Hey all,

Just got back from a half day trip to AWE tuning for their new 996TT Exhaust (BTW: Todd, Mike, Seth, Brian and the rest of the crew, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT and a pleasure to spend money with) :-).

Sound is awesome in my opinion...nice rumble and not obnoxious in anyway...can't wait till it "breaks-in" completely for the real sound to come out. I hear a loud version is in the works for those who like a little more "noise".

Weight appears to be MUCH lighter than stock but I never actually weighed both. Quality is top notch.

Performance: Here's where you guys are not going to believe it. (I used my last dyno in December as a baseline) I have a X-50 car with Upsolute chip ONLY; stock everything else. I dyno'ed 437.0 HP to all four wheels with 446.0 TQ. After just installing the exhaust with absolutely no other modifications, I dyno'ed 496.X HP and 497.X TQ. I understand there will be slight difference given the temps, humidity, bar. pressure, but needless to say 60HP to the wheels is UNBELIEVABLE! The car is now a beast but a civilized one. Power appears to come on more smoothly (linear) and the music out of those pipes are sweet. I hope Todd can post the before and after dyno sheet as I don't have them, but this experience was eye opening.

I just thought I'd share my enthusiasm for a great product from a great company...thanks for bearing with me!

Disclaimer: No affiliation, unfortunately I had to pay for all my stuff, etc. etc. etc...just a happy customer.

 

496.x HP at the rear wheels or all four wheels?

 

all four wheels! Don't know correction factors though and I will need AWE to step in and answer those issues...I was assuming they were consistent from test to test.

 

All I can say is WOW !!! Congratulations.

 

What is the price and the availability of this new exhaust? I am interested!

 

Jlee-

The AWE/Mcneil Competition exhaust system retails for $3695. This is an all stainless steel system that is completely modular and uses a 300 cell catalyst.

Please click the link below for more information.

AWE/Mcneil Competition Exhaust for 996TT and GT2

 

Wow, Great numbers!! Mike, in addition to the increased power output, is there a significant weight saving by upgrading to this exhaust?

 

Sorry for the late reply. We had to weigh everything.

Weights:

OEM, no tips: 54 lbs

AWE/McNeil, no tips: 33.60 lbs

Savings: 20.40 lbs

Tips, ea: 1.3 lbs

 

vinnie;
impressive,any resonance thru the rpm range?

 

Am I the only one who finds it amazing that I can get a full length exhaust for my LS1 Camaro for 600 bucks -- yet for some reason I have to pay 5 times that for an exhaust that fits my TT?

I'm tempted to spend a few hours and give away the templates for free. You can't tell me there is more than 500 dollars worth of material in any of these 3,000 dollar plus exhausts.

 

How many LS1 Camaro's were produced? How many of them are now running a performance exhaust?

It's all in the R&D...

There are less 996TT's running around so less performance exhausts are sold, so you pay a larger chunk of the R&D cost.

Also Porsche owners often get charged way more than Chevy owners...supply and demand...

 

I think the requirement of catalytic converters ups the price (cats are very expensive). But even still, the majority of the price differential comes from supply/demand.

 

On a HP/$ ratio you are paying about the same. the AWE/McNeil makes 60+hp for approx $3600 and your $600 camaro system makes about 10 hp. I am a friend of AWE/McNeil and i saw this project from its birth to the final end result I can gaurantee the parts and materials + the man hours involved to make a single system way overshoot your estimate. each system is hand formed, hand ported and completely custom with an incredible amount of R&D time to perfect the final product, not only for perfrmance but also for sound quality. the science and fabrication behind this exhaust are world class, the performance speaks of this... I have seen other "high priced" systems inside and out(yes that means cut apart for inspection) and let me tell you some may look pretty and well designed on outward appearance but where the "Magic" really happens you'll find slag,flow restrictions and all kinds of mess. AWE/Mcneil are perfectionists the inside flow areas are as clean as what you see on the outside. Basically the bottom line is you get what you pay for and this system performs.

 

Not sure if anyone is still reading this, but is this exhaust system any louder than stock?

Some of us are addicted to the 996 turbo as a luxury car, and want more power but no more noise.

Michael Wilson

 

Michael

We shot a video of the system and we took a slightly different approach.

Enjoy.
http://www.awe-tuning.com/media/mult...tt_exhaust.wmv