Engine noise - wow wow wow

[RascalRuss]

Holy Moly sugar and pie, wow wow wow

I was reading something on Renntech a post to a question on how to make your boxster sound nicer, and someone jokingly said remove the sound deadening from the parcel shelf cover.........

........so I had to give this a ago and removed the whole parcel shalf matt, and what a noise, you can hear everything, even the sudden air blast you get when you press the throttle, its sooooo sexy.

Then I went a step further and wedged the heat shield open a lot so it was direct engine noise, and my god......it was incredible, I grant that you could not drive with the noise everyday, but wow, it was like an F1 car.

So I have set myself a mission to design some sound ports in to the parcel shelf that have butterfly valves in to select if you want to hear the engine or not :rolleyes: top bombing :lightbulb:

:renntech:

Edited March 13, 2007 by RascalRuss

[Toby]

Holy Moly sugar and pie, wow wow wow

I was reading something on Renntech a post to a question on how to make your boxster sound nicer, and someone jokingly said remove the sound deadening from the parcel shelf cover.........

........so I had to give this a ago and removed the whole parcel shalf matt, and what a noise, you can hear everything, even the sudden air blast you get when you press the throttle, its sooooo sexy.

Then I went a step further and wedged the heat shield open a lot so it was direct engine noise, and my god......it was incredible, I grant that you could not drive with the noise everyday, but wow, it was like an F1 car.

So I have set myself a mission to design some sound ports in to the parcel shelf that have butterfly valves in to select if you want to hear the engine or not :rolleyes: top bombing :lightbulb:

:renntech:

How loud is it when you remove the padding above the engine cover? (With engine cover closed?) Can one reasonably do a 5 hr road trip in it?

[911-996]

Holy Moly sugar and pie, wow wow wow

I was reading something on Renntech a post to a question on how to make your boxster sound nicer, and someone jokingly said remove the sound deadening from the parcel shelf cover.........

:renntech:

Yeh that was my bad lol

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...20&start=20

Glad you liked it, good for a thrill

How loud is it when you remove the padding above the engine cover? (With engine cover closed?) Can one reasonably do a 5 hr road trip in it?

Nah its very loud, as mentioned you can hear everything including full induction :D

Great for a half hr joy ride but 5hrs would send ya def :)

I find you have to have the windows down when you do it, otherwise its overly loud.

Edited March 14, 2007 by 911-996

[RascalRuss]

I Have to be honest, I have been driving around with the sound deadening off for a few days now (as Im doing a cruise control addition so need access) and it had been fine, its not overly loud at all and I could easily do a 5 hours drive with it, Its actually pleasant hearing the gorgeous sound of this engine.

With the engine heat cover off as well, if deafening, especially when you hit 6 thousand revs......but it is amazing.

I think if I can duct through directly to the engine, you will be able to control the sound and it will be pretty **** amazing.

I would insist you all try it, but simply remove component.....don’t peel off the sound deadening from the rear shelf in case you don’t like it!!

[911-996]

The butterfly port would be a neat idea if your game enough to drill through the cap :unsure:

Though did you notice how much dust come through the back by having the cap off, you might want to put a filter on it :)

[RascalRuss]

Good thinking, Do you have any butteryfly ports to hand, or a dealer where I can get them from??

Cheers

Russ

[911-996]

any sort of porting tube will do, you can simply have one cut out or made

Something similar to a subwoofer port but with a valve on it that you can close when the roofs down.

http://www.autoleads.co.uk/amplifier_wiring/port.jpg

You could simply cut your own out and mount it by drilling a hole in it.

As for sizes

I’m thinking around 10-12cm in length, 8cm in width that sits directly behind the parcel shelf, or if you feel creative

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?a...ost&id=7168

mount them in the 2 storage holes on the parcel shelf (take your time to measure it and use proper tools to do the cutting work) as you dont want to have to buy another engine cap $$$$

Quite a neat and easily accessible idea there :)

Edited March 16, 2007 by 911-996

[huZZah !!]

Yep, there's probably no easier way to get a little more hardcore engine sound. Takes maybe one minute and is completely reversible.

I did the same to mine. Drove around for a week and deemed it slightly too loud and somewhat unattractive to look at the rough plastic.

So I covered the thing in thick black biker jacket leather. I chose a stamping pattern and color that looks just like my seat leather.

Now it looks better, smells better, and the additional mass of the leather takes the edge off the sound.

It's not as easy hear the little noises like fuel injector clicks and valve train clatter and variocam actuation, { which I don't miss } but on heavy throtttle that intoxicating rsr rip is still there.

Hey, I paid good money for that engine thing back there. Since I don't get to see it I might as well hear it.

jh

[pomocanthus]

Hey, I paid good money for that engine thing back there. Since I don't get to see it I might as well hear it.

jh

Here's an idea for the entrepreneur (I thought of this while replacing my aging top with the GAHH glass top on my '99). Make a replacement heat shield with a clear window in the middle (Lexan maybe?) so that you can always see the engine through the rear window. I bet you can sell a ton of these. I always thought that Porsche never played up the appearance of the mid-engines enough, like Ferrari and others did.

[macsak]

it's been done

look up adrenalyzer

or adrenaliser

or something like that :)

aloha

steve

Hey, I paid good money for that engine thing back there. Since I don't get to see it I might as well hear it.

jh

Here's an idea for the entrepreneur (I thought of this while replacing my aging top with the GAHH glass top on my '99). Make a replacement heat shield with a clear window in the middle (Lexan maybe?) so that you can always see the engine through the rear window. I bet you can sell a ton of these. I always thought that Porsche never played up the appearance of the mid-engines enough, like Ferrari and others did.