Fin Fever

OK, here is one:

what is the linguistic term that describes the terminal sound when "Porsche" is pronounced correctly?

(I am a linguist, not an engineer, so I will have to try to stump all you gearheads with what I know)

Para82

How do the X-51 headers affect the exhaust note of the PSE?

KeninBlaine

I put my X51 headers and PSE on at the same time, so don't know. But I suspect that the headers have no affect, or very little. The best sound improvement, IMO, came from installing the 200 cell cats (with the PSE).

Now back to our regular programming: I'm dying to hear the answer to Fin Fever's question.

rickmdz

IIRC from my ESL classes it's called 'schwa sound'

schwartzwest

Is it a "schwa" - an unstressed vocalic sound?

Just saw the above post... I missed it when I answered...

Edgy01

I added my X51 headers after the fact (factory PSE). They do change the tone of the engine a bit, as a friend of mine calls my car, and "angry car." But think about cleaning up the inside of the tubes--they are done sloppier than the factory 3.8 headers. See my posting from Aug 07

larrytrk

The when I put the X51 headers on my 06, it did deepen the tone of PSE!

Wills

@ Larrytrk, why do you insist on telling me what I already know?

larrytrk

Sorry!!
Nevermind!!!!!

_Nathan

At a local RL meet last year there were many 911's from different years with different exhaust systems and they all sounded different. IMO, the best sounding one was a 997 GT3 with stock exhaust.