No power gain from Underdrive Pulley?...

[heliguy]

Has anyone seen this on Suncoast?

Boxster Performance Exhaust
Agency Power has developed and tested this exhaust system for the Porsche 986 Boxster. The all T304 stainless steel exhaust features a mirror polished finished, thick flanges, OEM fit, and an incredible sound. Producing an amazing sound which gives the Porsche a nice race tone, this exhaust is still comfortable for daily driving. As tested on a Mustang Dyno, the Agency Power Porsche 986 boxster exhaust produced an impressive 23HP and 11ft/lbs of torque.
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I'm not sure I believe their claimed HP increase.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by heliguy

Has anyone seen this on Suncoast?
http://www.********************************************** ******.com/product/AP-986-170.html
I'm not sure I believe their claimed HP increase.

Blk on white bud: "...produced an impressive 23HP and 11ft/lbs of torque"

Just bought two; one for each side. Not sure how I'll install them yet but I'll get a total of +46HP when I do

[BrokenLinkage]

Wait a minute. This forum, the world's largest compendium of boxster knowledge and support, has uninvited Jake Raby, generally regarded as the world's foremost expert on the boxster engine? WTF?
Yes, he can be arrogant, brusque, tintillating, and self-serving, sometimes in the same post. But the same could be said of many of our participants. And unlike most of the others, he is also generous with knowledge and insight that took him years of intelligent, focused, and sustained effort to obtain.
Regardless of bruised feelings or inherent potential conflicts of interest due to products he helped develop, he never hawked his services here. I for one appreciated the fact that he cut through a lot of BS with observations based on actual experimental testing. When a thread was getting run over by people with a sample size of one relating their individual experience or personal opinions, it was refreshing to have him weigh in with factual data and observations based on a sample size of thousands of engines. This would often be data that No One else would ever be in a position to obtain, much less share.
I do not mean by this to discount the incredible contibution of other members, such as JFP and ByPro, that have shared proprietary information that represents equally hard-won business specific knowledge for them.
But most of us on this site are just duffers, and to exclude someone with Jake's wealth of experience hurts us all. When I chose a surgeon, I want someone with skills in the OR and good outcomes; bedside manner is optional. When I get advice on an engine, I want it to come from an expert on that engine, even if I don't always like or even agree with what he says or how he says it.
Wayne, I am eternally grateful for your beneficence in setting up this site, but to exclude Jake was a seriously bad move, and devalues the site.

[Gelbster]

This Thread is a perfect example of what happens without Jake. Or someone to quote him. Lots of well-intentioned opinion or 1 time anecdotes. Collectively ,if we had hundreds of Posts on the same issue,maybe the consensus (there never is one !) may be useful.
By contrast ,Jake usually has a dyno test or some other data to contribute.That gets us back on the right track.Until some argumentative type starts accusing him of greed/arrogance/whatever. Then he gets mad and it all falls apart. The problem isn't Jake, it is lack of a Moderator to just delete Posts that are focused on baiting Jake.
This Forum is a much poorer resource as a result of excluding him. Before you dump the best player, doesn't the smart Team Manager line up a replacement? Any suggestions? Right. There isn't anybody.
And by the way ,I have never bought anything from him. But I could not have rebuilt my engine without his Posts.And neither can any one else. His work is a huge part of the collective knowledge on the M96.Nobody else comes close.
Like it or not, we need him way more than he needs us.
Jake thank you for your many useful contributions here.

Originally Posted by BrokenLinkage

Wait a minute. This forum, the world's largest compendium of boxster knowledge and support, has uninvited Jake Raby, generally regarded as the world's foremost expert on the boxster engine? WTF?
Yes, he can be arrogant, brusque, tintillating, and self-serving, sometimes in the same post. But the same could be said of many of our participants. And unlike most of the others, he is also generous with knowledge and insight that took him years of intelligent, focused, and sustained effort to obtain.
Regardless of bruised feelings or inherent potential conflicts of interest due to products he helped develop, he never hawked his services here. I for one appreciated the fact that he cut through a lot of BS with observations based on actual experimental testing. When a thread was getting run over by people with a sample size of one relating their individual experience or personal opinions, it was refreshing to have him weigh in with factual data and observations based on a sample size of thousands of engines. This would often be data that No One else would ever be in a position to obtain, much less share.
I do not mean by this to discount the incredible contibution of other members, such as JFP and ByPro, that have shared proprietary information that represents equally hard-won business specific knowledge for them.
But most of us on this site are just duffers, and to exclude someone with Jake's wealth of experience hurts us all. When I chose a surgeon, I want someone with skills in the OR and good outcomes; bedside manner is optional. When I get advice on an engine, I want it to come from an expert on that engine, even if I don't always like or even agree with what he says or how he says it.
Wayne, I am eternally grateful for your beneficence in setting up this site, but to exclude Jake was a seriously bad move, and devalues the site.

[10/10ths]

Wow! I'm late to this party.

Jake,
Thanks for posting and clearing this up.

If you read my post history, you will discover that I'm a middle aged guy who bought his dream car about two years ago. That car was a 2004 Boxster S "50 Years of 550 Spyder Edition."

I bought THAT car on purpose. I wanted THAT specific car.

One reason I settled on a 2004 Boxster, forget the SE stuff, was that it was the last car with a spare tire, a dip stick, and it had an IMS bearing that can be serviced with Jake's "Solution" for a permanent fix.

Also, I spoke with Judd, one of Jake's associates, for an HOUR on the phone before purchasing the car. He didn't know me from Shinola, and he was NOT getting a dime, yet he spoke to me for an HOUR on the phone before I had even bought a Porsche.

He helped me understand the failure points of these cars and the services they provide to owners.

I bought the car. I then chose to immediately ship my car to Jake and have them perform a list of preventative maintenance services.

I have previously posted how wonderful that experience was and won't rehash it here. If anyone is interested, please search my post history and read about it.

Jake Raby has made my life better. My life is more fun. I have more knowledge about machinery. I owe a lot to Mr. Raby.

To discover that Jake Raby is no longer posting on this forum and sharing his invaluable knowledge with all of us in the Porsche world makes me very sad.

Censorship is wrong. Self-censorship is a slippery slope.

I get the "business" aspect of all of this. I do. But as a car guy, who loves my Boxster, I just want to share the joy of ownership I experience every day with everyone on the planet who wants to own one of these cars.

Jake Raby makes owning these cars better, safer, more fun, and saves us all a lot of money, time, and walking home from a steaming pile at 3am, in the rain, a thousand miles from nowhere.

Thank you, Jake Raby.

[heliguy]

Originally Posted by heliguy

Has anyone seen this on Suncoast?

Boxster Performance Exhaust
Agency Power has developed and tested this exhaust system for the Porsche 986 Boxster. The all T304 stainless steel exhaust features a mirror polished finished, thick flanges, OEM fit, and an incredible sound. Producing an amazing sound which gives the Porsche a nice race tone, this exhaust is still comfortable for daily driving. As tested on a Mustang Dyno, the Agency Power Porsche 986 boxster exhaust produced an impressive 23HP and 11ft/lbs of torque.
Not Yet Rated | Write the First Review
#AP-986-170
$695.00


I'm not sure I believe their claimed HP increase.