louder start up / overall sound 987

[Mirinjawbro]

Hello everyone

what is the cheapest and best way to make a 987 boxster sound much better?

my previous cars have had downpipes, ress deletes etc but the 987 is different

im after a nice growly startup / no drone / very loud and throaty under revs

thankyou

[Edmundo2]

200 cel stainless manifolds
Carnewal GT rear boxes
Desnork

[funbobby]

Ive been thinking about a haywoodandscott muffler delete.

[Mirinjawbro]

have been quoted by them

£550 ish

exhaust bypass

seems this is best bang for buck.

[Mirinjawbro]

fesuvious said:

I also confirm my wife now has a lovely pair of tips,

what about the m140s?

sadly a bit too far.

i am north london area

thanks

[markhaines]

I've got my boxster booked in with this guy in January for exhaust mod. He's very reasonably priced and well reviewed. Bedfordshire way: https://www.facebook.com/Paulscarwelding/

[mr pg]

Could consider Carnewal exhaust mod.

[Ben La]

Carnewal all the way!!

As many others have done we tied it in with a foreign trip and whipped over the border to get it done whilst we waited.

[deebs]

Carnewal vote , have one sounds great

[Chubbyross]

I’m in the same position: a 987.1 that needs an exhaust tweek. My three main options at the moment are the Carnewal, Hayward and Scott or PCW Exhausts (I believe these last two are pretty much identical mods). It’s so hard to get a good idea of what these sound like on YouTube clips. The Carnewal seems to be much more of a low down rumble, whereas the other two sound more raspy. I’m not interested in going for a full-on Fabspeed replacement - I’m not sure my insurance company would be that obliging!

Is there anyone out there in London or Herts who has had one of these done? I’d love to have a listen in the flesh. I’m in Islington but happy to travel a bit. Please PM me if you’re happy to give me a demo.

OP, apologies for hijacking your thread but this looked like the perfect place to post.

[AJB88]

On my 981 I fitted race headers sounded amazing after (with PSE). Either race headers or sports cat headers would improve the sound.

[David W.]

Just for awareness. Had a genuine Porsche PSE fitted to my 991.1, no performance enhancement. Told the insurance Co and expected a cheeky but unnecessary £50 premium hike. They gave 2 week notice of cancellation of cover as it was now modified!!!
Car is in countryside location, garaged with 2 named (senior) drivers with 12 yrs no claims, for context.

[Mirinjawbro]

im also in herts area.

currently booked in for hayward and scott bypass as pcw didnt get back to me

what i want is alot louder start up, and more deeper sound

previous cars always had res deletes and DP's. im after something like that that doesn't cost crazy amounts

[Chubbyross]

David W. said:

Just for awareness. Had a genuine Porsche PSE fitted to my 991.1, no performance enhancement. Told the insurance Co and expected a cheeky but unnecessary £50 premium hike. They gave 2 week notice of cancellation of cover as it was now modified!!!
Car is in countryside location, garaged with 2 named (senior) drivers with 12 yrs no claims, for context.

That’s what worries me. My 911 is insured through Locktons who don’t give a damn about mods - they understand us Porsche owners and, unless we’ve gone for a full-on stage 3 tune and 100bhp increase, are fine. Unfortunately the Boxster is with a boggo high street insurer who’ll probably see me as a high risk once I declare a modded exhaust.

[Chubbyross]

Mirinjawbro said:

im also in herts area.

currently booked in for hayward and scott bypass as pcw didnt get back to me

what i want is alot louder start up, and more deeper sound

previous cars always had res deletes and DP's. im after something like that that doesn't cost crazy amounts

I too left a message with PCW but he didn’t get back. I understand he’s a one-man band so he’s probably completely rammed at the moment. I may book in with H&S for the new year, although I know they’re really busy.

As far as I’ve heard PCW and H&S’s mod give a more raspy, high-end sound. Carnewal’s exhaust is much deeper.

Please do drop me a PM when you’ve had yours done. I’d love to have a listen. The YouTube clips just don’t give a good representation of the sound. My benchmark is can I drive through the Hatfield tunnel and make myself laugh! If I do then job done. I know race headers etc would give me amazing results but I want to keep everything as stock as possible.

[funbobby]

im also in herts so if anyone gets a haywood done please let me know as would love to have a listen.

[RichTT]

David W. said:

Just for awareness. Had a genuine Porsche PSE fitted to my 991.1, no performance enhancement. Told the insurance Co and expected a cheeky but unnecessary £50 premium hike. They gave 2 week notice of cancellation of cover as it was now modified!!!
Car is in countryside location, garaged with 2 named (senior) drivers with 12 yrs no claims, for context.

Why would you feel the need to tell the insurance company about an OEM piece of equipment that it could have had straight from the manufacturer?

[rs4al]

AJB88 said:

On my 981 I fitted race headers sounded amazing after (with PSE). Either race headers or sports cat headers would improve the sound.

Any issues with the MOT? Must sound pretty special though.

[Mirinjawbro]

im booked in 2 weeks, will update everyone of course

im in shefford so dont mind meeting up if anyone wants?

if it sounds anything like the the m240i i had (double res delete and 4.5 downpipe) ill be very very happy

[David W.]

RichTT said:

Why would you feel the need to tell the insurance company about an OEM piece of equipment that it could have had straight from the manufacturer?

Because it wouldn’t have been on the build spec sheet and I didn’t think it would affect premium anyway.
Any insurer that faces an expensive claim is going to look for a get out, I’ve dealt with loss adjusters before.