Porsche 987.1 Boxster / Cayman SOUL Long Tube Street Headers

Pulled the trigger a few weeks back and received, what I am told, the first commercial set of Soul Performance catted headers for my 987.1 CS. As all the others have shown at unboxing, they are a very nice piece of engineering and execution; a very pretty piece of equipment and a shame to hide under the car. Install is as described elsewhere and not a very challenging upgrade. It took me about 4 hours on the lift, start to finish with about 3 hours of actual work taking my time and figuring out the angles to attack some of the bolts. After 102k miles, the header bolts came out with little resistance. I did soak with an acetone/ATF mixture for about 10 minutes. That stuff eats right through anything. Space to get at the 3 bolts on the exhaust flange to the cat back are a royal pain. Lot’s of extensions, universal joint combos to get at the ones inside. Probably would have been easier to loosen the rest of the muffler. Also installed new O2 sensors. Likely overkill but had been throwing codes for months. Fitment is exact with what appears to be a very robust manifold flange and great, clean welds. Not to mention the matte finish. Again, should be seen AND heard. Car sounded pretty nice with stock header and Carnewal. The SP header deepened the sound immensely. It is a very refined note that builds to a crescendo that rips the end of the exhaust tips. It is an amazing sound. I run an OFT flash that seems to work well at freeing up the power and runs much, much better than stock. So far, the SP header seems a bit more free breathing using the power even a bit better. The car is very happy and winds to 7k quickly with little lag. Only butt dyno so no numbers to go with anything but a bigger grin. Many, many thanks to John at Soul Performance. He pushed me over the edge to get them. It has taken me a couple of weeks to install as my travel schedule has been heavy. It hurt to walk past them sitting in the garage. Very thankful John got me into them. Great communication throughout the build and delivery.