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I have a "race" exhaust on my car and don't find it very smelly other than maybe for a second if stopped at a light with the windows open or if sitting right behind the car while idling
LMAOOO I told my wife last time id be very happy with this 2008 C6 Corvette just the way it is!! fast forward a few months and it was exhaust/longtubes supercharged with meth injection, rims, tires and suspension mods lol I'm sure the 997 will most likely go the same way.
I just got my car back on Friday and I would talk about my other upgrades in another thread, BUT WOW THIS EXHASUT IS EVERYTHING I IMAGINED AND MORE!!
I knew I wanted another Speedtech 3" the moment I bought the 997, because of my 996T experience, but I wanted more shriek so I knew I had to go with the mufflerless version. Believe it or not this exhaust has less drone then the LITTLE I had with the 996T 3" muffler version. When talking to John he told me that his 3" catless x race version can compete with any Italian exotic out there for sound! At first I thought, "well I know his exhaust transforms the 911 experience based on my previous experience, but compete with Italian exotics!", I knew he was just a little excited. WELL HIS STATEMENT IS TRUE and if I had to do just two mods to my 911 it would be this exact exhaust and flash and call it a day!!
I almost do not even want to record it unless it is getting the full spectrum of sound, because I do not want to rob anything from this piece of art! I recorded my start up with some throttle (glorious), but after I listened to the play back I was shocked by how much you DIDN'T HEAR from real life....YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS EXHAUST IN PERSON PERIOD, RECORDING WILL NOT TO JUSTICE!
I went to pay my invoice from the Porsche shop (Autowerks) that did the labour so I can pick my car up later that night (as they would be closed). After all that work I asked the shop owner for the keys so I can just hear this much anticipated sound of this system!! The shop owner suggested I drive it and you would figure after all the power mods I did that I would want to, but I said no I just want to hear the sound!
Well sure enough when I fired it up with a little throttle my newly installed ERP LWFW just flew the RPMS up to 4Krpm in a blink of an eye and the sound ....after I settled myself from the glorious sound, I almost wept with joy !! BULLSEYE, BULLSEYE, BULLSEYE it sounded so exotic, the tone, the rasp, THE SHARPNESS AND over all that exotic sound there is always a pronounced turbo whistle!!!....I immediately went against my judgement and HAD TO take the car for a spin...NOT TO FEEL THE POWER, BUT JUST TO HEAR THIS EXUAHST SYSTEM ROLLING!! I really can not explain how this has changed my car! From before I would just take the car out to feel power to now, I find my self just driving to listen and experience the quick revving (LWFW & EVOMS under drive crack pulley) and just listen to this sweet sound!
The shop owner that has heard many, many exhaust systems over the past 20years (in the Porsche world) and quite often costing 2-3 times more said he can not remember a better sounding exhaust, he also had to drive the car from his race shop to his retail shop and said it was so surprised of the lack of resonance & how drivable it was for such a free flowing exhaust system. The shop Service manager said HE HAS NEVER HEARD A 911 SOUND so good before period! He also commented that the quality is up there with those costing 2-3 times more.
I can truly attest to the above statements, it is a exotic sounding system that is loud(you can drive it quiet if need be), BUT YOU CAN DRIVE IT WITH OUT IT SHAKING YOUR ****PIT out of place (as my previous HJS 200cell Fabspeed straight pipes) and cruise on the highway with out drone! I rarely drive with my windows down in hot humid weather and almost never have the sunroof open when the suns directly out.....well my A/C has almost never been on and all my windows and sunroof has been open...just so I can continue to experience the sound. Being when you close your windows the sound is NOT intrusive (just can't fully hear all the octaves of the symphony) and there is almost no drone where you drive! Even just driving from a stop light and going through the gears at a regular "keep up with traffic pace", sounds so good, I started not minding red lights and was looking forward to them so I can go up and down even the low rpm band (ie 1200rpms to 4Krpms). It has all the right sounds that fit a car that cost ($200 000CDN new) and when you wind it up through to 7K it shrieks and barks with a razer sharp sound that send shivers down your spine and A BIG DAMN SMILE ACCROSS YOUR FACE (seriously I had a smile so big driving this car, almost giddy about the sound I was getting out of this flat six, people might of though I was crazy!!)!!
I have had the car for a couple of months and people have took a quick look at the car before (I DO NOT SOLICITE ATTENTION!!), but since I got the car back with this exhaust I have had many unsolicited thumbs up as I have been revving it up in parking lots to get over speed bumps etc. I was at my friends wedding and the groom wanted to get a drive in my car, so he brought his newly wedded wife in the car. When I fired it up with a little throttle, the way the sharp racing note assaulted the air waves, I quickly had many people looking and giving praise of the sound. My friends wife is not into cars like her husband and as soon as we started driving, her first comment is how nice the car sounded!
I personally can not see anyone not getting this exhaust over anything else (my opinion) after hearing it and it mannerisms!! It sound damn exotic, with ALL THE RIGHT SYMPHANY OF SOUNDS & NUANCES, in the back ground you and everyone else is always reminded that it is a TURBO with the pronounced turbo whistle and it is unbelievably street able. If you want it quieter with out loosing too much of the for-mentioned I can see you doing stock sized tips (I did the FULL 3" DUAL TIPS THAT DO NOT NECK DOWN) OR even his 2.5 version of this. For me the 3" is just DARN PERFECT!! I left my uncles home around 12 at night and I just drove off with sport button off and kept RPMs low without a problem, BUT when I drive my car for 90% of the way I want it is amazing & must be experienced in a 911!
John, I would like to say after years of unparalleled great customer service and creating this piece of art, all I have to say is "BULLSEYE!!"!!!!
Thanks
Bobby Ali
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We are in the process of running some of the above described 997TT 3.0 X-Pipes and we added in a few extra!
My son just quickly put this together of different clips of my Speedtech from last year. There is some inside, outside drive offs, idle and high rev clips.
Thanks man! I can not explain how even through my home audio system this recording does not do justice to the dynamics and all the nuance of hearing this system live!
This spring / summer I will try to get a better quality vids, but with another car following as a do a couple of pulls!
Everything is done through the OBD2 ports and not a "smog pipe" test now. As long as your car passes the OBD2 test your fine. All your readiness codes in your ECU must be set to ready and you will pass. I forgot the age of the car your allowed to fail one (or two can't remember) readiness and still pass.
Most tuners when you tell them that (I used EPL at the time) your running castless, they set the ECU to read a signal to not trip your check engine light. When I did my e-test (with my 996) I failed just one readiness code which was something to do with my o2 sensor readings not ready properly, but we are allowed to fail one readiness.
I passed with this same exhaust (SpeedTech 3.0 cat-less with a muffler) system on my 996Turbo.
If you have a Durametrics cable you can check your readiness before you go for your e-test and see what you need to get done.
Everything is done through the OBD2 ports and not a "smog pipe" test now. As long as your car passes the OBD2 test your fine. All your readiness codes in your ECU must be set to ready and you will pass. I forgot the age of the car your allowed to fail one (or two can't remember) readiness and still pass.
Most tuners when you tell them that (I used EPL at the time) your running castless, they set the ECU to read a signal to not trip your check engine light. When I did my e-test (with my 996) I failed just one readiness code which was something to do with my o2 sensor readings not ready properly, but we are allowed to fail one readiness.
I passed with this same exhaust (SpeedTech 3.0 cat-less with a muffler) system on my 996Turbo.
If you have a Durametrics cable you can check your readiness before you go for your e-test and see what you need to get done.
Under the old emissions testing I wouldn't of past with out a cat, but under the newer testing it does.
My car doesn't pass or fail but, they usually manually override this because they cant get a reading. Here in CO, they also use pipe sniffers. They usually use mirrors to visually check for Cats.
We just finished up a 997.2TT 3.0 X-Pipe today - Here it is sitting in our jig for a final check prior to shipping...This one is for use with the OEM cats.
Contact me and I'll set you up with a great deal...we have special spring pricing in play on all 997.1TT and 997.2TT exhaust systems right now.
Thanks for putting up the SpeedTech video - your son did a great job on creating the intro and ending! Catless is wild and runs right with the Italians :-)
Couple other questions for the OP:
1. Does this system affect your warranty. My '12 TTS has a CPO which I don't want to mess with
2. Along with 1., do you have to apply a tune once using this exhaust or can it be bolt and go?
3. If it is bolt and go, any error codes that need to be deactivated?
4. Where in the GTA did you get this installed?
10-22-2014, 02:28 PM
