Exhaust question for e36 M3 3.0

[rex]

Exhaust questions. The car is a dedicated track cat but is road legal.

I have a 1996 e36 M3 3.0 that has a broken exhaust. It has broken at the joint between the middle section and front section on the front section side. There are 2 pipes and one is completely broken and the other one not looking so good. My questions are

Is the front section all the way up to the manifold or is a short joining piece to the manifold?

Is it worth taking the opportunity to put on a different (better) system

Hoping you can help as need to get it done quite quickly for the next track day.

[Wocka]

If I understand you correctly it's your manifold that's cracked. You'll find 2nd hand ones available, you're lucky it's a 3.0 as they're cheaper than 3.2. New ones from BMW are quite expensive.

You might be able to take it off and have it fixed but in my experience that's a ball ache and can result in doing the job more than once.

I wouldn't bother with after market manifolds, the BMW ones flow well.

Hth

[Wocka]

Indecently, if you find you can only source 3.2 manifolds, they will fit your 3.0. You'll just have to put a bolt or something in the o2 sensor hole.

[rex]

Thanks for the quick reply. Will start looking around