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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Can the Flat 6 Motorsports cold air elbow kit with BMC air filter improve the sounds and performance of my Porsche 911 996? I’ll show you what comes with the kit, how to fit it, what it sounds like and what I think of it!
Here’s a link to the product on Flat 6 Motorsports’ website. They include a video of the fitting instructions in case mine don’t inspire confidence!
All filmed, written and edited by me! Hope you enjoy it!
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My email: videocarclub@gmail.com
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Great bit Jay! Had me literally chuckling out loud.
Lololololol! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your journey, starting to look professional as a mechanic :)
Hardly! Nice of you to say though! Great product, you guys! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to try it!
The extra tube on the Tiptronic & X51 engined cars intake hose isn't a breather, its a vacuum line that needs to be connected to the intake (The Porsche Training Notes for the engine calls it a sucking Jet Pump). Samco Sport make the silicone intake hose with the off take to connect to the extra tube. Its the correct way of doing it and makes for a much cleaner looking installation.
Thank you. Helpful post for others. Bit late for me. Thank you though.
Jay. I have installed the F6 intake system in my 996.1. I noticed a difference in response, I am supper happy with the F6 product I do not have an exhaust system installed
This makes two of us!
wow i'm actually shocked!! i didn't think it would make that much of a difference but i was clearly wrong!! GOOD JOB!! and great video...going to purchase right now...
Thanks John!
Great mod for the “every person” (like me…). Your old air filter didn’t look that bad…they can get much worse and still be serviceable. Thanks for making all of it look so easy, and editing out three hours of cursing…🙂
Love your “bumble bee” Omega Aqua Terra Milgaus. Car people are also watch people!
Ha! Well spotted, Jeff. Another one of my favorite things! Thank you!
Love the postbox 🇬🇧👍🙂
Got to keep the flag flying, right?
I love videos like this. Nice work, Jay! PS - no Fd up so far from what I’ve seen in your series. Keep it up!
Thanks! It’s only a matter of time. Stand by!
That made more difference than I thought. Sounds great!
It sounds nice ! Power I did not think you would get much. But in the end it's all for the pleasure of our ears !! I'll probably add it to my 996..
Yeah, I agree!
Great job Jay , easier to fit the silicone pipe if you had left it in a bucket of hot water to soften it a bit 🏎
I’ll know for next time! Thank you!
I did this same kit and the IPD plenum with. k&N filter. The sounds is amazing. The car sound so much throatier and runs so nice now. Power down low on a tip is so welcomed.
I had the large silicone pipe on mine, but It was too boomy and drony around 2.5to 3k when coupled with top gear silencers. Fun to start with but became annoying. It really depends on your exact silencer config. Obviously works with yours.
Sarcasm as always Jay! I love it 👌
The resonator is actually in the airbox. My 996 came with this mod and I ended up putting the factory intake hose back on. The silicon hose doesn’t make any power, this is a noise mod. The factory resonator tames the intake howl at 5k rpm, it’s quite loud without it which I’m a little surprised wasn’t discovered in the video.
I call it as I see it!
As always, most enjoyable. I love my 996.2 as well.
Thank you!
Jay, well done as always. Very informative. Btw, A porche owner might consider gloves so not to ruin the you tube hands. BTW, just got my allocation for a Targa GTS. I purchased my 996 Targa in 2002 and now 20 years later I will have a new 2022.. Surreal. Keep up the good work!.
You are a VERY lucky man. Congratulations! Are they making you pay over? Thanks for the feedback!
@@JAYREAD yes, clear bra, ceramic coating a Porsche watch and to finance a portion for at least 6 months.
Jay, very entertaining video. Your opening made me burst out laughing - just what I needed after a long week of work. Keep ‘‘em coming.
Hahaha! Thanks as ever, Mark.
Good video - have thought about doing this on my 997, but haven’t so far. Love that you’re adding a little comedy into the mix - keep ‘er lit!
About ye! My wife is where you’re from!
@@JAYREAD No way - a Derry Girl? Hope we can get a drive together one of these days.
@@johnmclaughlin1688 not Derry but not too far away!
Nice and refined power sound. Love it!
Yeah, me too!
Well done, Jay! (that's what she said!)😆😆
Lol! Thanks Tom!
Great 👍🏽 vid Jay! Enjoying this journey with you fixing bits and bobs on your Niner and Boxtser.
Thanks Ari!
Your intro made me laugh out loud on the train!!
Lol! It’s a bit brutally honest isn’t it?
Do you know how many times I've seen people nearly crash at that last stop sign you took? Car sounds great with the exhaust and everything.
nicely done Jay! your 996 looks very nice!
Thank you!
Now we’re talking! Noted improvement there sir.
Cheers, Michael!
Great video, my 997 had the fab-air cold air intake, sounded fantastic, I do miss that with the 991.
Soul Performance is your friend with the 991, James!
@@JAYREAD thanks … will see if a soul/991 combo comes on the road trip, I’d near to hear one first…
@@jamesbrewer2398 Have a look at James’ channel (@autoamateur). His 991 sounded truly wonderful and I know he did a few videos with Soul.
Well done, Jay !
Thanks Daniel!
Great video. The new filter and elbow pipe has given a nice increase in sound! James from autoamateur directed me to your channel. Subscribed👍
Thanks for subscribing, Andy. Glad you enjoyed it. James is a great guy, isn’t he?
@@JAYREAD yes hes great. You are both very good content creators and its good seeing people from the uk doing well in the us! Im from scotland👍
@@andyp9040 always happy to have a Scot along for the ride! Thanks again.
Like the garage in background for nice contrast on the car colors. Guards red? I am replacing the taillights with a newer look on the guards red 996 and next maybe the front lights but my mechanic says only original stock fits front well. Our window tint is the same but I'm where the sun shines all the time in AZ.
Guards red is just a great color, isn’t it? My car came from California originally via Alabama. The tint was there when I bought it and I quite like it, especially when I have my black winter wheels on it.
@@JAYREAD looks good with the blackout nice video
Nice intro. Did you use a 360 cam to go through the car windows? I'm trying to work out how you did it, looks really cool.
Very new to your channel, but I like your style. I'm from Eastbourne, love The New Forest, used to go camping there! Just bought a £1500 986, hope to get it MOT'd soon. I've owned a 986 before as well as a 996 Cabriolet, miss that loads.
Cheers for the content.
Yo to the Sussex massive! Yes, 360 degree camera! I was going to say drone but no one would believe that a muppet like me could fly one that well!
hi Jay, Did you loose the two rubber grommets that the air box fits into on the cross rail to stop it rattling , dont ask how i know.
Didn’t even see them, Henry! It’ll add to the drama when it rattles, I guess!
Excellent 👍
My 996.1 came with a similar setup (as well as the Fister mod…go me!). Therefore I do not have any point of comparison, but I do know that the car simply howls above 5000 rpm.
Same!
It sounds amazing! Love the work you do, makes me believe I can do it too. What exhaust do you use? And do you have aftermarket headers as well? Love your videos!
Thanks! On that car I had a valved Cargraphic exhaust (after cats) with stock headers. With the Flat6 modification shown in this video it made a WONDERFUL noise! About to engage on a custom exhaust on the 928 so stay tuned because that has a V8! Hehehehe!
And that filter looks to be washable/oilable too.
Enjoyed the vid.
One tip going forward, for inclusivity you may want to revise old habits (ref 3.42s).
Not being judgey, just trying to help.
Pish. What nonsense.
Great video
Thanks Paul!
Did you retain the small anti vibration rubber o rings on the bottom of air box ?
Let’s say yes. 👍
Very nice Jay sounds like a rally car and that for $225 !! Where can you purchase it can you fix it on any 996 with Dansk exhaust also get a better sound you think?
Hi Jaap. The link is in the description and it’ll work with any 996 Carrera. It doesn’t touch the exhaust so that doesn’t matter.
Wow..... What do I think?? I think its F---king cold where you live :)
It bloody well is!
I grew up at an Army Base just outside of Boston as a teenager. I miss skating the ponds and playing hockey. But I damn sure don’t miss getting up before the sun and shoveling the walk or driveway so my folks could get to their cars to go to work. And I certainly don’t miss driving in that cold slippery muck called snow and ice.😁
@@mikebell1961 I like the weather. It beats the UK hands down. Not sure I’ll live in this part of the US forever but I love it now.
@@JAYREAD I’ve lived in Ottawa, Canada - that’s all I’m gonna say 🥶
@@JAYREAD I imagine so. You can actually see the sun most days :)
Number 6 rather than letter 6 huh? :) Good stuff Jay. Do they have something similar for the 986?
Bahahaha! Not sure. Take a look at www.flat6motorsports.com
Did it improve the performance? I have read on a couple of UK based owner sites, it can actually decrease power and Torque a little. Your Tiptronic box, on kickdown do you have to put your put right down for it to take effect? My C4S has the same Mercedes gearbox.
Just the same, I think! I couldn’t tell any difference at all from a performance perspective.
The helmholtz resonator doesn’t impact power at all. The helmholtz resonator is a chamber and a kneck. A bit like a bottle. When air blows over the kneck and into the chamber it creates air pressure. That air pressure comes back out and cancels out the frequency coming back through your main intake. The Germans made this to meet noise emissions. It does nothing for power. The word cold air intake is misleading. You can create the same effect by just placing a blanking plug in the helmholtz resonator and use your existing intake pipe. You don’t need a whole kit.
It worth noting on a 996 you can unscrew the whole Helmholtz resonator inside the airbox which increases the surface area of the filter. Some say this can increase power as you have more air. You cannot remove this on a 997 as it’s moulded in the airbox.
I’ve made Helmholtz resonators for exhausts to change the sound in the same way.
Great post. Thank you for the clarification. I’m pleased with the result though!
@@JAYREAD I’ve done the same to my 997, I also love the sound and would do it again 👍 the silicone pipe is awkward but you just have to be a bit brutal 🤬 The BMC air filter also added to the sound
Did u feel any power increase? Good video Jay been looking for some mods on my 996.2 cab
Thanks Joaquin! No, I didn’t. Mind you, my arse was my dyno and it’s not that sensitive! Maybe a few horses but I can’t tell!
@@JAYREAD thanks for the feedback i just got a misfire code on my 996 so far from the videos out there could be the sparkplugs and coils fingers crossed! But would be a video to make in the future jay👍
@@joaquinsantillan6257 It’s coming! Mine need doing too.
6:27 Is it a common trait amongst ham-handed amateur mechanics that they whisper a play-by-play while they work? Because I do the same.
Bahahaha! Was I really doing that?! What an idiot!
I’ve heard professionals doing exactly the same
Since installing this have you had any issues with the airflow sensor? Or have you received any lights going off with this mod?
None! It just made the sound better!
Jay - if you like a slightly more aggressive OEM Plus sound, this one is a FREE and super easy mod for that green 986: ruclips.net/video/zcIyePJ2PRM/видео.html
Ah good thinking. I’ve heard of that. I have bigger fish to fry though, I think. We’ll get there!