kevinthickey

So I'm about 6 months into my 2019 Carrera T ownership and LOVING it. But if I'm being picky, I'm struggling with the exhaust note. It has PSE obviously, but in normal mode, it sounds a bit muted. In sport mode, its got he manufactured pops which sound cool for a couple minutes of driving but I find them a bit annoying and fake after a while. I just want to bring things up a slight notch, without sacrifice of any HP/torque and also be able to put back to stock easily. I also don't want to spend $6k for some crazy full exhaust.

So 2 questions:
1. Should I just shut up and enjoy the drive?
2. Should I make an adjustment, and if so, what should I do?

Prior to this, I've had a handful of 997s, and have had fister exhausts on them and found that exhaust note to be well, perfect.
For reference, I live within 10 minute driving distance of Fabspeed, Soul Performance and AWE.
Thank you so much for your suggestions, even if they are just to enjoy it "as is"

Kevin

spdracerut

Get some Vektor headers and high flow cats. The Vektor headers are equal length which evens out the exhaust pulse noises and makes them louder. And more power and reduced lag of course. Then high flow cats uncork the exhaust for a lot more volume. They are both bolt-on, so easy to swap back to stock of desired.

Norge911

Best bang for your bucks is to get SOUL cats. No need to change muffler.
then for further tuning, get vector or SOUL headers and BMC high flow air filter.

kevinthickey

Awesome thanks for the suggestion

kevinthickey

Thank you!

S S

SW ftw! Couple of threads, with sound and vids, for comparisons...

Good luck!

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koven

+1 keep PSE, add soul cats for sure then maybe add headers if you want even more aggressive sound

seis-speed

OP I always get an aftermarket exhaust on all of my cars, I was thinking the T would not need it as 'The PSE' has a great loud sound, but (the T) when moving is loud, I think it is the tire-noise combined with less insulation, so you don't hear the PSE much in the drivers seat, so I reluctantly added Soul Sports Cats and it really made a big difference.
The cats add a lot of sound and character. They sound great, especially on downshifts!!

I would also consider SW exhaust. At the time, the SW exhaust was sort of new, but there are lots of T's that have both systems now and have sound clips here and on Youtube.

FYI - I could never get an answer on pollution / health risk / toxicity of adding cats....but most seem to think, no issues....not sure.

spdracerut

Without a doubt, going from the stock 600+ cell cats to the 200-cell high flow cats increases pollution. Porsche only corks up the exhaust to cut emissions. Doing a super rough estimation, you could say a 200-cell cat has 1/3 the catalyst surface area of a 600-cell cat, and therefore creates 3x the pollution. The 'no issues' part comes in where the 200-cell core typically does not trip the check engine light.

Nathan_

I have gone Kline on mine, not yet fitted but went for stainless as Inconel was crazy money, manifolds, 200 cell cats plus exhaust. Looking forward to it!

kevinthickey

Super helpful - looks like SOUL sport cats it is. Will post a before and after once I get it done. Thanks to all!

mikesT

I purchased a 2019 T and am waiting for it to ship to my house. I'll be doing some sort of exhaust right away, probably send it to Fabspeed. Let me know how you like the soul sport cats.

kevinthickey

Will do!

Carrera-T

Honestly I really like the OEM sport exhaust on my Carrera T. I have no plans to swap it out.

spdracerut

You can always keep the PSE muffler and swap out the headers and cats. Both those parts free up power and reduce lag.