than on a JCW - it was a demo car - genuine mini Y spoke BBS split rims...........) 62 plate and just over 20k miles. (Picture in my garage from before he dechromed it).
Problem is I think he could spend 5k cost to change and end up with an older, higher mileage car that is no where near as nice. I think he’d regret it.
Trying to break down with him why the change and it’s clearly mostly about the noise (he likes my wife’s F56JCW). So looking at exhaust options.
Not really concerned over increasing power (I drive it quicker than he does). He's 21 so wants loud burbles crackles and pops. This is the favourite so far, but I’d be interested in any first hand recommendations on what else is worth considering. Milltek seems to have a good rep, but appears to be quieter than the JCW exhaust, which was the starting point.
Cheers
https://www.lohen.co.uk/quicksilver-sports-exhaust...
Edited by Boogs on Friday 15th June 17:51
Edited by Boogs on Friday 15th June 17:53
I've a non-res Miltek that I've run with/without a cat (& it's also stage 2 remapped now with an uprated inter cooler @250bhp) on an 07 MCS. The used "non-res" Milteks are more plentiful than JCW exhausts though it's all down to personal preference/budget/patience. I'm currently running an Akrapovic though it's had a non-res centre section added (it was too quiet as standard!!) - the quality of the Akrapovic is on a completely different level (though at a cost of course) to anything else IMO. Most enthusiasts take the sports exhausts off come selling time as you don't get much more for them on the car & sell them separately.
If you want MOT convenience, you might be best getting a sports cat, aftermarket sports exhaust, intercooler and remap. Circa 250bhp in a Mini is great fun, though uprate the pads/brake fluid/tyres as well before a remap is recommended
If you want MOT convenience, you might be best getting a sports cat, aftermarket sports exhaust, intercooler and remap. Circa 250bhp in a Mini is great fun, though uprate the pads/brake fluid/tyres as well before a remap is recommended
I was recently looking into this for my girlfriend’s MCS. It ‘just’ bangs and pops in sports mode.
The only real option in the exhaust is JCW.
For the cat Ackropivic or as said above, a JCW as meant to be 200cel. There is also a pre cat within the main car which can be removed.
However, I understand the pops and bangs are in the map. Ours does it more when using VPower.
The only real option in the exhaust is JCW.
For the cat Ackropivic or as said above, a JCW as meant to be 200cel. There is also a pre cat within the main car which can be removed.
However, I understand the pops and bangs are in the map. Ours does it more when using VPower.
I was recently looking into this for my girlfriend’s MCS. It ‘just’ bangs and pops in sports mode.
The only real option in the exhaust is JCW.
For the cat Ackropivic or as said above, a JCW as meant to be 200cel. There is also a pre cat within the main car which can be removed.
However, I understand the pops and bangs are in the map. Ours does it more when using VPower.
The only real option in the exhaust is JCW.
For the cat Ackropivic or as said above, a JCW as meant to be 200cel. There is also a pre cat within the main car which can be removed.
However, I understand the pops and bangs are in the map. Ours does it more when using VPower.
I would think the jcw downpipe has no precat, hence being a 200cell, removing the precat out of a normal downpipe might result in the same sound?, if pops and bangs are the goal, a decat will produce more than enough, jcw rear silencers which make the biggest difference to sound used to be dirt cheap relatively, until mini realised how many were being purchased to increase noise, then they jacked the price up massively. For extremely loud try to hear a challenge system.
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