PSE Gundo Hack in Milton Keynes
Discussion
Hi chaps,
I miss the noise my old 996 C4S used to make with the PSE option. I was thinking of doing the Gundo hack on my much more silent 996 C4 and wondered if anybody else on here had done it.
If so what do you think to the results? I'm not looking for any performance gains, I just miss the noise that I know the flat six is capable of producing.
I've been speaking with a highly regarded mobile exhaust man who's main focus is opening up the exhausts on the BMW M3 V8's, and he has convinced me that the Gundo option will give me something close to what I had before. I'm guessing it's never going to sound exactly the same, but for the money he's asking if it gives me even 70% of the noise it will be money well spent.
I've provisionally booked it in for Thursday, what do you think people? Worth doing or just leave it?
Regards
I miss the noise my old 996 C4S used to make with the PSE option. I was thinking of doing the Gundo hack on my much more silent 996 C4 and wondered if anybody else on here had done it.
If so what do you think to the results? I'm not looking for any performance gains, I just miss the noise that I know the flat six is capable of producing.
I've been speaking with a highly regarded mobile exhaust man who's main focus is opening up the exhausts on the BMW M3 V8's, and he has convinced me that the Gundo option will give me something close to what I had before. I'm guessing it's never going to sound exactly the same, but for the money he's asking if it gives me even 70% of the noise it will be money well spent.
I've provisionally booked it in for Thursday, what do you think people? Worth doing or just leave it?
Regards
Not certain on the final cost yet as we are going to look at options of removal.
I know some companies suggest the quickest and easiest way is to cut all the clamps etc and just replace them subject to rust etc, so we are going to take a look.
I believe it is going to be MIG welded. I know nothing of the difference between the two. Is there something I should know? Is one better than the other?
I know some companies suggest the quickest and easiest way is to cut all the clamps etc and just replace them subject to rust etc, so we are going to take a look.
I believe it is going to be MIG welded. I know nothing of the difference between the two. Is there something I should know? Is one better than the other?
Ianan, you are not really comparing eggs with eggs there. By all accounts he quoted me a price of £40 if I had presented him with the mufflers ready for cutting and welding.
To be fair from what I have just witnessed, it's a fair bit of effort to get the mufflers off. It's a fairly straight forward process, but the clamps and whatnot are quite rusty.
Good news is he got both mufflers off without having to grind or drill anything, very pleased with his progress so far.
I think it's going to take around 3-4 hours in it's entirety, in which case if it comes in at around the £250 mark all in I will be very happy.
I had to start the car with the mufflers off and give it a little rev, oh my god what a noise! Sounds like an old school American V8 on tickover! I took a video, but it doesn't really do it justice.
Just waiting for him to finish the welds and have it popped back on.
To be fair from what I have just witnessed, it's a fair bit of effort to get the mufflers off. It's a fairly straight forward process, but the clamps and whatnot are quite rusty.
Good news is he got both mufflers off without having to grind or drill anything, very pleased with his progress so far.
I think it's going to take around 3-4 hours in it's entirety, in which case if it comes in at around the £250 mark all in I will be very happy.
I had to start the car with the mufflers off and give it a little rev, oh my god what a noise! Sounds like an old school American V8 on tickover! I took a video, but it doesn't really do it justice.
Just waiting for him to finish the welds and have it popped back on.
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