PencilGeek
10-12-2008, 10:18 AM
Finally after five months, the Amuse Ericsson M480 Titanium exhaust has arrived, and been installed. The exhaust actually arrived a few weeks ago but wasn't scheduled to be installed until next week. But due to a change of plans, I was able to move up the scheduled installation by one week and drive it before the car is shipped off to SEMA.
Purchase and Installation
Purchased at Bulletproof Automotive, and installed at Auto Talent in Los Angeles. I started the day driving to Corona to pick up my car from Eibach. I drove to to get the car dyno'd -- to capture the results of the Active Autowerke ECU upgrade. Then I drove to Los Angeles to BulletProof Automotive to pick it up. Since I was under a tight deadline to have the car ready for SEMA, BulletProof performed above and beyond the call of duty by working directly with Ericsson and having the exhaust air-freighted into the country.
While I was at AutoTalent, a few M3Post users came by and hung out. M3Post user 'Unique' hung out all day and night until the installation was done. His MR E92 has straight pipes, HRE P40's, a stripped interior, Recaro seats, and a lot of dust and bird crap all over the exterior. It's hard to believe his car was voted 'Car of the Month' on E90Post. :) (He told me to say that...)
The installation went off without a hitch. At first we thought Ericsson failed to ship a special bracket because 'Socale92's' exhaust was slight different. But once we got it up in the air and installed, nothing was missing.
Sound
The sound of the exhaust is throatier than the original. Inside the cockpit, it is still very quiet (just what I wanted). Even though M3Post user 'Socale92' installed his Ericsson M480, mine most likely sounds slightly different because his incorporated Stainless Steel midpipes, and mine was full Titanium.
There is no 'drone' so to speak of. A drone is most likely caused by a resonant frequency in the exhaust. The only such 'drone' appears between 2500-3000 RPMs, and only when the car is under load (even a moderate load). By 3300 RPMs, the 'drone' is completely gone.
Under strong load, the exhaust sounds great, inside and out. Unfortunately I do not have video or sound clips of the exhaust due to the very late time of night we finished the work. And equally unfortunate, due to the car being shipped to Las Vegas for SEMA, I won't have a chance to take any video/sound clips until it returns. Zolti at Auto Talent did take some late night video clips, and hopefully will post them in response to this thread.
Weight
Stock
Center Pipe ______ 40.0 lbs
X-Bracket ________ _1.4 lbs
Muffler __________ 54.0 lbs
Total: =========== 95.4 lbs
Ericsson M480 Titanium
X-pipe ___________ _9.4 lbs
Center Left ______ _4.3 lbs
Center Right _____ _4.2 lbs
Cat Left _________ _5.6 lbs
Cat Right ________ _5.7 lbs
Muffler __________ 22.0 lbs
Gasket Kit _______ _0.5 lbs
Total ============ 51.7 lbs
Total Weight Savings: 43.7 lbs
Seat of the Pants Dyno
I've built many cars with many performance mods. I've never felt any seat of the pants gain with any mod I've ever done. That is, until this one. To me, there seemed like a noticeable amount of extra power in the upper RPMs. I've already tested two different ECU upgrades (with the Active Autowerke's ECU upgrade installed right now). The AA ECU upgrade already added quite a bit of power to the top end, but with the addition of the Ericsson M480 exhaust, the motor seems to breath much easier, and the power seems noticeably stronger.
Pictures
Enjoy...
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-32.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-34.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-35.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-36.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-37.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-38.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-01.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-02.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-03.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-04.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-08.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-09.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-10.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-11.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-12.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-13.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-15.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-29.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-30.JPG
Purchase and Installation
Purchased at Bulletproof Automotive, and installed at Auto Talent in Los Angeles. I started the day driving to Corona to pick up my car from Eibach. I drove to to get the car dyno'd -- to capture the results of the Active Autowerke ECU upgrade. Then I drove to Los Angeles to BulletProof Automotive to pick it up. Since I was under a tight deadline to have the car ready for SEMA, BulletProof performed above and beyond the call of duty by working directly with Ericsson and having the exhaust air-freighted into the country.
While I was at AutoTalent, a few M3Post users came by and hung out. M3Post user 'Unique' hung out all day and night until the installation was done. His MR E92 has straight pipes, HRE P40's, a stripped interior, Recaro seats, and a lot of dust and bird crap all over the exterior. It's hard to believe his car was voted 'Car of the Month' on E90Post. :) (He told me to say that...)
The installation went off without a hitch. At first we thought Ericsson failed to ship a special bracket because 'Socale92's' exhaust was slight different. But once we got it up in the air and installed, nothing was missing.
Sound
The sound of the exhaust is throatier than the original. Inside the cockpit, it is still very quiet (just what I wanted). Even though M3Post user 'Socale92' installed his Ericsson M480, mine most likely sounds slightly different because his incorporated Stainless Steel midpipes, and mine was full Titanium.
There is no 'drone' so to speak of. A drone is most likely caused by a resonant frequency in the exhaust. The only such 'drone' appears between 2500-3000 RPMs, and only when the car is under load (even a moderate load). By 3300 RPMs, the 'drone' is completely gone.
Under strong load, the exhaust sounds great, inside and out. Unfortunately I do not have video or sound clips of the exhaust due to the very late time of night we finished the work. And equally unfortunate, due to the car being shipped to Las Vegas for SEMA, I won't have a chance to take any video/sound clips until it returns. Zolti at Auto Talent did take some late night video clips, and hopefully will post them in response to this thread.
Weight
Stock
Center Pipe ______ 40.0 lbs
X-Bracket ________ _1.4 lbs
Muffler __________ 54.0 lbs
Total: =========== 95.4 lbs
Ericsson M480 Titanium
X-pipe ___________ _9.4 lbs
Center Left ______ _4.3 lbs
Center Right _____ _4.2 lbs
Cat Left _________ _5.6 lbs
Cat Right ________ _5.7 lbs
Muffler __________ 22.0 lbs
Gasket Kit _______ _0.5 lbs
Total ============ 51.7 lbs
Total Weight Savings: 43.7 lbs
Seat of the Pants Dyno
I've built many cars with many performance mods. I've never felt any seat of the pants gain with any mod I've ever done. That is, until this one. To me, there seemed like a noticeable amount of extra power in the upper RPMs. I've already tested two different ECU upgrades (with the Active Autowerke's ECU upgrade installed right now). The AA ECU upgrade already added quite a bit of power to the top end, but with the addition of the Ericsson M480 exhaust, the motor seems to breath much easier, and the power seems noticeably stronger.
Pictures
Enjoy...
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-32.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-34.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-35.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-36.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-37.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-38.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-01.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-02.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-03.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-04.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-08.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-09.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-10.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-11.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-12.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-13.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-15.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-29.JPG
http://www.rcollins.org/m3/E480/E480-30.JPG