KrisD

My mechanic has alerted me that my AC Schnitzer exhaust has arrived and I will be getting it installed this week. If I don't have to be with a client at the time, I will take pics of the installation but worst case, I have secured a camera to capture video and audio of the post-install state.

soc_fans

Congrats!

You're one of the first people here using the ACS exhaust..

DINAN530i

nope that makes him the second, i have had the exhaust for about a month now, on my 530i sounds great and looks very rich....Best looking in my opinion...nice choice

KrisD

yep... i knew that dinan530i had one from a previous post. glad to hear that he's happy with it.

looks like i wont be able to get the car in until the end of the week.

anyone know if there are any other V8's with this exahust?

DINAN530i

have not seen one with it and i have been on many forums looking, but so far your the first V8 i will post pics of mine today so you can see what it looks like....as long as the rain stays away....it will sound great on the v8 no worries mate

KrisD

Thanks 530! Did you notice any differences after installing the ACS? Particularly from the throttle response & cab noise perspective?

DINAN530i

it growls a more agressive tone now as far as the throttle response changing not so much due to the fact that i have had the DMS remapping and supercharger installed on it so its quick and has a great thriottle response already,,,you will have to let me know on that with your car being stock. Looks and sounds alot meaner

KrisD

thanks for the info. i'll definitely let you know how it works out. i'm also thinking about tweaking the software but there seems to only be two mainstream options at the moment and i'm not sure how quickly dinan is going to come out with mods for this car. i've heard the end of this month but as an engineer, i know how those schedules can slip.

oh... do you know if there is a minimum requirement to earn ACS badging?

DINAN530i

not really the same as DINAN, as where DINAN is for performance and ACS is more for looks and all. I know with my ACS5 body kit they ship the "ACS5" badgeing for getting the kit and making the car the complete ACS% car. I also bought the foot pedals hand brake and floor mats and the Idrive knob which is really cool(see pic below). On the otherhand DINAN you need the 10 points to get the badge of performance, plus you can buy the badges anywhere there not as hard to get as the DINAN badges. I would wait for the DINAN upgrades, thats what i am doing. I'm doing complete ACS on appeareance and DINAN for performance needs.....Two Very Top quality companys...

KrisD

great and thanks for the info. that iDrive knob looks sharp!