I have the 1st gen (?) without the shields and honestly, I think the only thing they do is make really cool whooshing noises when you hit the gas really hard.

I will check into the shields update.

 

True to form, Jeremy of Fabspeed has sent and i have now received, the heat shield. thank you Jeremy.

i will be installing it as soon as is practical. my two choices of installation mechanics are busy with xmas around the corner. to be fair, i will not wait till the new year for the results.

it is the induction roar that i hope to enjoy. any gains or not will be hard for me to judge, but we will see.

i will be looking at all the requirements to see if i can fit the shield and intakes myself - it has been a long time since!

once again thanks to fabspeed to come to my aid so quickly.

gooday all.

 

I like the CF look.......

 

i plucked up courage and installed the fabspeeds and the heatshield that fabspeed has been fantastic in sending out to me.

at the bottom, i have put a series of pictures of my work together, and continueing on the following post to this one. [i still dont know how to place pictures up here in this immediate area]

well, i did not obtain the induction roar ! i had an increased whooshing sound of the turbos instead. i cannot tell if there is less or more power but that does not matter.

maybe i wrongly expected an induction roar like the conical fabspeed ones on my 996.

so no roar, just loud whooshes.

is this what others are getting ?

gooday.

 

the rest of the photos for the above posting.
thanks

 

Very nice job.

 

I like that setup alot....But wouldn't it get wet when washing?

 

mmmm, i think it may get wet only if the water hose was aimed in such a way to do so. i dont expect water getting in with normal driving as the current 'box' has not been wet before, after rainfalls.

i might be wrong about evidence of water penetration, but as i am the inventor of the world's First & ONLY Biological waterbased 'waterless' vehicle washes that also cleans the INSIDES of all the vehicles, all my cars over the past 8-9 years have never EVER been water hosed with petroleum based 'soaps' to stay squeeky clean. (so these cars never get wetted or get damped in places where water should not be - discs, hydraulics, wires, panel seams, etc etc)

see - http://www.carmagic.com.au/?page_id=15 <o></o>

( all my users of Style magic now have hours of spare time, and still have regular clean sheening cars, and also 'repaired' a little of the world)

back to the subject - are there others who have experienced what i have ? - whooshes instead of induction roars with the 997 TT and F'speed cones ?

looking back on the posts here, there is one other person who has experienced whooshes. i dont believe the heatshield will change any existing sounds created by the cones.

i wonder if one were to change just the filter within the OEM airbox, would one experience a louder induction roar ?. someone here has already mentioned the pending development of a new filter, but he has not followed up on my request for more info. yet.

. so if you have any of these experiences, let us know.

thanks, gooday.

 

The sound difference should be noticable...Maybe hear some whistling when you start it up when its cold. And when you let off or step on it.

 

hi porsche9977tt,
yes, it is very different. i seldom heard the whooshes before fitment.

i just wonder if the others who have installed either a K&N or BMC flat filters into the OEM airboxes are getting a louder induction sound than OEM filters? i will appreciate answers to this please.

ps. my fabspeed exhausts are still sounding great.

regards

 

looks good