Good header set up with a TSE 3 Full Cat?

B MERK · 07-19-2011, 07:56 PM

Hey guys I really like the sound and the reviews of the TSE 3 Full Cat but Ive also heard that if you set it up with headers it sounds way too loud. I'd like to set it up with technik headers but Ive also heard that that is way too loud and obnoxious. Any suggestions guys??

SurreyF1 · 07-19-2011, 08:02 PM

you heard right, stock

TxZHP04 · 07-19-2011, 08:18 PM

TSE3 with anything other than stock headers will be insanely loud. Since you're in CA, you might just want to skip headers and get the TSE3 and call it a day.

Gheybe · 07-19-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TxZHP04

TSE3 with anything other than stock headers will be insanely loud. Since you're in CA, you might just want to skip headers and get the TSE3 and call it a day.

This.

Steven747 · 07-20-2011, 12:37 AM

gheybe have you had any close encounters with piggys and smog?

aggieE46 · 07-20-2011, 09:42 AM

You could possibly get away with the Magnaflow cat-in manifolds and the TSE3. Expensive, though.

TxZHP04 · 07-20-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by aggieE46

You could possibly get away with the Magnaflow cat-in manifolds and the TSE3. Expensive, though.

Depends on your tolerance for noise. Jim Murphy has already stated that the combination is too loud for him.

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Originally Posted by Jim Murphy

I will have to research what to do to the exhaust to quiet it down some without killing the power.

aggieE46 · 07-20-2011, 10:28 AM

Oh, I hadn't read that.

You've heard my car, certainly it's quieter than that.

07-19-2011, 07:56 PM	#1
B MERK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 40 My Ride: 330CI SOLD, RIP E30 View My Garage	Good header set up with a TSE 3 Full Cat? Hey guys I really like the sound and the reviews of the TSE 3 Full Cat but Ive also heard that if you set it up with headers it sounds way too loud. I'd like to set it up with technik headers but Ive also heard that that is way too loud and obnoxious. Any suggestions guys??

07-19-2011, 08:18 PM	#3
TxZHP04 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 5,731 My Ride: ESS TS2+ ZHP View My Garage	TSE3 with anything other than stock headers will be insanely loud. Since you're in CA, you might just want to skip headers and get the TSE3 and call it a day. __________________ 04 IR 330i ZHP \| ESS TS2+ SC \| MagnaFlow "headers" \| KMS 3.64 LSD \| AST 4100 550/650\| APEX ARC-8 18x9 \| H&R front sway bar \| Vorshlag camber plates, RTAB limiters \| TMS subframe & swaybar reinforcements \| UUC SSK & DSSR \| UUC TM & TME \| BW motor mounts \| Dinan strut & shock tower bars \| vaio 4-bolt oil pump

07-20-2011, 09:42 AM	#6
aggieE46 Keep it clean Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Royse City Posts: 8,011 My Ride: Evo, 330Ci, Xterra View My Garage	You could possibly get away with the Magnaflow cat-in manifolds and the TSE3. Expensive, though. __________________ ^No longer looks like this Buy my:: 3.46 Differential Coolant hard line European Head Unit

07-20-2011, 10:28 AM	#8
aggieE46 Keep it clean Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Royse City Posts: 8,011 My Ride: Evo, 330Ci, Xterra View My Garage	Oh, I hadn't read that. You've heard my car, certainly it's quieter than that. __________________ ^No longer looks like this Buy my:: 3.46 Differential Coolant hard line European Head Unit

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07-19-2011, 08:02 PM	#2
SurreyF1 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nowhere Posts: 17,689 My Ride: BMW View My Garage	you heard right, stock

07-20-2011, 12:37 AM	#5
Steven747 OEM ///Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,157 My Ride: 05 330ci View My Garage	gheybe have you had any close encounters with piggys and smog?