Fabspeed Race Exhaust
 

Anyone here have Fabspeed's race exhaust on his or her boxster ? I recall hearing that a couple of members did. Looking for some feedback.

I am interested in the Fabspeed Race Exhaust. Is anyone looking to do a group buy for the exhaust? If we get enough interest I can contact Fabspeed and see what kind of a discount they can give us.

That's a nice gesture, but I'm going to need special fabrication in order for it to work with my system. With that said, I don't expect Fabspeed will move on the the price in my situation.

I am interested in just the Fabspeed 986 200 Cell Catalytic Converters, Boxster (1997-99). I already have headers and muffler.

I'd love to find someone who could fabricate something like this for me. :)

id be down if they hooked us up on pricing

@danger. That is sexy. Looks kinda like what I have now.

JD , is that going to be 'streetable' ? wicked looking piece of kit but i can only imagine the sound?? Must be off the meter when coupled to the rest of your set-up!

I'm actually in contact with M&M Exhaust in Germany to see if they can fab me something along those lines. They already have a killer race exhaust for the 987, so I'm confident that they will be able to reproduce it for my vehicle. :)

Not the best photo.

Wow, I would just love that.

I'm looking to secure a group buy price if you're interested ?

Custom Exhaust
 

JD, you're just speaking about a group buy for the exhaust after the headers / cats backwards, correct? I still need headers with sport cats, but would be interested in seeing a total solution.

Thanks,

Pat

Just so you're aware, M&M's headers with 200 cell HJS cats retail for $3800.00 !

JD, I'm going to stay 'subscribed' to see how you get on, but I'd have to say that due to a very long list of competing priorities for the car, I couldn't follow that up at that price right now.

I've got suspension, spacers, ud pulley, potentially motor mounts as well.
But it's a superb looking piece of kit.

Why go to Germany? Any competent fabricator/race shop could weld up that exhaust to your specifications.

Do you know of any ? I've scoured the internet looking for a custom exhaust fabricator who would be willing to fab a catback exhaust for a 986 boxster. So far, I've found only two. And, their prices are no less expensive than M&M's. M&M is the custom fabricator behind many of the big name tuners throughout Europe, to include the Porsche Super Cup, Carrera Cup Deutschland, ADAC GT Masters, ALMS / LMS, VLN / BF Goodrich, FIA GT and Rallye Meistershaft race series. They also produce the current Cup S, Cup R and RSR exhausts for Weissach. They're now setup in the USA.

Hmmm...I'm surprised they're that expensive. M&M probably has the Jig's, making it more of a production job. I guess the only hope would be to find a small shop or racer who would do it for a lesser fee. Have you tried posting a request on any racing oriented sites, SCCA, NASA, etc. ?

I've done more research than anything else. But, the only possibilities that I've been able to come up with are Lucas Fabrication, M&K Exhaust and Fabspeed. It seems like Fabspeed's pipe diameters won't work for me.

After some quick Googling, how about Lou's custom exhaust?
Lou's Custom Exhaust - Waltham, MA

Nice people, but they mostly specialized in hot rods and muscle cars. Also, they mainly use off the shelf products like Dynomax and Magnaflow. Not that there's anything wrong with those brands. However, the average weight of a small race muffler or resonator from them weighs between 7 lbs. - 8 lbs. That's extremely heavy in comparison to what's being used in the catback systems that I've mentioned. Also, there's a company in NJ that manufactures some beautiful exhaust components by the name of East Exhaust. Still, someone has to be able to design and fabricate an exhaust in accordance with the requirements of a 986 boxster.

Might be worth a trip up to FarnbacherLoyles (sp??) in CT

Not likely as Greg Loles shut things down a few years back and instead got (or is getting) into the car license plate making business...

:D

Not only did FL go out of business, the president of the company got indicted !

Double ditto on that !

Oh, didn't hear that over here on the left coast! :o

Did you right coast guys hear Gemballa CA U.S. shut down?

JD I would look into some Coast Fab mufflers & maybe SS tubing bends to get you started & find someone close to you to assemble everything.

Here is the exhaust I built for my Boxster that I will be racing in ITR with SCCA. It will not fit with a 6spd trans. Right now it has a megaphone on it. I am pretty sure it will not pass sound so I am ordering a muffler for.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1369182946.jpghttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1369182989.jpg

Not just US. Similar story... except Uwe was laundering not embezzling $ (well maybe both) and he was found shot to death in South Africa(? IIRC). Great stuff until then though...

Coast is another manufacturer of high quality, light weight exhaust components. But, who's going to build the exhaust ? Furthermore, who has the knowledge and experience to design the optimal system ?

Burns Stainless Steel mufflers are quite nice as well.

This is what I'm using right now. Loud but sweet.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...S/IMG_1208.jpg

What about precision chassis works? Kcpaz obviously knows his way around a 986 and iirc he built spec exhausts a while back. Couldn't hurt to give him a call. Surely cheaper than fvd fabbing it.

I spoke with PCW awhile back about their exhaust. It's a nice system, but it's primarily designed for boxster spec racing. Therefore, a completely different exhaust would have to be fab'd in order for it to fit a 986 S; especially for a "street" application. And, it's right up there in price also. But, here's another option. This is race system that was designed and developed by M&M Exhaust for FVD. It's currently being run in World Challenge Caymans Series..

I have talked to Jack Burns about doing what you want to do, apparently they are incapable of doing a project like this in house.

Ditto. They don't fabricate in-house. But, they have some beautiful hardware !

that cayman system looks very nice. fwiw i am running catless headers and bypass pipes with b&b muffler. it is loud when on the gas, but not bad while cruising. my wife and i just returned from a trip to the georgia mountains and she had no complaints after almost 6 hours in the car. point being, they aren't too loud as long as there is a decent muffler in place.

M&M did a custom large tube full exhaust system for FL's Cayman GTR. List price on the build sheet shows $5900.00. See if they still have the jigs for that and don't look back!

Who is FL ?

Jaay,

Your exhaust is very similar to my 9ff catback. Similarly, my exhaust strikes a nice balance between every day drivability and aggressive when you get on it. I'm just ready for something that's much more ripp'in at this point. :)

Farnbacher Loles

Farnbacher Loles Cayman GTR - Specialty File - Car and Driver

Johnny, I may be over-simplifying, but if your chief goal is loader, just have replacement mufflers welded in to your existing system. They could even be made flanged to facilitate future changes. It sounds like you already have a well-engineered system, a muffler change won't require a new design.