Originally Posted by ATKM5

Not really, ricey is different, this was a low rumble coming form a 4 cylinder engine.

Originally Posted by blackbenzz

way2evil- Sounds great! The cutouts dont fully divert the exhaust to the atmosphere do they? They just let some of the exhaust out right, some of it still goes back through the mufflers?

I still have my resonator in tact and have eisenmann race muffler but I want it deeper

Originally Posted by Skeeter

See, I disagree that the E55 is lacking in acoustic accompishment.

I think it it close to PERFECT for a high-performance daily driver. Luxury-car silent until you step into it. Then it produces a beautiful rumble with a touch of high-pitched whine thrown in. Low bass, you know it means business, but in a low key, mega-torque, professional kind of way. And that touch of blower scream is the icing on the cake.

While there are those among us who crave more decibels, to me this misses the point, accomplishment, and personaity that our cars embody. I think the volume and rumble matches the character of the car perfectly: The sleeper 4-door with endless torque, frightening power along with supreme comfort, silence, smooth ride and perfect visibility.

I've had pulley and ECM done so maybe she is louder than stock, with the occasionally rumble and pop going down hill and off throttle. Love the all-business rumble and whine from 3k rpm up, muted but all class and potency. Or keep the RPM low and treat yourself to near complete silence.

I wouldn't change a thing. The perfect Jeckyl and Hyde exhaust, silence with the low-pitched sound of a massaged V8 topped by the twin-screw blower a toe-tap away.

I was deep in enjoyment over this very issue this weekend on a cold San Francisco night drive across the Bay Bridge, through North Beach and back to Berkeley. Just a perfect match with the total package; the same way a finely tuned high RPM Italian V12 emits the Stradavrius wail at 7k rpm, only tuned for our giant killer V8S, muted and consistent with the mission statement of the car in the same way a tightly strung mid-engine V12 screams as the revs climb. The muted burble seems to match the huge torque in a perfect meeting of audio and adios. To have the car making tons of noise would end up making it feel LESS powerful, I suspect. As it is the twist comes only with the subtle but effective tone I've grown to appreciate as among my favorite aspects of the E.

Wouldn't change a thing. Though I do admit that I'll occasionally roll down all the windows through tunnels and let her rip

Love that E

Skeeter

Originally Posted by blackbenzz

way2evil- Sounds great! The cutouts dont fully divert the exhaust to the atmosphere do they? They just let some of the exhaust out right, some of it still goes back through the mufflers?

I still have my resonator in tact and have eisenmann race muffler but I want it deeper

Originally Posted by IanSL55

Not to knock the E55, but the SL55 is closer to perfect...

~ Ian

Originally Posted by way2evil

some exhaust makes it to the mufflers but the majority is spit out the cut outs. here is a pic of them open