New Fabspeed Boxster Muffler
 

Ok guys, I mentioned it in another post, but it finally showed up on my doorstep. Fabspeed's new muffler for all 986 Boxsters. As most of you know, the old fabspeed muffler was actually a Dansk muffler which was resold by Fabspeed. The new muffler is based off their 987 and cayman design, and is 100% fabspeed. The other mufflers on the market are using 1.5" inlets into the muffler, the new system is a 2" system, and comes with the sport cats, which before were sold separately. The system is 50 state emission compliant, and will not affect any warranties.

I will be installing the system on a 2000 Boxster S hopefully this week or early next week. I will do a walk through with pictures on the install, some sound clips, etc. Once everything is a go, and I know the system is everything they say it is going to be, then I will throw it in with our holiday sale at a discounted price. Otherwise we will pitch it into the abyss. Normal retail is $1495. Unfortunately I will not be able to test this one on the dyno from stock, as the customer currently has a Dansk muffler on the car.

http://karl.wilen.us/images/FabspeedBoxster1.JPG

http://karl.wilen.us/images/FabspeedBoxster2.JPG

yeah i always wanted to get those but there alot of money,i can wait to hear the sound clips and see how they look on.GOOD CHOICE. :D

Hi, just checked out the video clip @ Fabspeed.com. Below's the link:

www.fabspeed.com/videos/Boxster%20986%20Maxflo%20Exhaust%20&%20Headers.wmv

I'd love to know about how it sounds with the top up @ low RPM, under 2700RPM?

Keep us posted.

From your pix and the website it looks like a very good system.


Good luck
bob

I'm running with a Dansk right now, but that looks very cool. Please let us know if there's any resonance issues, and show us how it looks on the car after installation. I know with the 987 version, there were comments about the lower part of the muffler exposed too much after installation.

For those of us who live in Kalifornia, where do I find the CARB approval for the sport cats which are now part of the system?

In my County, during our smog inspection for the older cars, there is a visual inspection, before you you on the dyno. The smog guy is supposed to look under the car.

Darn, the video doesn't include a full rev-out while parked. That's the money sound:)

Ok guys, I stayed late and put the exhaust on tonight. It sounds great! Installation was by far the easiest boxster exhaust I have done. It is a small can (narrow and long), versus the typical wide and bulky dansk, cargraphic, etc units. I had the cats and dansk muffler out in 15 minutes, and the rest of the muffler took me about an hour to put in. I would say for a first timer, this is about a 2.5-3 hour job, but very easy. I forgot the camera sitting on my lift though, so I will get the installation writeup up tomorrow with pictures.

A little teaser picture.........We are making a video on this one :) Gawd it sounds incredible. Far better than anything I have put on a boxster.

http://karl.wilen.us/images/BoxsterFabspeed4.JPG

Please let us know whether or not you have a resonance. I'm actively looking for an exhaust for my Boxster, but I can't tolerate any resonance.

I had a GHL on my '99 Boxster for less than a day before I got sick of it.

Whew...well, it better sound VERY good to overcome that kind of unsightly view from the rear. Looks like the muffler can and metal straps holding it are in plain view, not just the exhaust tips.

Well...one would expect that, since the shot was taken from underneath the car.

Do you have a shot from the rear with the car down?

New Fabspeed
 

Does the muffler comes with a sport cats? So did you also buy the headers from Fabspeed to match it? Any check engine lights?

I noticed that Fabspeed also has the header with sports cat which sells for $2200, which system offers better performance?

Any progress on the video or reports from the field on the system. I am interested in the new fabspeed system if it does not have that 2-3K resonance that I have heard on every other aftermarket muffler I have tried, thanks,

Ed

:cheers:

hi everybody, my name's Filo and I'm writing from Italy.
first of all I wanna thank you all for this fabolous forum!
Here's the point: I'm going to buy my exhaust system, the Fabspeed exhaust, but the biggest question is: from an overview from the rear, is it so "visible the the muffler? I would put on my car a muffler that doesn't too much "visible" when you look from therear of the car.

Is it possible to have a better picture of the rear of the car with Fabspeed on?

thank you! :)

Hello, Filo, and welcome!

I agree with you. I'd like to get a Fabspeed, or other performance exhaust system including sport cats., but most of the systems/installs I have seen show way too much of the muffler hanging down from the rear bumper. I do NOT want that look on my car. I like a very clean look.

I did talk to Fabspeed, just last week, and they are aware of this issue for the 987 Boxster owners. They are working on this concern, so I can assume others with our view have been calling into Fabspeed. He told me to check back-in in a few months, and they may have some more new products for the 987.

thank you for your reply bmussatti, your post is for me really really useful!
I'd like to point out this: I do not have a 987 Boxster but I have a 986....do you think it happens the same thing on my 986?

porschedoc, please, do you have a picture of an overview of the rear of the car with fabspeed on? thank you!

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/Photo757.jpg


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Ciao piazzasignoria, Viva L'Italia non posso rispondere a la tua richiesta ma spero que questi photo ti portano un po di felicita.
Scusi per il mio italiano. :cheers:

thank you for your post franco, but I can't see the images you attached, can you please re-post them ora send them to me via mail to the following email address: piazzasignoria at libero dot it

....ah....your italian is pretty good! the point is that my english...suck! :(

Ciao, I deleted the pictures in my photobucket and i think that is why you can't see them.
Sorry i will look into this tonight and i'll let you know. :cheers:

thank you so much franco, it would be very useful for me to see them.
I'm waiting for your pics! ciao mitico! :)

Filo, did you see the pictures in this post?:

http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7536

yes bmusatti, I did.

well, my boxster is a 986 not a 987 so, as you can see, it's very difficult to make a comparison bwtween the two models: the rear bumper in the lower part is very different in the two models.

yes it's clear. in hte 987 the shape of the mufflers is too big and it's too much "visible". in the 986...well...I dont' know..

I mailed with the fabsoeed team, here are our mails:

Hi,
I'm me again. I watched the online video about the 986 with the exhaust on again and again and then I also talked with some people, I finally got a consideration: is'n it the muffler too much "visible" watching the car from the rear ?
For solving this doubt I need a picture that can show the overview of the car with the exhaust on.
Could you plese send me a picture of it? for me it's very important to get the final decision to buy oyur product.
Waiting for your reply I want thank you once again.

HI
The Fabspeed MAXFLO 986 exhaust TUCKS up under the rear bumper HIGHER than the factory Porsche muffler. Please ignore these know it alls………..

I will send you the pictures. Our 987 muffler is the system that hangs down low .

Joe

I'm still worried about it....

here is the pic: the factory muffler and the fabspeed.

....anyway, the more I see it the more I like it, it's wonderful!

..do you have any other infos???

So the 987 hangs too low. :(


EDIT: I just watched the video for that product and it looks and sounds awesome.

I should get one :x

Lord, things have been so crazy around here it seems I don't have time to help out around here anymore.

I got some feedback from the customer yesterday when he dropped his son's Cayenne off for some bypass pipes, and these were some of his concerns, and he will admit, he is very picky.

Overall, he loves the sound and loudness of the exhaust. He said there is resonance between about 2400 and 2700rpms, but after that it goes away. He also thought the muffler should sit a little higher into the bumper so that the clamps for the tips were not visible from behind, though he said you have to stand back about 20 feet to see them. Unfortunately, there isn't any adjustment for that. He said it was far better than the dansk he had, but that he probably couldn't recommend it to everyone due to the loudness of the exhaust. Some of his friends thought the dansk was aggressive, though he did not.

The sport cats come with the muffler, and we did not do the headers this time around.