I hear you on that. This car drives perfect as it is. Maybe an alignment tweak if anything but that would be it for me. Once you start messing with ground clearance the car loses practicality. Bobbing around on the bump stops is for the birds. If 5 studs i'd go those HRE's which sit better in the guards....I see that white one on 6 at the moment looks very nice although on 21"s, which I personally wouldn't touch....saw what 20's did with screwing the ride and handling of the 997tt....imagine it is the same deal with 991tt.

Sound? ... 2200km on I'm reaching my own consensus that a bit more is in order....more on that one very soon.

 

New to this thread. I just picked up my new 991 TT and have been considering AM exhaust.
After reading all the posts I will strongly consider the EP. Thanks for all the good info! I was really considering the Fabspeed exhaust for the sound and the extra HP, not that I need it. Did you give any consideration to Fabspeed? Why did you go with the EP over Fabseed?

Thanks for any comments.

 

Just a placed an order with David @ Fabspeed. Complete kit, wanted the headers too. Not just the exhaust. My ex 991S worked great with FB, so I am ordering it again for my turbo. I am a satisfied customer, stick to what works for me.

 

These are my reasons:

I bought EP for the same reason I bought Porsche over Nissan, Corvette, Viper etc. I feel it is the best system on the market but that is just my opinion. My last Europipe experience on my 997tt was flawless.

I have never heard of an EP cat throwing a CEL or failing...ever! FabSpeed to me (and I've heard the same from others) is just lots of chrome and badges, tons of fancy claims and trumped up marketing BS, has lots of disappointed users, many with CEL problems and/or failing cats and the likes, and to be honest I truly can't see any special sauce going on anywhere beyond it making more noise. After doing my due diligence with EP I am getting massive Dia 100 cel Emitec cup car race cats which are heat shielded in the same way the OEM ones (instead of un-shielded lesser flowing 200 cel cats) are and this is a very important feature to me. Porsche engineered the shielding on the catalytic converters for specific reasons and EP has incorporated these same engineering principles into their own design and manufacturing processes. Any AM manufacturer saying this cat shielding is not required on this car is telling you BS and should be asked what is their qualification to say that? Are Porsche engineers stupid and they know better? LOL. My investigations have found that EP does not use any imported Chinese/Taiwanes generic mufflers and restrictive X flow collectors. They build everything in house to completion including the cats which they shield themselves using only the bare bones Emmitec core. These are my reasons. Hope it helps

 

From EP: "Thanks, your cheque is in the mail!"

 

My dealer said Fabspeed is crap. I didn't drill into why he feels that way so take it with a grain of salt. He pretty much nudges everyone to EP. Hope this doesn't offend anyone.

 

Lol, i wish hehe. But something tells me they don't need my praise to sell their systems. Fact is I had to wait weeks just to have mine built so no special favors for me, least of all pricing. That said Im happy to wait and pay full price for this thing. To be honest my last post had certain inspiration from opening my recently acquired consignment from EP now awaiting install which all going to plan will be sometime next week.. so will keep you all posted. Probably start a new thread to keep it separate from here. Anyway below is a pic I have of the new system in the box. After opening it, it again reminded me just how much passion these guys put into their product. It's hard to miss, especially in the flesh. Pictures don't tell the full story. Can't wait to see how this one delivers but let's just see...my jury is still out at the moment but more on that one later.. Having an engineering background and a lifetime involvement in the automotive industry as a supplier of OEM and AM automotive components when I sight something of this caliber I automatically can't help but to get enthusiastic. This thing is pure craftsmanship and from what I've had the opportunity of seeing in my lengthy and diverse career this one sits on top of the pile. The welding and general engineering of this product is simply astonishing.

I take it you have never sampled one on a Porsche at this stage? If not you don't know what you are missing out on. Just take a peek at this thing..

 

I think the very fact an OEM Porsche dealership has enough respect for the product, endorsing it on new highest end vehicles they are selling speaks volumes especially when we hear all sorts of stories regarding new warranty attitudes. I'm sure your dealer has seen many of the others as both I and my dealer have. You'd be very surprised at some of the crap that somehow makes its way onto these P cars. Borderline criminal in some cases. My last EP had the head advisers and service techs blown away with not only the build but also the sound and overall suitability to the standard of the car. I didn't even have to tell them about it. It was they voluntarily telling me and asking where did I get it from.

In so far as FS specifically, some users love it and I'm happy for both them and FS in being able to achieve a level of customer satisfaction. In so far as my own observations with the FS I've made that clear previously.....no special sauce from what I can see now, or from previously first hand sighting the product on other users cars. I will say it certainly appears to be way way overpriced in comparison to the EP from my own observations, that is clear. Other thing is, I will say as a buyer I am not at all comfortable with is this whole generic Jim's Technologies Taiwanese muffler charade going on between "Shower, -aka AP Vivid" and FS.... where components and/or systems are allegedly being cobbled together outside of the USA and sold under the guise of made in USA. So if this is correct these two are basically swimming in the same cesspool selling the same thing/mufflers etc just with a different name....probably different price too, so it would certainly pay to shop if that's the system someone wants to settle on. I really think there needs to be a hell of a lot more transparency for the buyers in so far as what they are actually getting and where the system and all of its components actually originated from, who really did the design and testing (that is if there was any) and/or where the end product was really made. I see there has been a lot said about these shenanigans over on the F chat forums as well which is very disappointing to read. It really brings the need for a code of ethics imho. The BS has definitely got way out of hand for the genuine operators to fairly compete in and the end user becomes the ultimate victim. Sad really.

 

Nice piece of workmanship...
almost a shame to bury it under the backside of your car!
I've had lots of experiences with AM sound producers on various Porsches.... Some great, some good, some less than good.
Look forward to "hearing" your reports!

 

Looks fantastic as expected let us know how it sounds!

 

Looks nice, wipe the jizz off before you install it though.

 

The box itself is impressive.....I kept mine.

 

Anyone thinking about cat less then just read this? Check out post #1 and #11. Wow! Now tell me that doesn't bode well for the catless AM boys. Can't understand why anyone would want to run catless on a car like this....I mean why would you bother?

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...ss-system.html

Consensus here appears to be heading towards keeping cats on this car.....so better make sure they are HJS/Emitec with no restrictive pins....

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Lol. So Chris i'm guessing that's what you did with the Tubi two can eh? Thanks for the advice but i'm not into kinky **** like that.. Btw have you seen the latest on Fabspeeds Tubi cat expose'?
Impressive.

The whole package is impressive. No stone left unturned. Just how you would expect how it should be for a car like this.

 

OK enough with the weird accolades..... when is it going on??