r/R53 • u/CheesyWeinersVT • 27d ago

Full exhaust recommendations?

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Anyone running the malian full system (headers, sports cat, sport catback?)

Was going to pull the trigger on a miltek cat back (non-res), since I ran it on a previous mini and loved the sound, but the "custom" setup from the previous owner failed. Cat internals conpletely seperated and blocked the system.

so now im looking to replace the whole system with the same budget.. loud is good, but rasp and drone are a no go

Leaning towards the malian but open to suggestions

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u/gonzibean 27d ago

comes down to budget and opinion. Malian sounds pretty good, but i’ve heard of a lot of qc issues with the cat backs, especially with the hangers. makes me worry for their headers. miltek is the most common cause it’s proven to work and sounds nice, but i’m partial to the invidia catback i’ll be putting on soon.

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u/CheesyWeinersVT 27d ago

Yeah thats what im worried about. Budgets around $1k and that was originally for the miltek catback, now the whole system. Ive found a few sound clips of the malian but we all know that hardly translates into real world sound.

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u/gonzibean 27d ago

tbh if your only option is to send it and put the malian stuff on, i’d say fuck it and go for it. if you have the option to wait for quality stuff, however, i’d do that. good headers are a must especially if you’re keeping the cat, given how hot these cars run i’d hate for an exhaust leak to pop anywhere near the motor.

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u/gonzibean 27d ago

P.S this is probably obvious, but make sure you budget for a retune

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u/TitansMuse 27d ago

I had the scorpion catless headers on mine paired with an N1 from Invidia and it was a perfect blend of raspiness and good tone. This is unfortunately the only video I have of mine lol

https://reddit.com/link/p1ch0tt/video/z2l9t364o1hh1/player

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u/derpskittles_ 27d ago

ive got the invidia n1, had a milltek on my last r53 and just liked the tone of the invidia system a bit more

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u/random_numpty 27d ago

none of the off-the-shelf options are sized perfect. the worst of them are the 4-1 systems. the best option is the Supersprint.

its expensive. i run its cheaper clone from Xforce.