Dansk exhausts explained - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Hi all, Recently I was doing some research to upgrade the muffler on my 2001 986 2.7L and got quite annoyed that I really couldn’t find much solid information anywhere — especially from the vendors, yes, Pelican included. I understand this might not be the most popular Porsche on the planet, and I get that it’s coming up on 30 years old, but still… it was frustrating. So I’m posting this for anyone in the future who might want to do the same upgrade. Hopefully this helps alleviate the struggle of finding proper info, specs, and part numbers. The information below is copied and pasted from Søren B, who as of February 16th, 2026, is the Business Manager – Classic at JP Group. " Thanks for your inquiry regarding the 94.331S. This has been discontinued in May 2025 – due to low sales. This version is “identical” to the 94.330SEXP, except from the tail pipes. This is also deleted from range due to low sales. We can currently offer: Pressed OEM look muffler box 1620605200 - 94.330S (25% increase in sound compared to OEM) SPORT 1620600100 – 94.335S (10% increase in sound compared to OEM) STOCK Both are supplied with dual 80mm tailpipes but one can upgrade to dual 95mm tailpipes by purchasing: 1620704000 - 94.905S The “banana shape” mufflers are produced on same basis – same insides, only external brackets and tail pipes are different – BUT these provide the best (loudest) sound experience. Summary: 1620605200 - 94.330S (20% increase in sound compared to OEM) SPORT – OEM style, dual 80mm tips/upgrade to dual 95mm tips Muffled, deeper sound due to large capacity box. 1620602800 - 94.310S (35% increase in sound compared to OEM) SPORT – Aftermarket, dual 76mm tips 1620602900 - 94.301S (35% increase in sound compared to OEM) SPORT – Aftermarket, single oval 155x83mm tip More throaty and sporty pitchy sound due to less area inside box. Hope this brings a bit more clarification to your questions. Both are plug and play systems – good fitment."

Thank you for this post! I did not realize that Dansk made an exhaust that matched the OEM look. I have a cheap sport exhaust that I have had for well over 10 years that serves the purpose but it does have some drone that I have minimized, but it is still there. I have thought about converting my OEM S exhaust to a Fister one but shipping it makes me pause. The cost of the Fister with a ceramic coating and shipping would probably come out to about the cost of the Dansk. The ceramic coating is an attractive option since it should lower the amount of heat in the trunk.

My car came with a dansk muffler and the inside rotted and rattled. I had a local muffler shop open it up and see what was going on inside. I replaced it with a 986.2 muffler in good condition off of eBay. Supposedly the 986.2 muffler sounds a little different than the 986.1 version. But I cants say dmfor sure. I agree that the fister mod is a bit much considering it’s still a used muffler at the end of the day. I would try to find a used muffler and see if you can have a shop perform the fister mod, or internal fister mod(try searching for it here on the forums).