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Heard the car in person many times. Not trying to hate, but you just loose that Porsche sound. I cant really explain it..you have to really hear it in person to understand, but it is not my cup of tea. At high rpm it has this really sharp pitch which is not Porsche at all. If you are going to go with the whole IPE system it is really loud. My preference would be a GMG centre section and you are good to go
Heard the car in person many times. Not trying to hate, but you just loose that Porsche sound. I cant really explain it..you have to really hear it in person to understand, but it is not my cup of tea. At high rpm it has this really sharp pitch which is not Porsche at all. If you are going to go with the whole IPE system it is really loud. My preference would be a GMG centre section and you are good to go
Moe you are absolutely correct. You do lose a little of that Porsche characteristic sound. But for me personally I love it since it's what I was looking for. I have a 997TT with a Cargraphic system that really drives home Porsche's signature musical tone. So in my case, I guess I could say I have the best of both worlds.
If the sound is too loud, one can just add the stock headers and side mufflers back on and keep the IPE center exhaust. But I will not be doing so on mine.
Great write up! I just pulled the ipe system off my 997 GT3 only because I am doing a custom turbo build on it. I love the sound of the iPE on the GT3.
I am selling my used system if anyone is looking for another good deal.
Great write up! I just pulled the ipe system off my 997 GT3 only because I am doing a custom turbo build on it. I love the sound of the iPE on the GT3.
I am selling my used system if anyone is looking for another good deal.
Is ur ipe titanium one? Did u change the header too?
Originally Posted by easy888
Ok, so I'm sure I'll get some high brows on this one, but hear me out.
I'm not promoting any one brand and came into this totally unbiased.
As you may know I have poked around on the topic of IPE exhaust for the GT3 for a little while. It was probably one of the top 3 considerations among GMG and Akra. However I don't have anyone near me that has either of those setups to sample in person, so the best I had were YouTube videos. Yet the only system that sounded (to me anyways) dramatically different was the IPE. From the YouTube videos the Akra and GMG sounded pretty much like louder versions of our OEM exhaust, while the IPE system altered the sound a little more, towards an F1 pitch.
About 2 weeks ago, an opportunity came up and I was able to secure a used IPE system (headers, exhaust) at an extremely attractive price. Such to say that if I didn't like it I could easily offload it without taking a hit. So what's the harm?
Well the only thing bothering me was the dyno we've seen posted on the interweb from IPE themselves. I went as far as to ask them what that was all about. Their response was that they accidentally fiddled with the valves during the dyno and hence the dip. They admitted they know of this complaint and have said they'll try to get another dyno sheet up soon. I won't hold my breath, but the onus is on them.
So with that said, the price point this thing was offered to me was a no brainer.
Here's the install:
And here's a sound clip (only reached 5500~6K RPM in 3rd since this was public street):
So here are some things to note. The dip that's shown in the dyno isn't there. I was paying careful attention to the RPM range between 3K~4K and noticed absolutely nothing that hindered or negatively altered the performance. If anything it felt like the car opened up more and revs a little quicker throughout the entire range.
At first I thought the sound was loud, but I think we all get used to it at some point and I've reached it. I don't track so the loudness isn't an issue for me. If anything I set out to look for a system that would help add a little more emotion to the drive, much like how everyone says part of the allure of the passion of Ferrari's are the sounds those cars make. Granted if this thing had any power loss or made the car drive worse than stock, I would have pulled this thing right off. I can with confidence say that I love the setup and will be keeping it on.
I'd also want to address the quality of the system. I looked it over and couldn't find anything that raised any flags. Sure its not made of titanium but it's still nicely constructed. Put it this way, you couldn't say this thing was worse than a Capristo system which I had on my 360 back in the day. If you didn't know it was an IPE product, you may even be more accepting of it (that is if you had something against the brand to begin with). Install went well and took about 2 hours.
The sound? Well unless you hear it in person you really can't get the full effect. It does have a higher F1 pitch sound akin to a Ferrari. And it's not like the synthetic Ferrari high pitch sound like the complaints have been on the 458, but more of a raw organic pitch like the Stradale and 355. It's already gotten a lot of thumbs up. I have an S-Line exhaust on my Scud and quite honestly I'd say the IPE system sound just as loud/pitched if not even a little more.
Is ur ipe titanium one? Did u change the header too?
No it's not the titanium unit. And I know it isn't accurate to gauge the sound of an exhaust through YouTube, but from the video's I've seen and heard, I didn't like the sound of the titanium units.
We absolutely love the iPE exhaust for the GT3/RS and our customers cannot stop raving about it. Kudos on the sweet deal you got for it. Enjoy in good health!
10-29-2015, 04:07 PM
Brave man.
