Comments on: MF Review: MCS Supersprint Exhaust

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By: Siddhartha

Siddhartha — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:06:49 +0000

Nice writeup, Gabe. I have no quarrel with folks who want to aftermarket up their cars. Heck, I’m in the business and even go to SEMA. But JCW meets my requirements nicely, so my car will remain stock. As for JCW being dissed by DB and Todd, they are welcome to bring their tarted up heaps to the track and run my box stock MCS for pinks. ;-)

By: MotoringFile » 2006 » March » 21

MotoringFile » 2006 » March » 21 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:35:07 +0000

[...] MotoringFile Reviews Auto Reviews: Cooper S Supersprint Exhaust MF Podcast Review: Cooper S Auto MF Podcast Review: BMW 325i MF Podcast Review: JCW Cooper Soundkit 2007 VW GTI (w/DSG) The 2005 MCS: One Month Review Cooper S Auto Reviewedw First Drive in the 2005 JCW S 2005 MINI Cooper A Week w/the 2005 MCS Convertible 2005 MINI Cooper S MCS Cabrio 1st Drive 2004 MINI JCW S Review The BMW M3 SMG Vs. The MINI 2004 MINI Cooper CVT Performance Accessories: JCW Cold Air Intake JCW Sport Brake Kit Supersprint Cooper Exhaust Remus Cooper Exhaust Promini Cooper Intake Schroth Harness System CVT Steering Wheel Paddles Lifestyle Accessories: MINI_Motion Watch MINI_Motion Driving Shoe Audio: ICE-Link Plus iPod Adapter Official BMW/iPod adapter ICE-Link iPod Adapter Harman Kardon Stereo Interior Accessories: The MCAW Auto Up Circuit Reviewed MINI Rear Camera MINI Rear Saddle (official) MINI Rear Cargo Storage Case 1st MINI Armrest Reviewed MINI Bluetooth Kit Aftermarket Bluetooth Integration Ian Cull Auto-up Circuit Universal Mobile Phone Holder [...]

By: Osmodious

Osmodious — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:43:12 +0000

I had a SS exhaust on my A4 1.8t…it sounded fantastic, a fabulous deep burble around town (sounded like a V8) and this insane hiss (from the turbo I suppose) when I romped on it. Oh, and NO highway drone whatsoever.
However, the exhaust rusted through at one of the pickup points within about 20 months, which is unacceptable in any cheap exhaust, let alone one as expensive as the SuperSprint. And they were thoroughly uninterested in my situation, so I had to repair it myself.
Actually, I didn’t bother…I put a patch on it and traded the A4 in on my Cooper S (which did NOT get an SS exhaust…I got an Nvidia with titanium tips instead!).

By: Kevin McCornick

Kevin McCornick — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:10:26 +0000

Thanks for the write up Gabe. I have an SS on my 02 MCS, and I love it. I purchased the car used, and it was already on, but I am quite pleased with the sound, and performance. Not too loud, but when my wife drove it one day, I rode beside her, and when she stepped it down, WOW! What a sweet sound! I had a custom exhaust on my 97 VW GTi with an Arospeed muffler and DTM tips, and it sounded fantastic, not like these little rice-burners that sound like lawn mowers. My Mini is much more tame compared to my former VW's. My favorite muffler of all was my straight pipe from the head back to a SuperTrapp on my 87 VW Scirocco 16V. With out the baffles, it was incredible, and incredibly loud, with occasional spits of flame on hard thrusts.

Has anyone ever seen a Mini exhaust pop, and shoot a bit of flame? I would love to have this happen on mine, but the unburnt fuel has too much to travel through to do that on mine.

By: scuderiamini

scuderiamini — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:54:49 +0000

Nice write up Gabe, i remember talking to you about the SS, i have a different system, but i could not pass on the SS headers since they are on a 50% sale. Wait until you install that bad boy, that makes a quite difference in sound, and performance, especially low end torque. SS is definetely expensive but very well engineered, high quality system.

Berk

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:52:12 +0000

You sir are correct.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:45:25 +0000

Looking at the battery box, I don’t think that’s the bottom of Gabe’s MINI.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:32:00 +0000

Nice, but I have to ask:

Gee Gabe, the underside of your car looks REALLY clean. Knowing that you've had your '05 for a little while, you fair weather driving only now?

;)

Derek

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:59:29 +0000

If I’m reading the website right, this exhaust is not available for us convertible owners? Too bad. You pretty much had me sold.

By: IanF

IanF — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:29:01 +0000

Nice write up. One thing I find interesting. There is mention of a resonator behind the cat? On all of the stock MCS exhausts I've seen, there is just a (sort-of) straight pipe from the cat back to the rear resonator. The JCW exhaust does have a foward resonator, but it splits behind the suspension into twin mufflers.

I only noticed this because I have a stock MCS forward section in JerseyGirl's garage awaiting test fitting into a friend's JCW to eliminate the JCW resonator.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:03:56 +0000

Great review, Gabe, and I really like the first photo showing what a work of art the Supersprint is. That’s what I call a tidy undercarriage.

By: STEVE

STEVE — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:53:57 +0000

WHATS THE DB LEVEL AT WOT. WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW FOR THOSE TRACKS THAT HAVE A MAX DB LEVEL. GREAT REVIEW. CAN THE STOCK RESONATOR BE REPLACED ON A JCW?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:18:45 +0000

just curious, what swayed your decision to go for the Supersprint exhaust, over the competitors? On your whiteroofradio podcasts, we always hear how much DB and Todd make fun of your afinity for JCW parts,

Heh... nothing to do with that. A JCW exhaust would have been nice but it's a little too tame for me. I wanted to something that was frankly a litttle nicer, a little more sporty all while not screaming aftermarket.

But why Supersprint? Well I suppose you could say that the entire review is your answer. Yes there are a couple other exhausts out there that are pretty nice. But SS has everything I want and frankly if I'm putting something on my car I don't want to settle. Also there's familiarity. I've got an SS exhaust on my 3 series Touring and absolutely love it. Heck, my dad had one on his '73 BMW 2002 when I was a kid. I consider SS an icon in the aftermarket exhaust world and certainly something that is worthy of adding to my MINI.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:38:14 +0000

Hi Gabe,

just curious, what swayed your decision to go for the Supersprint exhaust, over the competitors? On your whiteroofradio podcasts, we always hear how much DB and Todd make fun of your afinity for JCW parts, I thought for sure you'd go that route. What about the offerings from Milltek, Alta, Webb Motorsports, Borla, etc.? Why did you choose the Supersprint, knowing how much more it cost?

One could argue that there are several others out there that have the same ultra-high-quality fit and finish as the Supersprint, for hundreds of dollars less.

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:42:09 +0000

Thanks, Gabe. That’s good to know. How about the JCW cylinder head or the supercharger? Can I grab that off the shelf? I know I can get the injectors, plugs, and intake separately. I’ll probably have to just break down and get it dealer-installed all at once, but I’m just curious what my options are. I love the pedigree of the JCW, I just can’t afford to do it up front.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:20:27 +0000

is the JCW cat-back exhaust from the MCS engine kit available off the shelf?

No. But a few people have been able to get parts deptarments to order a one-off JCW exhaust. Typically you cannot do this though. It also may be worth noting that the JCW exhaust really doesn't sound much different than a stock MCS exhaust since MINI had to deal with many of the same EU noise constraints that they did with the stock system.

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:12:22 +0000

Gabe, this may be a very ignorant question, but is the JCW cat-back exhaust from the MCS engine kit available off the shelf? Or can you only get it with the JCW engine kit? I’m just thinking along your OEM+ lines. What I’d like to do actually is pull in the JCW tuning kit components in one by one over time, rather than finance a $32,000 MINI up front.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:52:16 +0000

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Well it took an well under an hour so worst case would probably be whatever your dealer or exhaust shop charges for an hour's labor.

By: LTZMTOR

LTZMTOR — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:31:08 +0000

So total costs with instal was…………………………………..?