My 997TT feels like a new car now
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My 997TT feels like a new car now
Ok, so I'm a bit slow to figure this out, but I have owned my 997TT TIP for a few weeks now. I have read from a few other posts here about exhaust tone and H&R springs, LED blade lights and scraping the front spoiler and all of that.
I just started to put my car into sport mode and returning the shocks to "normal" mode and I love the difference it makes. It's a completely different car, now I just missing the air cooled tone.
Now, there's no way I am going to drop $ 2500-4500 on a new exhaust system, but I really do miss my 930 exhaust note. Will a set of new tips do anything more than look different or do you have to tear into the carts and mufflers ?
I just started to put my car into sport mode and returning the shocks to "normal" mode and I love the difference it makes. It's a completely different car, now I just missing the air cooled tone.
Now, there's no way I am going to drop $ 2500-4500 on a new exhaust system, but I really do miss my 930 exhaust note. Will a set of new tips do anything more than look different or do you have to tear into the carts and mufflers ?
#2
Yep...unfortunately the tips are only for show...won't really change anything else. Keep your eyes open as sometimes you will see good used ones here or on eBay for sale a little more reasonable.
Good luck...
DC
Good luck...
DC
#5
Yes....Good news is.... They do speed around! Bad news is....Sounds like a really fast sewing machine doing it, with OEM exhaust
Porsche has to design for the masses....and figured some (many) may want a quiet/ refined rocket.
Enjoy...
DC
Porsche has to design for the masses....and figured some (many) may want a quiet/ refined rocket.
Enjoy...
DC
#6
Actually there is a trick I have heard about. Seems if you know where to drill you can take a 1.12 to 1.25 hole saw and go from exhaust up and open the internal muffler chamber. Maybe somebody else on here has actually performed this little trick i only have heard it.
Ian
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#8
Actually, the tips can make a huge difference, but not likely with the oem exhaust (although I haven't tried). I have race cats that I use with both straight pipes and an X-pipe and two different sets of tips. The tips make a big difference as far as the resonance inside the car. With one set I almost have to wear earplugs because it's so loud while the other set I have no problem listening to the radio while on. To the OP, just take your tips off and see what it sounds like and then know you can go anywhere in between those two extremes with the right set of tips.
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Actually, the tips can make a huge difference, but not likely with the oem exhaust (although I haven't tried). I have race cats that I use with both straight pipes and an X-pipe and two different sets of tips. The tips make a big difference as far as the resonance inside the car. With one set I almost have to wear earplugs because it's so loud while the other set I have no problem listening to the radio while on. To the OP, just take your tips off and see what it sounds like and then know you can go anywhere in between those two extremes with the right set of tips.
Good info though...
DC
Last edited by therock88; 12-07-2014 at 09:26 PM.
#12
nuclearfishin is correct. Tip shape does not make any difference on the OEM exhaust, however, tip design makes a very big difference on a free flowing, louder, performance exhaust. We always test a variety of tip shapes and designs when engineering a new system and there is always a clear winner in terms of sound and that dictates which tip we ultimately offer with a given system.
I suspect this is not done by all exhaust manufacturers and is a contributing factor to the various systems known to drone heavily or emit uncomfortable resonance in the cabin.
I suspect this is not done by all exhaust manufacturers and is a contributing factor to the various systems known to drone heavily or emit uncomfortable resonance in the cabin.
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#13
My dealership offers this along with a conservative tune that all together adds 53HP and 51ftlbs of torque to a 997.1 Turbo. When the service director was explaining it to me I said oh that sounds like a "Gundo Hack" and he immediately said "NO" "It is different" and got this very stern look on his face Sure sounded like a gundo hack to me the way he explained it and the guys who work in the Motorsports shop at the dealer say it makes the Turbo cars sound a lot better???
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My dealership offers this along with a conservative tune that all together adds 53HP and 51ftlbs of torque to a 997.1 Turbo. When the service director was explaining it to me I said oh that sounds like a "Gundo Hack" and he immediately said "NO" "It is different" and got this very stern look on his face Sure sounded like a gundo hack to me the way he explained it and the guys who work in the Motorsports shop at the dealer say it makes the Turbo cars sound a lot better???
I'd love to learn more about this and see if my dealer offers something similar. Do you have any additional details? Cost?
Thanks
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My dealership offers this along with a conservative tune that all together adds 53HP and 51ftlbs of torque to a 997.1 Turbo. When the service director was explaining it to me I said oh that sounds like a "Gundo Hack" and he immediately said "NO" "It is different" and got this very stern look on his face Sure sounded like a gundo hack to me the way he explained it and the guys who work in the Motorsports shop at the dealer say it makes the Turbo cars sound a lot better???