BGTS exhaust getting louder
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Anyone here who has a BGTS notice that the PSE gets MUCH louder from about 1,900 miles onwards?
I had not driven the car for a week due to a business trip but when I took it for a run it was very clear to me the PSE was very much louder in 'Sport' mode (which is always on when I drive).
Not complaining, I am a very happy camper indeed
I had not driven the car for a week due to a business trip but when I took it for a run it was very clear to me the PSE was very much louder in 'Sport' mode (which is always on when I drive).
Not complaining, I am a very happy camper indeed
I've noticed when the engine is warmed up and after a short break, so let's say trip of 50 miles, then break then back on the road, the exhaust crackles heavily! Really loud! (CGTS with PDK here with 600 miles).
The thing that drives me insane is the "shotgun" sound inside the cabin during gearchanges at 5000rpm
The thing that drives me insane is the "shotgun" sound inside the cabin during gearchanges at 5000rpm
koorby said:
Hindhead Tunnel for mine
Love making a ruckus underneath motorway interchanges too.
Get my Boxster GTS on Friday - can't wait!!!!!!!!!!.... Southwick tunnel on the A27 between Shoreham and Brighton should also be a good echo chamber - and unlike the Hindhead tunnel there is no SPECS speed checks in it either!!Love making a ruckus underneath motorway interchanges too.
RBT0 said:
I've noticed when the engine is warmed up and after a short break, so let's say trip of 50 miles, then break then back on the road, the exhaust crackles heavily! Really loud! (CGTS with PDK here with 600 miles).
The thing that drives me insane is the "shotgun" sound inside the cabin during gearchanges at 5000rpm
I too don't quite understand why a combustion malfunction (burning of fuel in the manifold/exhaust), which modern engines don't normally exhibit these days, should be artificially created and become a desirable feature.The thing that drives me insane is the "shotgun" sound inside the cabin during gearchanges at 5000rpm
bcr5784 said:
I too don't quite understand why a combustion malfunction (burning of fuel in the manifold/exhaust), which modern engines don't normally exhibit these days, should be artificially created and become a desirable feature.
A throwback to the 1960'e era of "proper" sports cars I guess.... make the most of it, with ever tightening emission regulations soon all cars will be turbocharged and wonderful sounding exhausts such as the Boxster / Cayman GTS will be but a distant memory on new cars. dreamcar said:
bcr5784 said:
I too don't quite understand why a combustion malfunction (burning of fuel in the manifold/exhaust), which modern engines don't normally exhibit these days, should be artificially created and become a desirable feature.
A throwback to the 1960'e era of "proper" sports cars I guess.... make the most of it, with ever tightening emission regulations soon all cars will be turbocharged and wonderful sounding exhausts such as the Boxster / Cayman GTS will be but a distant memory on new cars. Quote from the "911 and Porsche World" magazine article.
"Predictably, the first thing you notice with this car is the noise. Quite simply, it makes one of the very best noises I’ve heard from the tail pipes of a Porsche. At one point during the shoot, David drove his car backwards and forward for the photographer so he could capture a panning shot. Having an idle moment I set off in search of some mobile phone signal and climbed up onto a hill overlooking the road where we were working. I must have been about 100 metres away by this point, but the sound of this Boxster was loud and rich in tone: if you’d been facing the other way you’d have guessed that some exotic old Porsche race car was flying past behind you. It’s a deep sound, far more so than you’d normally associate with a Boxster, and when the car is being worked hard there’s the slight chirrup of the excess boost between gears. Thankfully, you’re not assaulted by this sound all of the time you drive the car, as on light throttle openings it dies away, but even from the moment you fire up the engine you’re aware of its potency from inside the cabin. The Cayman Turbo sounded fabulous too, but as ever, a convertible allows you to hear so much more of the noise".
Edited by VladD on Tuesday 3rd March 13:19
dreamcar said:
A throwback to the 1960'e era of "proper" sports cars I guess.... make the most of it, with ever tightening emission regulations soon all cars will be turbocharged and wonderful sounding exhausts such as the Boxster / Cayman GTS will be but a distant memory on new cars.
I think we may have a difference of opinion of what constitutes "proper" - most sports cars of that era were by modern standards utter rubbish - I've driven a lot of them,, and wouldn't give tuppence for the vast majority.bcr5784 said:
I think we may have a difference of opinion of what constitutes "proper" - most sports cars of that era were by modern standards utter rubbish - I've driven a lot of them,, and wouldn't give tuppence for the vast majority.
I was talking in context with the sound rather than the driving VladD said:
Not at all. My Boxster is turbo charged and makes a great noise.
Quote from the "911 and Porsche World" magazine article.
"Predictably, the first thing you notice with this car is the noise. Quite simply, it makes one of the very best noises I’ve heard from the tail pipes of a Porsche. At one point during the shoot, David drove his car backwards and forward for the photographer so he could capture a panning shot. Having an idle moment I set off in search of some mobile phone signal and climbed up onto a hill overlooking the road where we were working. I must have been about 100 metres away by this point, but the sound of this Boxster was loud and rich in tone: if you’d been facing the other way you’d have guessed that some exotic old Porsche race car was flying past behind you. It’s a deep sound, far more so than you’d normally associate with a Boxster, and when the car is being worked hard there’s the slight chirrup of the excess boost between gears. Thankfully, you’re not assaulted by this sound all of the time you drive the car, as on light throttle openings it dies away, but even from the moment you fire up the engine you’re aware of its potency from inside the cabin. The Cayman Turbo sounded fabulous too, but as ever, a convertible allows you to hear so much more of the noise".
I've never heard the sound of a Boxster or Cayman turbo, but very few production turbocharged cars make a nice sound. Too muffled by the turbocharger and charge coolers.Quote from the "911 and Porsche World" magazine article.
"Predictably, the first thing you notice with this car is the noise. Quite simply, it makes one of the very best noises I’ve heard from the tail pipes of a Porsche. At one point during the shoot, David drove his car backwards and forward for the photographer so he could capture a panning shot. Having an idle moment I set off in search of some mobile phone signal and climbed up onto a hill overlooking the road where we were working. I must have been about 100 metres away by this point, but the sound of this Boxster was loud and rich in tone: if you’d been facing the other way you’d have guessed that some exotic old Porsche race car was flying past behind you. It’s a deep sound, far more so than you’d normally associate with a Boxster, and when the car is being worked hard there’s the slight chirrup of the excess boost between gears. Thankfully, you’re not assaulted by this sound all of the time you drive the car, as on light throttle openings it dies away, but even from the moment you fire up the engine you’re aware of its potency from inside the cabin. The Cayman Turbo sounded fabulous too, but as ever, a convertible allows you to hear so much more of the noise".
Edited by VladD on Tuesday 3rd March 13:19
bcr5784 said:
dreamcar said:
A throwback to the 1960'e era of "proper" sports cars I guess.... make the most of it, with ever tightening emission regulations soon all cars will be turbocharged and wonderful sounding exhausts such as the Boxster / Cayman GTS will be but a distant memory on new cars.
I think we may have a difference of opinion of what constitutes "proper" - most sports cars of that era were by modern standards utter rubbish - I've driven a lot of them,, and wouldn't give tuppence for the vast majority.VladD said:
The driving experience isn't what's being talked about, but the noise. In the past sports and racing cars popped and banged because of their tuning. Even though they don't have to do that any more, it's engineered in because that noise is associated with sportiness. It's marketing and personally I love it.
Precisely. It gets my vote too!!Edited by dreamcar on Tuesday 3rd March 14:55
VladD said:
The driving experience isn't what's being talked about, but the noise. In the past sports and racing cars popped and banged because of their tuning. Even though they don't have to do that any more, it's engineered in because that noise is associated with sportiness. It's marketing and personally I love it.
We'll just have to differ - as my wife will tell you, I haven't got a nostalgic bone in my body. I just associate the noise with poor engineering (difficult to avoid then with carburettors and high overlap camsbut unnecessary now). I try to avoid farting in public too.
Before you know it Porsche will be piping the noise of a six cylinder engine through their sound system when they go to turbo 4s - it's a slippery slope.....
Edited by bcr5784 on Tuesday 3rd March 15:46
bcr5784 said:
We'll just have to differ - as my wife will tell you, I haven't got a nostalgic bone in my body. I just associate the noise with poor engineering (difficult to avoid then with carburettors and high overlap cams
but unnecessary now). I try to avoid farting in public too.
Before you know it Porsche will be piping the noise of a six cylinder engine through their sound system when they go to turbo 4s - it's a slippery slope.....
Little point in you buying a Boxster or Cayman GTS then - you wouldn't appreciate it as it would be far too uncouth for you. As for me I think it's one of the finest sounding modern cars out there. Sports cars aren't supposed to sound like muffled vacuum cleaners.but unnecessary now). I try to avoid farting in public too.
Before you know it Porsche will be piping the noise of a six cylinder engine through their sound system when they go to turbo 4s - it's a slippery slope.....
Edited by bcr5784 on Tuesday 3rd March 15:46
Edited by dreamcar on Tuesday 3rd March 16:07
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