Particulate filter on F8x?

W288SH · 11-22-2020, 08:51 AM

Did BMW fit a particulate filter in the exhaust of any year F8x?

I had a 2016 M3 with an MPE which I loved the sound of. (Most of the time.) I'd like to pick up an F8x and would want to avoid any years with one installed if any.

The reason I'm asking is I recently saw a '20 M4 with an MPE installed and it sounded very quiet. Not at all like my 16.

White340 · 11-22-2020, 08:52 AM

I believe 2019 onwards they installed it on the f82. Is there any way to remove it?

RoundelM3 · 11-22-2020, 09:03 AM

Not aware of any US F8x having a particulate filter - as far as I know, those were only fitted on diesels and non-US cars.. My 2015 F80 is quiet after the wastegates close on cold-start, but is loud in Sport/Sport+ where the muffler bypass is open. And even louder now that I have an AA midpipe and no secondary catalysts or resonator.

BMW335iOn18s · 11-22-2020, 09:32 AM

Not for North American spec cars. ECE spec cars got them sometime in 2018 or 2019.

W288SH · 11-22-2020, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by velvet_F82

US cars never got the filters. In Europe, F80 M3 prodction was cancelled in summer 2018, because BMW didn't see the logic and profit of fitting the filters, because the G20 was just released.

So only the F82 got the filters because production still continued until summer 2020.

It will be interesting to see if US-market G8x cars will also have the filters, seeing as some brands like Porsche also sell US cars with the filters fitted.

Financially, and production-wise it would be cheaper and easier.

Do the US spec G20 cars have one?

What about the latest M2s?

XsltAnalyst · 11-24-2020, 10:08 AM

Unrelated, but US spec cars have charcoal filter on top of engine air filter. EU cars doesn't have that.

Removing that charcoal filter improves throttle response by tiny bit and you'll hear whooshing intake sound little bit more.

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XsltAnalyst Lieutenant 587 Rep 585 Posts Drives: 2016 F80, 957 Cayenne Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Unrelated, but US spec cars have charcoal filter on top of engine air filter. EU cars doesn't have that. Removing that charcoal filter improves throttle response by tiny bit and you'll hear whooshing intake sound little bit more.
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