Switchable sports exhaust

[MattBoxster]

Hi, I have a 2012 Boxster S 981, the exhaust sounds good but no pops and bangs. My friend has the Spyder and his sounds amazing, is it worth fitting Porsche sports system for £2,500? I am trying to make my mind up on it.......

[Porsche911R]

pops and bangs really come from over fueling on the map , not the exhaust.

[Twinfan]

If you mean 981 Spyder, I would think the fuelling map would add pops/bangs/burbles in combination with the exhaust. Adding PSE to your S will get more noise, but maybe not the "extras" the Spyder has. My GTS has PSE and the exhaust is identical to that fitted to the S, but the GTS sounds very different with extra pops and crackles so it must be the fuelling map doing it.

So I don't think the exhaust alone will give you what the Spyder/GTS has but it'll get you closer. Whether that's worth £2500 is up to you.

[Green1man]

When you get a PSE installed (at an OPC) part of the install is coding it in PIWIS, this step updates the ECU and adds in more pops and crackles on the overrun, most particularly in sport mode.

Most people think the PSE is well worth having, especially on a weekend car. If yours is a daily driver and you do significant motorway mileage then maybe not.

Edited by Green1man on Friday 2nd March 15:06

[Marc_Hill]

I have just bought a Boxster S last weekend that has a PSE. Due to the weather I haven't had much use of it, but so far I haven't noticed to many pops and bangs from it. It does sound nice though.