Advice on 997.1 sport button

[Jonathan-9qi99]

Hi,

Need some of your expertise please. Looking to buy a manual 2005 997.1. I would like to know what the difference is between a switchable exhaust button and a sport button, does the sport button change the exhaust?


Thanks in advance,


Kind regards,


Jonny

[Kettmark]

Yes it does. You could buy one without PSE which opens your options up somewhat then have a gundo hack carried out. That gives you the PSE sound permanently but without the option of switching it off.
Mine cost £200 to do. Bargain.

[kev.RS]

The sport button means it has Sports chrono regardless of what exhaust it has.
If it has both then the Sport button can incorporate both functions.
If it has a sports exhaust then it will have its own button.
997.2 have a seperate exhaust/sport button

IMHO sports chrono is pretty pointless apart from a turbo and everyone used to be obsessed with the ‘Dash wart’ but a lot less so nowadays.
Sports exhaust is a nice touch but I would rather find the nicest car you can in the minefield of 997.1’s and take the sports exhaust as a bonus if it has one.
It is certainly cheaper to get a PSE (£2500)fitted than an engine rebuild (£5000-£10,000) so would put things in list of must haves.

[Jonathan-9qi99]

Hi,
Many thanks for the replies.
Understood.
Rgds
Jonny