RegularGuy

I've listened to a lot of Porsche exhausts in the last few years. I've never heard one that sounds like this. Can anyone tell me how? Maybe just keeping it reved to the mood?

Porschetech3

Borla

sp1ke

From the description in another of his videos he states "Sound of a Porsche 996 4S with the complete Evox exhaust system with valves, cat removal."
he has a link to his instagram channel there, so you can always direct message him to clarify.

RegularGuy

Well, thats dissapointing. I like the sound but not the Loud.

Ron 911

hmm my car did a puff puff out the exhaust like that, too.

EVOMMM

Remember his video was shot in a valley so the sound is reverberated off the mountains it’s impressive sound and shot

RegularGuy

Yeah. plus you just can't count on audio characteristics on Youtube. But I do like the high frequency that that car has.

dporto

Well, the “loud” (amplitude) is an integral part of the sound…If you reduce the loudness the sound changes, it’s really simple physics (which as we know isn’t always so simple) and there’s no real way around it.
* It always amazes me when a restaurant hires a 5 pc band to play during dinner hour and then constantly asks to turn down the levels to that of a radio…

plpete84

More throttle = more volume. You may want to consider a valved exhaust. I've been pretty happy with that choice and it gives me an option of a somewhat louder than stock or pretty loud with a switch of a button. The volume will also depend whether you have stock cats, 200 cel or straight pipe. Just like suspension, exhaust sound is pretty subjective.

GC996

RegularGuy,

If you run a mic from your go pro out to your license plate area, all exhausts sound good. But keep in the back of your mind that they sound the best under load on or off the gas. Stationary reving just doesn't capture the sounds.

Atgani

Each to their own, but to me it makes the car sound really “cheap”, but not only that, it now sounds like a straight six BMW with a broken/cheap aftermarket exhaust.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison ...

EVOMMM

I don’t know maybe in theUK but I have never had anyone tell me that my car sounded cheap
if anything I’ve had more compliments from Ferrari and Lamborghini guys then my Porsche group

GC996

RegularGuy, it's almost spring. PCA track events are about to start. Go out for a couple and listen. The guys are all approachable and love to talk about their cars. Ask them what they are running. See what you like in person versus a video. Take your time, it's an expensive purchase. But after 2 or 3 events yiu will figure out what you like and what you can handle.

Atgani

All too often the Ferrari and Lamborghini owners just want more noise, they’re not overly concerned about the quality of that additional noise, they just want more decibels. Which is my way of saying, I wouldn’t consider positive comments from Ferrari and Lamborghini owners, as being a particularly good guide to the quality of the noise your car may or may not make.
But generally speaking, listening to clips of exhaust sounds on Youtube is a recipe for disaster, as microphone and speaker quality varies so much (as does microphone position ...)

But having looked at the Evox 996 exhaust system on their website, it does look like a well made item, but in my experience removing the cats from even the best designed and fabricated exhaust, all too often makes a 996 sound “cheap”, we have better descriptions over here in the UK, but they probably won’t translate particularly well to the other side of the pond. Perhaps you’d prefer it if I said less mellifluous or sonorous ? But the bottom line is it sounds like a cheap exhaust, and dare I say it, I think both the Soul and Fister exhausts sound similar.
None of the above is intended to cause offence, and I hope none is taken. We are ALL different and how we interpret sound varies from one individual to another. There is no right or wrong in these matters.

This is how I perceive a flat six exhaust should sound, but that is only my opinion, and please note I did place a caveat at the end of my last post “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”

Both are Mezgers, the BTB exhaust car was mine, and I owned a Manthey modified car with the same exhaust/inlet mods as the yellow car, so I know the sounds to be accurate reproductions of the noises their exhausts produced.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w3J8HeIfJwc&t=12s

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NaxtAinCsiM&t=11s

Justin76

i have no cats and mine doesn't sound cheap.