Does anyone make a cheap lightweight muffler for the 986? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

zartman456 · 08-04-2009, 08:52 AM

What exhaust tips did you use?

rob76turbo · 08-04-2009, 10:23 AM

2K3_boxster_S: Did you put your boxster on the dyno with the NHP exhaust yet? Interested to see the results. How does it sound? I know that $895 is a lot more than what the target is here....but it looks to be made very nicely.

Loosecanon - I love the simplicity of your design #3. What kind of dollars if you build another one? I want to shed the pounds and would love to make it a bit louder too. HP increase....that is the icing on the cake!

loosecannon · 08-04-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rob76turbo

Loosecanon - I love the simplicity of your design #3. What kind of dollars if you build another one? I want to shed the pounds and would love to make it a bit louder too. HP increase....that is the icing on the cake!

For me to build another one or for you to build another one? Summit racing sells the pipe for about $18.00, the stainless tips are around $30.00 and the larger pipe for the resonators is about $10.00. Any local guy with a welder and drill press can make it for you. The inside pipe is 1 7/8" and the outside pipe should be 3" or greater.

rob76turbo · 08-04-2009, 08:40 PM

[QUOTE=loosecannon]For me to build another one or for you to build another one? Summit racing sells the pipe for about $18.00, the stainless tips are around $30.00 and the larger pipe for the resonators is about $10.00. Any local guy with a welder and drill press can make it for you. The

Thanks! I think I can find someone local that can weld this.
Question; how did you fit the new exhaust up to the cat-back tubes? Weld again?

loosecannon · 08-05-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by loosecannon

For me to build another one or for you to build another one? Summit racing sells the pipe for about $18.00, the stainless tips are around $30.00 and the larger pipe for the resonators is about $10.00. Any local guy with a welder and drill press can make it for you. The

Thanks! I think I can find someone local that can weld this.
Question; how did you fit the new exhaust up to the cat-back tubes? Weld again?

After the cats, the factory has a small u-shaped tube in each side and the new exhaust just slides into them and clamps on. It will make more sense when you take the old muffler off. It's quite easy to fit a new one.

2K3_Boxster_S · 08-04-2009, 09:37 PM

[QUOTE=rob76turbo]2K3_boxster_S: Did you put your boxster on the dyno with the NHP exhaust yet? Interested to see the results. How does it sound? I know that $895 is a lot more than what the target is here....but it looks to be made very nicely.
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still Fully stock. i keep getting sent out of town for my work. I also still haven't got an accurate (baseline) dyno of the full stock setup yet. It will be back on the dyno for the baseline middle Aug. then my setup will be full headers, bypass mids and the NHP exhaust. let you know when i get there