Had the RSS Xpipe installed a couple of days ago. Sorry for the terrible cell phone pics BTW... :banghead:
I don't know how many you tube clips and forums posts I've been through in my quest to find the exhaust note that I wanted. Every manufacturer has it's unique selling points and sound and I weighed all the pros and cons of each.
I was looking for a screaming higher pitch note at WOT.
I wanted it to have a noticeably louder clean sound note at RPM's below 5k. The stock exhaust is just too quiet below that at lower revs.
I absolutely did not want any drone no matter how subjective it is.
The valves opening and closing doesn't really bother me, so keeping the valves in tact was a plus for me.
Mike at RSS reached out to me. I had dealt with Mike on my previous 997tt and agreed to try their bypass system. After putting a few miles on the car with the Xpipes, I can truly say that I have found what I was looking for.
It has a very pronounced and clean exhaust note at lower RPM's and it has that high pitch wail at the top end. ABSOLUTELY ZERO DRONE.

 

Congrat on your new toy! May I ask? Does this system only include center x pipe without side mulffers? How many weight reduction will be? What is power gain on this? TKS!

 

This is only the rear section. The stock side mufflers stay in place. The xpipe is supposed to be 50% lighter than the stock unit.

No claims of hp gains with the system.

 

Tks for explaination!