996 C4S Sports Exhaust question

[supermono]

The one I tried out had a "sports exhaust" (presumably the standard Porsche option) and sounded superb.

And that's all well and good, but does it make any difference to the power or characterists of the engine?

SM

[Adam B]

no

you are buying noise only and its worth every penny

[supermono]

I don't really mind if there's no improvement in torque anywhere but I'd hate to lose any. Has anyone done a back to back dyno test before and after?

SM

[800]

There is no noticeable difference in performance either way. But the sound is more than worth it as said.
If you get one with the switch, it reduces the sound between 20-40mph for noise regs in certain countries.
This can be disabled by fiddling with the fuse board, detailed info on Rennlist.

[rob05]

No real performance gain,but as already mentioned,sounds great

[spenny_b]

wouldnt be without it.....feels faster to me...or is that 'cos i never change up to 4/5/6th these days?? ...seriously, its noise only according to Porsche blurb. Heel & Toe blips do seem a lot better...more "blippable"...there ya go, word of the day.

[Loonycat]

spenny_b said:

wouldnt be without it.....feels faster to me...or is that 'cos i never change up to 4/5/6th these days?? ...seriously, its noise only according to Porsche blurb. Heel & Toe blips do seem a lot better...more "blippable"...there ya go, word of the day.

You know I agree with that completely.

Coming off the motorway onto the slip road and braking for the roundabout 6-5-4-3-2 is just aural magic!

Get one with the exhaust. It might have 3 wheels, 190k miles with no service history and the asking price is £85k but if has the PSE you can't go past it




Note - the author accepts no responsibility for really silly purchases based on the advice from this post.