What does a a Varioram sound like?

[Rick Lee]

I've seen several mentions of "you should be able to hear when the V-ram kicks in", yada yada. I don't notice any special sounds, other than the normal flat 6 symphony in the rear. My car has a LOT of pep. Could I possibly be missing some HP and not have a functioning V-ram? How to tell?

[john_colasante]

It kicks in at around 5000 rpm. You should notice a change in pitch of the engine especially if you have the motorsound option - it gets a little louder and kinda like a turbine.

[billh1963]

I agree with John..the sounds gets a little more intense and you can feel the car push a littler harder.

[expat]

Travelling behind my friends 993 I can always tell when it hits that spot, I can hear the change in note. If I can hear it in another car some metres away, then I would think you should be able to hear it in the actual car.

[Rick Lee]

Hmmm. I go over 5000 rpms every single time I take my car out and I don't think I notice any dramatic change in tone. How should I test to see if the V-ram is working?

[Bill Verburg]

Some info here

[adscab]

My motorsound/varioram symphony always gets drowned out by the wonderful sound from the RSR mufflers. If you don't have them, get them.

[maxnine11]

as Addison says, the sound is more noticeable with the stock mufflers. On my car, with the motorsound airbox lid and stock mufflers, the change in sound at 5000+ rpm was more noticeable than with the fabspeed mufflers installed. My RSR mufflers arrived yesterday, and i'll be trying them out in the next week or two. max

[adscab]

Max, you will notice the RSR's are more subtle than the Fabspeed but once you get into them, it is so sweet sounding. Like I mentioned on Rennlist, it is the way our 993's should have come from the factory. Have fun!

[Rick Lee]

I had the Fabspeed open lid airbox on my car when I bought it and it got super loud at 5k rpms and above. But I put the stock lid back on there, as it was just too loud. But still, am I missing my Varioram? Would I feel any lack of power?

[Craig 930 RS]

adscab -

Can you post or send a pic of the RSR mufflers?

THX
Craig
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