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I had these installed over 5 years ago on my daily driver, 1999 996.1 manual cab, and I am very pleased.
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I don't detect much sound change with the stock cans, just the pull.
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Hi. Has anybody had experience with the Fister mufflers?
https://fdmotorsports.net/shop/ols/prod ... dification
My understanding is that they are roughly equal to PSE without the cutoff valves. I'm particularly interested in how they sound while cruising at 70-80 mph compared to stock. Is there any/much droning? Thanks.
No drone with Fisters . My 996 C4 has a 3.8 engine with aftermarket headers , catless x-pipe and Fister modified mufflers . It is aggressive when on the throttle but tame when taking it easy or cruising .
I have driven many with Fister mufflers , with OEM headers and cats they are not as aggressive but still sound good . In my opinion hard to go wrong . I just wish the OEM mufflers weren't so heavy .
Awesome product. I had these installed over 5 years ago on my daily driver, 1999 996.1 manual cab, and I am very pleased. They make the 3k-5k range vastly more entertaining, and some recent summer tours I did for 3 to 6 hour stretches, the exhaust was never a problem to our middle-age ears. Engine start up is exciting, idle is good, the 2k-2.8k range isn't superb although I rarely find my engine staying in that range even for my numerous, daily, 5-10 minute drives. I planned to have local shops do the "Gundo" hack but they declined saying they'd learned in prior years that their welds did not hold up. I discovered Fister, he laughed and said he'd made over 4,500 units and no one had complained his work did not hold up. When I drove a 997.1 manual cab as a potential upgrade to my 996.1, after 30 minutes of canyon drives I realized I could not detect anything that was better for the $20k price difference, and the superior sound of my Fister exhaust vs 997.1 base exhaust was a notable part of that. Oh, it does make hearing the VarioCam changes at higher-revs harder to discern.
Thanks guys. I'm taking the car in tomorrow for the install. Can't wait.
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Nice review. Interesting what you say about the change in Variocam sound. I don't detect much sound change with the stock cans, just the pull. I wonder if it's the cab vs hard top. Good to hear about the 997. Perhaps not surprising as I've read that a good bit of the updating went into the interior and refining the body site lines.
To follow up, I had the Fister cans installed and couldn't be happier. On acceleration the car has a nice soft rasp in the car, and a bit more aggressive outside, while at cruising speed they are unnoticeable from stock. Can't recommend them enough!
First post, glad to have found this forum.
Had the Fister on my 2004 996 and it was my favorite upgrade to the car. Opted for the ceramic finish. Awesome customer service, don’t wait, do it
I figured I’d give the PSE a shot without getting the real PSE. It took me about 3 hours to do.It could be louder but I wasn’t sure if my wife would have a problem with the fister. Turns out she thinks it’s sounds pretty cool.
^^^ That is the Gundo hack . Milder in tone than the Fister but better than stock . My understanding is the Gundo bypasses one of the three internal chambers . Nice welds
