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Trying out a new exhaust, installed it today. Went from 3" catless x-pipe to 3" catless straight pipes with helmholtz chambers. I'm amazed at how different it sounds. Much more "old school" like an air cooled car now. It's also a lot quieter and lost the rasp at high RPM at full throttle. I'm not sure if I like it yet, just went for a 15 min drive today so will give it a few days. The turbos seem to spool a touch faster, but otherwise no difference in butt dyno. Will get some logs this weekend to see if anything else changed.
Also switched over to a MAFless tune.
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Should be 25-30whp more at a 600whp level....
I’ve seen your data. I’ll have to throw it on the same dyno to compare. I have runs with the old exhaust otherwise everything else has stayed the same.
I thought there was a thread on how to actually install this, but I've been looking unsuccessfully.
The threads that talk about how to install the dipstick are wrong.
1. remove air cleaner
1.1 lower engine so it’s resting on subframe
2. remove the large power steering line from ps reservoir
3. completely remove secondary air pump
4. remove oil level sensor
5. remove oil fill tube
6. insert metal guide tube into oil tank fitting opening
7. point the tab on the guide tube towards the rear of the car
8. rotate guide tube clockwise until it is in the oil tank
9. align the notch in the guide tube with the notch in the oil tank fitting
10. fit new oil fill tube over the metal guide tube
11. install oil level sensor
12 fasten 2 bolts to new oil fill tube
13. install guide tube retainer using heavy duty needle nose pliers into oil fill tube (see my photos)
14. Install air pump
15. install ps line
16. raise engine up and install to 18mm nuts and torque to 63 ft/lbs
17 install air cleaner
The threads that talk about how to install the dipstick are wrong.
1. remove air cleaner
1.1 lower engine so it’s resting on subframe
2. remove the large power steering line from ps reservoir
3. completely remove secondary air pump
4. remove oil level sensor
5. remove oil fill tube
6. insert metal guide tube into oil tank fitting opening
7. point the tab on the guide tube towards the rear of the car
8. rotate guide tube clockwise until it is in the oil tank
9. align the notch in the guide tube with the notch in the oil tank fitting
10. fit new oil fill tube over the metal guide tube
11. install oil level sensor
12 fasten 2 bolts to new oil fill tube
13. install guide tube retainer using heavy duty needle nose pliers into oil fill tube (see my photos)
14. Install air pump
15. install ps line
16. raise engine up and install to 18mm nuts and torque to 63 ft/lbs
17 install air cleaner
Thank you for this; it appears that this may even be something I can undertake without causing (any) too much damage.
Drove these two back-to-back in some nice mountain twisties today...
My 2002 996 Turbo in Polar Silver and a friends 2016 991 GT3 RS. I've driven a few GT3s, but never an RS. While it is an amazing car, I have to say I was happy to get back into my Turbo?
1. Manual transmission is just way more fun in mountain twisties...
2. Gobs of torque (Turbo) is just way more fun in mountain twisties...
3. The aero advantage of the big RS wing is of no benefit at mountain twisties speeds,..
Maybe it's just confirmation bias, but it's kind of amazing how a 20 year old ~$70K current value 996 Turbo can in many ways outshine a 6 year old ~$200K current value GT3 on the kind of weekend dries I like to do?
I also did some serious twisties in this Lotus Evora 400 today...
Man, this one surprised me... I LOVED it! Now if I could only have one, I'd still keep the Turbo, but it has me seriously considering selling one of the 996 Turbos and picking one of these up, especially since they are about the same current value...
It was visceral, direct, had the correct number of pedals, sounding amazing, and really felt quite special.
(Although not today, I've also driven that hot-rod SC in the picture below and it is also an absolute blast!)
Lotus are pure sports cars. Very cool. I think the 996tt needs a suspension makeover and some power + exhaust sound to be good. It is up there as a drivers car with the right setup.
Lotus are pure sports cars. Very cool. I think the 996tt needs a suspension makeover and some power + exhaust sound to be good. It is up there as a drivers car with the right setup
Agree... Suspension, exhaust, tune and the 996TT is ridiculously good... Though I've driven dozens of 996 Turbos with different setups, it's been a LONG time since I've driven a bone-stock one!
06-03-2022, 10:52 AM
