More Power Advice

[woodnook]

Hi Guys i would like some advice on which is the best way to squeeze a little more power/performance out of my 54 plate 997 3.6 Carrera tiptronic. Please bear in mind i don't want to spend a fortune.

Maybe remap or sports exhaust? what do you think.

[nickfrog]

Turn the AC compressor off, that should give you 5hp ? And it's free !!!

[Magic919]

Nitrous.

[graemel]

I'd start with a remap as the best value for money. Sports exhaust if you want it louder as well.

[gadgetJunky72]

hi,

i've added a Softronic remap and X51 manifolds to my 997 C2S and it's made a real improvement, i.e the torque curve has improved rather than just the max bhp going up. Not sure which of these are available for the 3.6. I'd say you would need both to get the most of out of it.

[rimkah]

gadgetJunky72 said:

hi,

i've added a Softronic remap and X51 manifolds to my 997 C2S and it's made a real improvement, i.e the torque curve has improved rather than just the max bhp going up. Not sure which of these are available for the 3.6. I'd say you would need both to get the most of out of it.

how much did torque go up by?

[Leigh996tt]

There's a cheap pair of 'Gundo hacked' exhaust boxes in the classifieds for starters.

Linky

[Biggriff]

The boxes are mine. I bought them and had them done, but then as car is under warranty I decided not to fit them. They make a much deeper sound and I was going to keep them and do a remap, but cant risk a warranty issue.

[s_mcneil]

woodnook said:

Please bear in mind i don't want to spend a fortune.

Invest in some driver training, anything else WILL cost you a small fortune for very minimal gains.

[anonymous-user]

As above, just learn to drive it faster. If you are just trying to achieve straight line performance I wouldn't bother wasting your money. You could make it a bit faster, but you'll get used to the extra kick in a couple of days and be back to square one again. Another useful approach is to have a second much slower car, so every time you swap back into the Porsche it feels quick again. Sports exhaust is also a good idea. It won't make it significantly quicker, but it will certainly sound quicker which helps the perception of speed a lot more than 10 hp here and there.

[Ian_UK1]

woodnook said:

Hi Guys i would like some advice on which is the best way to squeeze a little more power/performance out of my 54 plate 997 3.6 Carrera tiptronic. Please bear in mind i don't want to spend a fortune.

Maybe remap or sports exhaust? what do you think.

The 3.6 is difficult to get any more from with bolt-on mods as there simply isn't any major bottleneck to 'attack'. With a full exhaust (manifolds/cats/silencers say £3000-£4000) plus remap (say £800) and filter (£60) you'd be very lucky to see 15-20HP. That's a hell of a lot of money for little real-world improvement. You can get a little more from the 3.8 as the standard exhaust manifolds aren't very good (the 3.6 ones are a much better design) and the standard catalysers are more restrictive to the larger displacement engine. The same set of mods on the 3.8 should give around 25-28HP. Still not a lot on a 355HP motor and still very expensive.

As said above, driver training is a better way to go. Also consider upgrading your suspension setup to PSS9/10 coilovers (together with a really good geo). This will make the car a hell of a lot faster A-B - certainly a lot more so than +15HP! Have a chat to Chris Franklin at Center Gravity about the suspension mods.

Edit: I also agree with getting the 'Gundo-hacked' exhaust cans. You'll love the sound and the cost is minimal. Zero HP gain, but worth every penny for the sonics! How the car always should have sounded.

Edited by Ian_UK1 on Sunday 16th October 12:40