**Fabspeed Motorsport** | 718 GT4/Spyder Exhaust Development
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In this video, we compare the sound of a 2020 Cayman GT4 with our Over Axle GPF Delete Pipes, and Valvetronic X-Pipe Exhaust to a 2021 Cayman GTS 4.0 with our Catted RENNKRAFT™ Modular Street Headers and Over Axle GPF Delete Pipes.
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We recently had the pleasure of being featured in an article by excellence Magazine, below are some snippets!
We recently had the pleasure of Excellence Magazine writer and photographer Dom Miliano review our shop 718 GT4. Here’s the article he wrote in the May 2021 issue of Excellence Mag.
Readers of this magazine know that Porsche hit a home run in 2016 when they took their splendid 981-generation Cayman, gave it a 385-hp 3.8-liter flat-six engine, added some suspension bits from their 911 GT3 parts bins, worked some aerodynamic magic on its body good for 220-265 lbs of downforce, and called it the GT4. For the 982-gen 718 Cayman GT4 in 2020, Porsche upped the ante, giving it a 414-hp six, plenty of GT3 underpinnings, and 50 percent more downforce than the 981 GT4. So, you may ask, what could Joe Fabiani, owner of Fabspeed Motorsport, possibly do to improve the top-of-the-line 2020 718 Cayman?
My inspiration for any performance car is to enhance the whole driving experience and add sound and power,” says Fabiani. When he brings a new car into the shop to study, his designers and engineers approach the project by looking at the entire vehicle. Their focus is Fabiani’s first principle: find ways to enhance the driving experience. Because sound is a big part of that experience, a lot of attention is given to the exhaust.
“A lot of time when you buy a Porsche,” explains Fabiani, “its exterior might look outrageous, but a lot of time Porsche has scrubbed all the personality out of its exhaust system by defaulting into being really conservative.” He explains that these changes make it quieter and (his words) more of a “grocery getter.” He did acknowledge that things are getting more stringent about exhaust volume due to government regulations, such as the Swiss noise regulations. “OEM manufacturers leave a lot on the table in terms of sports car sound and power that can be enhanced,” he adds.
A stock, obviously heavier, back box lays above a lighter, louder, free-flow Fabspeed replacement.
We recently had the pleasure of Excellence Magazine writer and photographer Dom Miliano review our shop 718 GT4. Here’s the article he wrote in the May 2021 issue of Excellence Mag.Readers of this magazine know that Porsche hit a home run in 2016 when they took their splendid 981-generation Cayman, gave it a 385-hp 3.8-liter flat-six engine, added some suspension bits from their 911 GT3 parts bins, worked some aerodynamic magic on its body good for 220-265 lbs of downforce, and called it the GT4. For the 982-gen 718 Cayman GT4 in 2020, Porsche upped the ante, giving it a 414-hp six, plenty of GT3 underpinnings, and 50 percent more downforce than the 981 GT4. So, you may ask, what could Joe Fabiani, owner of Fabspeed Motorsport, possibly do to improve the top-of-the-line 2020 718 Cayman?
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“My inspiration for any performance car is to enhance the whole driving experience and add sound and power,” says Fabiani. When he brings a new car into the shop to study, his designers and engineers approach the project by looking at the entire vehicle. Their focus is Fabiani’s first principle: find ways to enhance the driving experience. Because sound is a big part of that experience, a lot of attention is given to the exhaust.
“A lot of time when you buy a Porsche,” explains Fabiani, “its exterior might look outrageous, but a lot of time Porsche has scrubbed all the personality out of its exhaust system by defaulting into being really conservative.” He explains that these changes make it quieter and (his words) more of a “grocery getter.” He did acknowledge that things are getting more stringent about exhaust volume due to government regulations, such as the Swiss noise regulations. “OEM manufacturers leave a lot on the table in terms of sports car sound and power that can be enhanced,” he adds.
A stock, obviously heavier, back box lays above a lighter, louder, free-flow Fabspeed replacement.
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Happy to announce were releasing some variations to our OAP's
Check out our Titanium and Heat-wrapped options here: https://www.fabspeed.com/fabspeed-po...te-pipes-2020/
Check out our Titanium and Heat-wrapped options here: https://www.fabspeed.com/fabspeed-po...te-pipes-2020/
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03-29-2022, 12:39 PM
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Happy to announce were releasing some variations to our OAP's
Check out our Titanium and Heat-wrapped options here: https://www.fabspeed.com/fabspeed-po...te-pipes-2020/
Check out our Titanium and Heat-wrapped options here: https://www.fabspeed.com/fabspeed-po...te-pipes-2020/
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03-30-2022, 11:55 AM
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First one to market with a reasonably priced resonated OAP is going to sell quite a few I think.
03-30-2022, 02:07 PM
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10-01-2022, 12:45 AM
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Anyone combined the x-pipe rear section and OPF delete pipes with stock headers?
Wondering how this configuration is compared to stock + OPF delete pipes.
Fabspeed have you tried this combo? Any comments, clips?
Or to confuse and conflate even further
... I wonder how this one would work out:
- 200 cell headers
- resonated OAP
- x-pipe rear section
And I wonder due to likely minimal flow restriction of this setup if you could safely and effectively choose to program the valves to run in the full closed position through the whole rev range if you wanted
Wondering how this configuration is compared to stock + OPF delete pipes.
Fabspeed have you tried this combo? Any comments, clips?
Or to confuse and conflate even further
... I wonder how this one would work out:- 200 cell headers
- resonated OAP
- x-pipe rear section
And I wonder due to likely minimal flow restriction of this setup if you could safely and effectively choose to program the valves to run in the full closed position through the whole rev range if you wanted
Last edited by Jim Rockford; 10-01-2022 at 12:51 PM.