When you think incredible exhaust sounds, you usually think of a Ferrari V8 or V12. You must definitely would think of a Lamborghini Huracan V10 or Murcielago V12. But would you have thought of a Porsche Boxster with a 2.7L 6cylinder flat-6 engine? Well that is what this has with some upgraded parts from us here at Vivid Racing. This Porsche Boxster if from the 981 generation which was produced from 2012 to 2016 as a 2.7L and 3.4L except the GT4 which was a 3.8L. This was the final year the Cayman and Boxster would be a Normally Aspirated engine as in 2017 the car chassis was changed to the 718 and became turbocharged. As an NA motor, the sounds produced from the flat-6 engine had an incredible tone, but was harder to gain performance compared to the turbo models. To further enhance the usual docile sound of a Cayman/Boxster to meet the needs of the general population, this Porsche was upgraded with a complete straight pipe exhaust system and a VR Tuned ECU Flash.

The VR Tuned eThrottle Boost Pedal is the answer to fixing your vehicles laggy throttle feeling. Electronic throttle cars typically have a small delay when pressing the accelerator. This is because the throttle plate will not open all the way. The VR Tuned Boost Pedal is a simple 15 minute installation that will fix all of this. All you have to do is unplug the throttle pedal and plug the box in-between. Then download the app that connects via Bluetooth to your Smart Phone. With the VR Tuned Boost Pedal installed, you can now choose from 7 different maps to set your throttle sensitivity. With different options for ECO, Sport, and Race, dialing in how you want your car to react to input is now in your control!

A customer of ours from Panama sent in this video and images of his Porsche Cayenne Turbo running the dyno at a local speed shop. The Cayenne received a full race exhaust system and our VR Tuned ECU Flash that we tune remotely via the OBDII port. The Porsche Cayenne 957 Turbo came from the factory with 500 horsepower out of the 4.8L twin turbo engine. Adding the VR Tuned ECU Flash which takes into account tuning the cars fuel, timing, throttle, and boost maps, we help squeeze out another 75 horsepower with the tune only. In addition to the customers full turboback exhaust, you have roughly a 100 horsepower gain over stock! The best part about it is these engines can handle the increase and are still very reliable. Looking at the dyno sheet, the wheel horsepower numbers are very impressive. Typical drivetrain loss from an AWD dyno is roughly 15-20%. 20% of 575hp is 460awhp which puts this Cayenne Turbo just over that.

VR Tuned has provided customers worldwide with additional power through their ECU tuning program since 2014. Most ECU tuning is done through the OBDII diagnostic port. This requires a special tool that is either made for the end user or the shop to read and write the vehicle ECU data. The main component that is also required with most of these tools is a laptop. Not just any laptop, a PC laptop. With so many users now running Mac, this also causes a headache. If you want to switch between files you need to have your PC traveling with you. Some tools such as the Dimsport MyGenius only require a laptop for the initial process then you have the handheld that can stay in the car. But now all that has changed with the new Alientech Powergate 4. This OBDII device is designed to read and write your ECU data all from your smartphone. There is no computers involved. Just plug the device into your OBDII port, download the app and follow the directions. The device can be used with most of the popular VR Tuned applications such as: Mercedes AMG’s, Audi S and RS models, Porsche 911’s, and BMW M models.