997.2 Exhaust Upgrades - Analysis/Options
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Here's a couple of clips of the Akropovic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVKizf
kYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRjeQHmUrk
Certainly sounds aggressive! Demon Tweeks supply the exhaust but pricing says 'from' £2289. It is a lot of money for a cat back. For not a huge amount more, that gets you the manifold and decat too.
Anyway, where's this clip we're waiting for!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVKizf
kYghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRjeQHmUrk
Certainly sounds aggressive! Demon Tweeks supply the exhaust but pricing says 'from' £2289. It is a lot of money for a cat back. For not a huge amount more, that gets you the manifold and decat too.
Anyway, where's this clip we're waiting for!!
hondansx said:
Here's a couple of clips of the Akropovic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVKizfkYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRjeQHmUrk
Certainly sounds aggressive! Demon Tweeks supply the exhaust but pricing says 'from' £2289. It is a lot of money for a cat back. For not a huge amount more, that gets you the manifold and decat too.
Anyway, where's this clip we're waiting for!!
Thanks!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVKizf
kYghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRjeQHmUrk
Certainly sounds aggressive! Demon Tweeks supply the exhaust but pricing says 'from' £2289. It is a lot of money for a cat back. For not a huge amount more, that gets you the manifold and decat too.
Anyway, where's this clip we're waiting for!!
I think it's fair to say that there are a number of good options. Would love to hear some of these in real life. If anybody is in central London (W1) with any of these exhausts I would love to hear!
I drive a GTS and am leaning towards the Sharkwerks bypass. I haven't heard the Innotech/Akrapovic on the street but they sure sound great - agree that the high-pitched Innotech sounds fantastic.
Well slightly later than planned, it has been fitted. Took the car to Paragon yesterday and looked at the part - as it was sent direct to them. They were very impressed with workmanship. Pick up the car tomorrow evening so will give a full report but thought I'd add a couple of pics
When I spoke to them this avo, asked for their initial feedback and they were extremely positive. Hope to be as impressed!
(oh and the Singapore GP was epic!)
When I spoke to them this avo, asked for their initial feedback and they were extremely positive. Hope to be as impressed!
(oh and the Singapore GP was epic!)
Nero44 said:
Well slightly later than planned, it has been fitted. Took the car to Paragon yesterday and looked at the part - as it was sent direct to them. They were very impressed with workmanship. Pick up the car tomorrow evening so will give a full report but thought I'd add a couple of pics
When I spoke to them this avo, asked for their initial feedback and they were extremely positive. Hope to be as impressed!
(oh and the Singapore GP was epic!)
Great, thanks for the update. Pleased you enjoyed the GP, it was a great race. Will you do a video?When I spoke to them this avo, asked for their initial feedback and they were extremely positive. Hope to be as impressed!
(oh and the Singapore GP was epic!)
Looks good on the car...
hondansx said:
I thought the point was that you didn't have to remove the rear bumper?
In theory you don't have to. But it only takes about 20-30 minutes to remove the rear PU and heat shields (and that's at home on my drive). Doing so gives you all-round access to all the exhaust components. On balance, it's a lot quicker (and a whole lot easier) doing the job this way. Trying to extract exhaust components downwards from behind all that rear bumper hardware is a absolute PITA by comparison (unless you happen to be a gynaecologist)
Well picked her up this evening. First impressions... awesome! What a fantastic noise. Reminds me of my Leo Vince system on my Honda SP2. Wonderfully deep sound, but you can still hear the high pitched whirr of the engine. Mrs was following me and she just said it was very loud!
And the beauty, with PSE on (or off depending on which way you look at it) is that it's quiet when you want it to be.
Adds so much to the car, to me at least. Feels a little more responsive on the throttle too. Well worth it and highly recommended.
And the beauty, with PSE on (or off depending on which way you look at it) is that it's quiet when you want it to be.
Adds so much to the car, to me at least. Feels a little more responsive on the throttle too. Well worth it and highly recommended.
Just ordered the Sharkwerks muffler bypass for my 997.2 GTS and hope to receive it next week - Video's sounds great and in my opinion even with the PSE valves open the stock GTS just doesn't offer enough soul. After speaking with Sharkwerks the decision was an easy one!
Looking at it I don't expect the swap over to take much longer than an hour or so with the car on a ramp.
Will keep you all posted....
LOL - don't pick the GTS up until Wednesday afternoon from 911V and already spending!
Looking at it I don't expect the swap over to take much longer than an hour or so with the car on a ramp.
Will keep you all posted....
LOL - don't pick the GTS up until Wednesday afternoon from 911V and already spending!
Nero44 said:
Well picked her up this evening. First impressions... awesome! What a fantastic noise. Reminds me of my Leo Vince system on my Honda SP2. Wonderfully deep sound, but you can still hear the high pitched whirr of the engine. Mrs was following me and she just said it was very loud!
And the beauty, with PSE on (or off depending on which way you look at it) is that it's quiet when you want it to be.
Adds so much to the car, to me at least. Feels a little more responsive on the throttle too. Well worth it and highly recommended.
Great to know I'm not the only one who really likes this setup. There is a tiny improvement in performance too, I agree. It tends to be most noticeable right at the top of the rev range where the standard centre silencer is most restrictive.And the beauty, with PSE on (or off depending on which way you look at it) is that it's quiet when you want it to be.
Adds so much to the car, to me at least. Feels a little more responsive on the throttle too. Well worth it and highly recommended.
I also noticed from the pics that the Sharkwerks pipe design has changed slightly since I bought mine - in particular the 2 'pylons' welded between the individual pipes. I'm thinking Alex probably did this to remove the resonance around 3000rpm that's noticeable in the 'Mk1' version, especially when cold? Hope he'll comment.....
We fitted the Sharkwerks exhaust to my GTS on Monday afternoon and all I can say is WOW! With the exhaust on standard quiet setting it isn’t a great deal louder – maybe 10% better than the original system but once you open the system valves it sounds glorious. Almost dare I say like a 997 GT3 which is definitely no bad thing. Drove the car last night with the valves open and had a permanent smile on my face as it now sounds like I wanted & envisaged my first 911 to sound. So very impressed with quite possibly my only modification that I will be doing! There is no resonance or unpleasant sounds and the advantage of the switchable system is a real plus point now as previously I didn’t feel it offered enough difference.
In summary I fully recommend it and if you are ever in the Nantwich / Cheshire area you are more than welcome to have a listen.
We do import a lot of products from the States and i'm considering putting a batch of these GTS Sharkwerks systems into stock here at ABP. PM me if you are interested as it will be cheaper than buying directly
The OPC I spoke to (Chester) said that changing the mid-silencer would only effect the extended warranty on the associated exhaust components and not the rest of the car.
Next the alignment…. We are just so busy its fitting it into the workshop to get done!
Chris
In summary I fully recommend it and if you are ever in the Nantwich / Cheshire area you are more than welcome to have a listen.
We do import a lot of products from the States and i'm considering putting a batch of these GTS Sharkwerks systems into stock here at ABP. PM me if you are interested as it will be cheaper than buying directly
The OPC I spoke to (Chester) said that changing the mid-silencer would only effect the extended warranty on the associated exhaust components and not the rest of the car.
Next the alignment…. We are just so busy its fitting it into the workshop to get done!
Chris
chrisABP said:
With the exhaust on standard quiet setting it isn’t a great deal louder – maybe 10% better than the original system but once you open the system valves it sounds glorious. Almost dare I say like a 997 GT3 which is definitely no bad thing. Drove the car last night with the valves open and had a permanent smile on my face as it now sounds like I wanted & envisaged my first 911 to sound.
Hi Chris, when you say the valves open/closed. Do you mean with the standard PSE installed on your GTS?Gassing Station | 911/Carrera GT | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff