Porsche 991 Information Released

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Doesn't sound too bad at low/mid revs - has the typical hollow sound of a Porsche flat 6. Difficult to tell from the vids how it sounds top of the rev range in a lower gear... it needs to have a high rev howl!!

BTW, both black cars have the optional sports exhaust.

If they sound rubbish I'm sure Sharekwerks or Akrapovic will remove a huge pile of cash from your bank account and replace your exhaust with something louder.
 
With the ease of extracting more power from turbo engines, I wonder if the base models will start to cannibalize sales from the actual Turbo model.
 
homeforsummer
It makes some cars quite difficult to drive. Something like a VW Up sheds revs so slowly that you basically can't change gear quickly and smoothly at the same time. You can do one or the other, but try and slam through a change and you get a big lunge as there's a mismatch of road speed and throttle opening.
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I've had my GTi for over a year now and I still can't drive it as smoothly as I would like to. The stock throttle mapping is junk. I've thought about getting a stage 1 equivalent tune to see if it helped. I miss the days of cable driven throttles.
 
R1600Turbo
I've had my GTi for over a year now and I still can't drive it as smoothly as I would like to. The stock throttle mapping is junk. I've thought about getting a stage 1 equivalent tune to see if it helped. I miss the days of cable driven throttles.
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What GTi do you have?
 
R1600Turbo
I've had my GTi for over a year now and I still can't drive it as smoothly as I would like to. The stock throttle mapping is junk. I've thought about getting a stage 1 equivalent tune to see if it helped. I miss the days of cable driven throttles.
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Yeah, it's weird. Mapping is definitely the issue, rather than the medium - there's no reason an electronic throttle can't open just as quickly - if not quicker - than a cable one, but emissions requirements and engineering to reduce things like driveline shunt and jerkiness mean most are set up with a bit of slack. I've driven cars with sport modes that do fix things somewhat though.
 
mustafur
What GTi do you have?
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2009 3-door. It's not a bad car except for the check engine light (imagine that!) that comes on and turns off multiple times a month while it waits for me to replace a bad thermostat that I keep ignoring. Oh, and the airbag light came on for who knows what reason, but that one you can only get rid of my paying the dealership $80 for a diagnosis. All this with 68k miles on the odo.

/rant :indiff:
 
R1600Turbo
2009 3-door. It's not a bad car except for the check engine light (imagine that!) that comes on and turns off multiple times a month while it waits for me to replace a bad thermostat that I keep ignoring. Oh, and the airbag light came on for who knows what reason, but that one you can only get rid of my paying the dealership $80 for a diagnosis. All this with 68k miles on the odo.

/rant :indiff:
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That car turns into a Completely different Animal with a single Stage 1 ECU tune, I would get it ASAP. Having had a Similar engined 2.0T Audi A3 I can tell you this from experience.
 
R1600Turbo
2009 3-door. It's not a bad car except for the check engine light (imagine that!) that comes on and turns off multiple times a month while it waits for me to replace a bad thermostat that I keep ignoring. Oh, and the airbag light came on for who knows what reason, but that one you can only get rid of my paying the dealership $80 for a diagnosis. All this with 68k miles on the odo.

/rant :indiff:
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Had the airbag issue too. Had to pay 75 Euros but I refused and talked it down to 20 Euros. Next day I was asking my 20 Euros back because the airbag light was on again. I was sent away, I asked for the manager, he gave me back my 20 :lol:
 
My brother tells me he will be driving all the new Porsches at Homestead. Knew I should have stayed in Miami. :banghead:
 
mustafur
That car turns into a Completely different Animal with a single Stage 1 ECU tune, I would get it ASAP. Having had a Similar engined 2.0T Audi A3 I can tell you this from experience.
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Maybe after I fix it's issues. Have all the parts, it just requires removal of the intake manifold to get to it and not motivated to do that in 100*F+ heat at the moment.
 
Leonidae@MFT
Sooo.. What did they change in this 991.2?
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Mainly the new twin turbo engine for the base Carrera models as well as including four wheel steering for them too. Likely some suspension changes too.
 
AudiMan2011
Mainly the new twin turbo engine for the base Carrera models as well as including four wheel steering for them too. Likely some suspension changes too.
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The only difference is that the "Turbo" model will keep the 3.8 liter twin turbo engine, still with VGT turbos.
 
R1600Turbo
Maybe after I fix it's issues. Have all the parts, it just requires removal of the intake manifold to get to it and not motivated to do that in 100*F+ heat at the moment.
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A tune will definitely smooth out the throttle mapping. I have the APR stage 1, pretty much any stage 1 tune is the best bang for performance mod on this car. Not sure what you're talking about with removing the intake manifold? The tune is installed via the OBD port by the shop so you only have to mess around with the intake/engine cover if you want an aftermarket one.

BTW I've read about your issues with the car here and on MKV forums and I'm bummed you got what seems to be a dud. :guilty: Just over 60k on my '08 (very short commute) and have had no major issues.
 
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Sidebrowns
A tune will definitely smooth out the throttle mapping. I have the APR stage 1, pretty much any stage 1 tune is the best bang for performance mod on this car. Not sure what you're talking about with removing the intake manifold? The tune is installed via the OBD port by the shop so you only have to mess around with the intake/engine cover if you want an aftermarket one.

BTW I've read about your issues with the car here and on MKV forums and I'm bummed you got what seems to be a dud. :guilty: Just over 60k on my '08 (very short commute) and have had no major issues.
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You have to remove the intake manifold to change the thermostat. One of those "all day jobs to replace a $20 part" deals.
 
Oh, I see what you mean now R1600Turbo. I thought you were talking about the tune when saying the intake manifold had to be removed. I dun goofed.
 
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Please let that be a part of the Forza 6 expansion. I love the basic 911 shape without a wing, but they always include the GT or Turbo models.
 
If they gave it the ducktail like the GTS it'd be perfect.
 

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