Any REAL gains to mod exhaust on a 2.7??

[jwade]

You have some options.

1. If sound is what you want, get an OEM Porsche Sport Exhaust. They sound great! I have the version 1 on my '01 S and I love it! I don't know what year you have, but the PSE will set you back around $2000.

2. You can purchase NHP (Maxspeed Motorsports) headers and bypass pipes to stay CA legal. These two alone will set you back $1300 if you keep your current muffler and I would expect some performance gains from this system.

3. Go high end and get the Fabspeed system. It's really nice, but headers and bypass pipes alone will set you back $3000 or so if you retain your stock muffler.

4. Do either 2 and 3 above with replacing your muffler and you will be another $1500 in the hole on top of the prices mentioned above.

5. If you don't care about getting a CEL, get Turbowerx headers and some fabspeed bypass pipes along with a Dansk sport exhaust. You will spend some money here, but will add power there for sure. As far as smog legal, you WILL NOT BE, so you better retain all your stock stuff and be ready to have it put back on prior to being inspected.

[tommy986]

Interesting read here from BoxsterSpec.com

Gives you a good idea of what can be gained, but most likely too loud for normal street driving.

I'm hoping Flat 6 Innovations will have some "tested" solutions for us soon. That way we will know in advance how much HP/torque and noise our dollars will buy.

[spine911]

[QUOTE=jwade]You have some options.

1. If sound is what you want, get an OEM Porsche Sport Exhaust. They sound great! I have the version 1 on my '01 S and I love it! I don't know what year you have, but the PSE will set you back around $2000.

There you go, another happy PSE owner....Did i mention i have one collecting dust in my garage (1st $650 takes it--see classifieds section)

[bkiersz]

My 2000 2.7 has a B&B Tri-Flo exhaust, and I was thinking about getting the NHP headers with the 200 cell cats and secondary cat bypass pipes. I have some time to decide, as the car will be in storage for some time yet.

[jwade]

Originally Posted by bkiersz

My 2000 2.7 has a B&B Tri-Flo exhaust, and I was thinking about getting the NHP headers with the 200 cell cats and secondary cat bypass pipes. I have some time to decide, as the car will be in storage for some time yet.

A forum member here has that setup and is pleased with the results.