718 GT4?
#3676
Originally Posted by switchface
I thought it would be getting the 4 DRL headlight assembly similar to the Clubsport MR kit. Doesn't seem so from this photo.
#3677
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#3678
Three Wheelin'
Yeah, it sure sounds disappointing. I'm still hoping that Porsche is sandbagging the sound. They know how big of a deal it is for enthusiasts. So, by muffling the sound, they can spring a pleasant surprise at launch. Yes, GT4 CS sounds good; but, it's not street legal! Not constrained by road-regs. So, CS isn't an indicator of street-version, for sound. The Particulate Filter is built into the exhaust system. I don't expect tuners to offer a system without it. Such a system will mess with the regs and fail the test, not to mention the warranty and other complications. If the production version ends up sounding as bad as this proto, we're screwed! However, the reason for my optimism is that there was a Spyder proto on the street sounded good. It was only a few seconds at low RPM; but, sounded similar to 981. May be it was one of those many different versions that may not make the production!
#3680
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Yeah, it sure sounds disappointing. I'm still hoping that Porsche is sandbagging the sound. They know how big of a deal it is for enthusiasts. So, by muffling the sound, they can spring a pleasant surprise at launch. Yes, GT4 CS sounds good; but, it's not street legal! Not constrained by road-regs. So, CS isn't an indicator of street-version, for sound. The Particulate Filter is built into the exhaust system. I don't expect tuners to offer a system without it. Such a system will mess with the regs and fail the test, not to mention the warranty and other complications. If the production version ends up sounding as bad as this proto, we're screwed! However, the reason for my optimism is that there was a Spyder proto on the street sounded good. It was only a few seconds at low RPM; but, sounded similar to 981. May be it was one of those many different versions that may not make the production!
This is a very technical presentation on the topic of particulate filter implementations: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/fi...12_bischof.pdf
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From what im told the 718 GT4/Spyder will sound much better then the 981 GT4/Spyder. This was one of the complaints from the 981 series that Porsche set out to make better this time around.
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Actually the 997 GT3 series really needed the sharky, but on the 991 GT3, porsche actually made it decent to the point that a Sharky almost made it too loud for some....
#3687
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#3688
People complained that the Spyder exhaust sounded bad? First time I’ve heard that. 981 Spyder sounds epic on the gas.
#3690
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WTF? The 981 Spyder sounded and still sounds, awesome.
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