996 for sale external drive by clips exhaust with 200 cell x-pipe and Fister Mufflers

SOLD - 10/24/20. Exhaust is TopGear Eurosport's 200 cell X-pipe (54mm, not large bore) and Fister modded muffler cans. Tried a lot combos and liked this one the best. It's also not very expensive.

[@scottsanders2641]

Love it! Waiting for my Soul Performance headers and free flow cats as we speak

[@DeanoTXR53]

Are Soul doing x-pipes yet? I messaged them a few years ago and they were completely uninterested. They only wanted to do crossover pipes because they said they "sounded better" which is totally subjective. I never liked crossover pipes when I had them, too gruff. My car had an x-pipe and the difference for me was huge

[@Zombiestig]

Pretty sure I own this car now. Says Dean on the x pipe. 😆

[@DeanoTXR53]

🤣that's awesome! You must have bought it from Eric? Such a fun car. Are you in local as well?

[@Zombiestig]

@@DeanoTXR53 Sure did. Somewhat local, I work downtown. It's torn apart right now, a few of the coolant fittings failed and I'm fixing a few oil leaks, replacing the AOS, (UAOS) lots of hoses, tune-up, multifunction switch. It's quite fun to drive. I can't wait to get it back together and get to an autocross.

[@DeanoTXR53]

@@Zombiestig Awesome, glad to see it getting some TLC! Always good to refresh the AOS. I did one in 2017 around 87k miles. Wish UAOS was around back then. Hope to see it out at an event sometime!

[@Zombiestig]

@@DeanoTXR53 You set this thing up really well! 1 second off FTD on my first outing with it!

[@redgetanj]

Great sound! Is this still the same setup from your video 2 years ago (x-pipe and Fister)? How is the interior noise when crusing? Any drone? I'm currently running Fabspeed headers, x-pipe w/ 200 cell cats, and their Maxflo mufflers, but have been seriously contemplating switching the muffler for Fisters.

[@DeanoTXR53]

Thanks! I hope the new owner is enjoying it haha. Setup is different from 2 years ago. Love the sound of the Fister mufflers, had them on the car through 3 different cat setups. Setup from 2 years ago was the FVD catless x-pipe. Crazy loud, but only on-throttle. I think the modded OEM cans is key to no drone, never had any with any of my cat setups. 3rd party mufflers just never seem to be as sophisticated at killing drone as a fister, no matter the price. The only problem with the FVD catless X pipe was lack of flow velocity (what people call back pressure) at low RPM that made the car feel like it lost 50 hp below 4k rpm. Luckily it felt like it gained 40 hp above that and wanted to rip to redline like an S2000 vs the kind of flat top end of the stock 3.6. It sounded glorious, but was really not great to drive unless you were on track. Current setup is the Top Gear 200 Cell X-pipe (the smaller diameter, not the big bore version). This was perfect. Nice and loud when you're on it, never obnoxious. No noticeable power loss at low RPM and a nice pull all the way to 7k. Perfect compromise. I miss it every day haha

[@redgetanj]

@@DeanoTXR53 Thanks for the great review of the different setup you had. Did the car sell to locally? Based on the license tag you had on it, looks like the car was in the DMV area as well. I intend to switch my muffler to Fisters once I find a used oem core. Hopefully, my setup along with a Fister will have the same result as your last setup.

[@thatguy7085]

I like the sound… but I’d have to wear ear plugs in my car

[@DeanoTXR53]

Video is deceptive, this is a really civilized setup. No louder than a stock Porsche Sports Exhaust from this era. Zero drone around town or on the highway. Stock non-PSE exhaust was barely audible from inside the car

[@thatguy7085]

@@DeanoTXR53 I have to wait another 3 years before I can mess with the exhaust system. I have a 2000 and get emission tests every year until the car is 25 years old.

[@familytruckster2009]

It is really not loud inside. Especially under normal cruising.