adnan76

I'm mostly unfamiliar with how 997.2's are supposed to sound, so can you comment on my base Carrera? Have a look at this video, just trying to ensure the different sounds are "normal" (valve train, exhaust pulses, etc). The car is healthy (no CEL's, burns no oil). X-pipe (no center muffler). The reason I ask is that it sounds quite a bit different then my previous 911 (a 996 Turbo, but completely different engines obviously).

adnan76

Apologies for the vertical video... I'm better than that.

gasongasoff

sounds normal to me

secondshot

No crickets. That's good. I have crickets.

rbennett

Sounds like mine... but I know what you mean, 997's seems to have a low throaty sound during idle.

Bruce In Philly

2009 C2S... 101K miles

Mine has those higher pitched ticks too and has so throughout my 75K miles of ownership.

Peace
Bruce in Philly

voiceprint1

more chirps and misc sounds but in that range

z3mcoupe

Yup , normal!

andy92782

The ticking sounds are pretty normal. I think it's the DFI injectors. They're noisy. Mine does it.

adnan76

Ok, thanks guys! i bought this car early this summer and am looking forward to some cooler weather, windows down driving- so I can actually hear the engine

jeffrec

2009 C2S with Sharkwerks center muffler delete. Sounds just like that at idle. Given that this is my first Porsche it took some getting used to for me to not think there was something wrong with the engine given none of my prior vehicles made a similar sound. Sounds normal to me.

syzygy333

adnan: engine thoroughly warmed, sitting at idle (sitting in the car) how smooth is the idle?
my idle actually smoothed out a smidgen when I changed plugs at 58k. my idle is throbby, but smooth and extremely consistent. if you have a smoooooth idle, that's a healthy engine.
just a shade tree observation, but worth a lot and telling in my book

jdgamble

Sounds exactly like my base 997.2. Takes a little getting used to. I like to call it multi-layered.

Petza914

Turbo motors sound considerably different due to the exhaust sound being muted by going through the turbos and then you also hear the high frequency whistle or whine from the turbos themselves. Yours sounds normal for a DFI car.