997 carrera exhaust note
- Thread starter jpbecker
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Ronnie, nah I could hear the boxster from inside my house coming down the road when my wife would drive it to work. My wife has said on occasion that she didn't hear me pull in the drive in the 997!
I didn't know PSE could be fitted to the std Carrera, I only thought it was available for the S? My car has a lovely low tone when the revs are above 4k rpm, but at low rpm she is very quiet! The power of course is a different story[
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I didn't know PSE could be fitted to the std Carrera, I only thought it was available for the S? My car has a lovely low tone when the revs are above 4k rpm, but at low rpm she is very quiet! The power of course is a different story[
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dereksharpuk
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I actually think that the latest Porsche sports exhausts are very PC. The factory switcherable sports exhaust on my Cayman S is not a patch on my son's factory non-switcherable sports exhaust fitted to his 996 C4S. Part of the problem I believe is that the ECU now controls the noise level and PAG in their wisdom have gone enviromentally friendly. For example, I am told that it has a 'drive-by mode' which mutes the exhaust bewteen 20 - 40 mph. Great for non car-lovers but not so great for us enthusiasts. My next Cayman wil have a Tubi.
Yup PSE is available on both Carrera and Carrera S. Not sure how it will sound but with the 3.6 engine but with a 3.8 and the always on mod the last thing you can say about it is that is it too quiet - I imagine they sound very simliar. Its seriously noisy - makes people look round when they hear you coming down the road! []
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Monty2
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Try Nottingham OPC cost £1290 (this may cost slightly more if you don't have sport chrono as you will need a switch) a few months ago, did an excellent job in just over half a day plus provided taxi into and back from Notts city centre.
It might not make the 997 faster but sure as hell sounds like it does.
It might not make the 997 faster but sure as hell sounds like it does.
Guest
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The PSE on the 997 is a sad immitation of that fitted to the 996. I had the latter (in C4S form) and have the former in the same form. One barked a lot, the other growls a bit.
You will find previous links, if you go back far enough, about this.
The current PSE (though I believe the same did apply to the 996 PSE) works on revs, not speed. Thus, unless you run around in first at 30 mph, the revs will be such that it will not 'engage' and thus not be, er, louder. This is because it wouldn't do for a proper sports car like a 911 to sound like one in a built-up area. Now ask yourself how many times you have seen the Police pull over some 15 year old numpty in Saxo VTS (with ironing board taped to the back) for either 1) having an 'adjusted' exhaust (oh, and don't forget to ring up their insurer because such 'adjustments' will render that insurance useless), 2) having the music so loud as to not be able to hear the emergency services and 3) just being a wanker.
The prosecution rests.
You will find previous links, if you go back far enough, about this.
The current PSE (though I believe the same did apply to the 996 PSE) works on revs, not speed. Thus, unless you run around in first at 30 mph, the revs will be such that it will not 'engage' and thus not be, er, louder. This is because it wouldn't do for a proper sports car like a 911 to sound like one in a built-up area. Now ask yourself how many times you have seen the Police pull over some 15 year old numpty in Saxo VTS (with ironing board taped to the back) for either 1) having an 'adjusted' exhaust (oh, and don't forget to ring up their insurer because such 'adjustments' will render that insurance useless), 2) having the music so loud as to not be able to hear the emergency services and 3) just being a wanker.
The prosecution rests.
YvesD
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Yes. yes, yes Boys, but the point I was making is that to the untrained, regular citizen in the streets ear, even our gorgeous, expensive and beautifully crafted PSE systems are loud, arrogant and inconsiderate.
Making lots of noise is like speeding, there is a time and a place and who can be the just arbiter of that ?
Yves
Making lots of noise is like speeding, there is a time and a place and who can be the just arbiter of that ?
Yves
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