05.01.10 - Muffler Bypass Pipes Installed
So this morning at coffee, I was talking with Dell
about my exhaust options for the GT3; Europipe is at the top of the list, but
anyway; requirements are a quality system with little more volume and to loose
some weight.
Of course the option of bypass pipes came up. A set has been passed down to me
from another one of our coffee guys; oddly enough, they were originally Dell’s.
Now all I have ever heard or read about was how they were so loud, and that they
drone, and they attract too much attention, etc., etc. on the street. I had been
thinking about using them at the track but again, I was even worried about the
drive to and from the track. I've been in a car with an exhaust system
that is too loud and I know how miserable it can be. Needless to say I was
a little leery.
When Dell told me it was only the 3 bracket bolts and the clamps at the cat
pipes, I figured we might as well give it a go since we go to the track in a few
weeks anyway.
Now I helped Dell strip the Boxster before his spec build, and I was present the
day he pulled the cats and mufflers. I took the video when he fired it up
with essentially straight pipes, right off the header.
That 2.5 was l-o-u-d, and that’s kind of what I was expecting.
Come to find out, I really liked it. The very nice growl on start up is just the kind of presence I was looking for, and surprisingly, on the street it isn't unbearable. I like the back popping and the idle has a very nice buble to it.I did not get it much above 3k on the drive home, but I have been told, and I'm sure it will be absolutely glorious on the track.
I may grow tired of it eventually, but right now I
really like it.
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