I have an Ecoboost now. I added an MBRP Street cat-back exhaust a month ago because the stock exhaust sounded like a Honda 50cc motorbike. The MBRP is terrific in sound and increased MPG. Nice purr now with a rumble when wanted.
I am thinking of getting a GT next purchase, but I do not want something that is LOUD. I've read several places where drivers were not happy with the stock GT sound. Has anyone added an exhaust to quiet the exhaust a bit? I want the power of a V8 next time, but I do not want to sound like a teenager; I'm 73 years old guys. <g>
I know there is the "active valve exhaust" option, which my GT will have for sure. I figure that will allow me to quiet the exhaust enough I'll not be "self-conscious".
At 73; don't you want the exhaust to be a bit louder, so you can hear that glorious V8? I know at 59, I do!
half joking about the above . . . . I think you should test drive a GT before you worry about it too much, I think most of the people who were not happy with the stock exhaust wanted it louder . . . the active exhaust with "quiet" mode would probably do the trick.
Search using Google for "Mustang sound tube deletion kit"
What you remove is the sound tube that looks like this:
The removal kit supplies you with a rubber plug for the fire wall and a rubber cap and hose clamp for the air intake. This will quiet the noise inside the cabin.
Search using Google for "Mustang sound tube deletion kit"
What you remove is the sound tube that looks like this:
The removal kit supplies you with a rubber plug for the fire wall and a rubber cap and hose clamp for the air intake. This will quiet the noise inside the cabin.
On my 2018 GT, after I got tired of hearing the piped in noise, I just removed the tube from the intake tube, put a Quarter on the end of the nipple, wrapped some electrical tape around it to hold it into place, and then re-installed the tube. The tube is still there, but the piped in noise is gone. However, I think the OP is concerned about the actual exhaust noise at the end of the pipe.
Anyone know if the GT's "active valve exhaust" affects the sound that is "piped" into the cabin?
I did not know the Mustang GT even did that. I read somewhere the EcoBoost did that, but I thought that was somehow electronically produced? Seems like a weird thing for Ford to do, but then cars have gotten away from the basics many, many years ago! Both for the good and the not so good. I remember well the nice sounds the V8s made in the 1960s; pleasant rumbles, the engines sounded so powerful. Now of course we know they were not all the powerful compared to today's engines, but they sure sounded sweet to a "kid's ears". I was in my early 20s in the mid 1960s; not exactly a kid. <g>
I don't think so -- as far as I know, there are no moving parts in the "sound tube."
The sound tube was added in 2010, when Ford increased the cabin sound insulation . . . I guess they thought we still wanted to hear the intake and other "noise" coming from under the hood.
Personally, I kinda like it . . . I miss the moan of an open 4-barrel carb and the sound tube makes up for a little bit of that . . . but I have never tried removing it so don't actually know if I'd like it better with or without; and there is probably a big difference between 2010 and 2018.
My new 2020 GT/PP has the active exhaust system which give you 4 options. It has a quiet mode which makes the car sound like a sewing machine - horrible option.
I have a 2020 GT (not Premium) and I don't think it has a "sound tube" like the earlier ones. Anyway, the exhaust is a little loud, though it's fine inside the car with the windows closed. I did measure the exhaust noise level with the proper procedure of the meter being 20" from the exhaust tips at a 45 degree angle from the centerline of the exhaust. Federal standards used to be 95 dbA (A-weighted scale) and I recall measuring a Mustang Cobra from the mid 2000's and it measured a mere 87 dbA. Anyway, my car on startup registered 93 dbA, then I slowly raised the rpm up to 2000 and back down again and checked my sound meter's max reading and it was 101 dbA. So yes, it is a little loud, but nothing like the Harleys with straight pipes!
The deep throaty sound that every one likes is a function of the engines displacement. The larger the displacement the deeper the sound. That is why the Hemis and LS engines sound better than a 5.0 and why the gen 2 426 Hemi sounds better than the gen 3 Hemi and LS.
Have to agree. I drove a new Challenger with the hemi. Almost bought it. The pick up is amazing and exhaust tone nice...but the interior was crap, no leather seats nor GPS.
And no chrome wheels. Overall the 2020 GT I bought is a much better all around car..JMTCW
Gee!!! The Challenger is generally considered to have a nicer interior than the Mustang. All those items you mention that were lacking in the Challenger are options just as they are on the Mustang.
I’m very happy with my GT, my racing days are over, so don’t really care about who is faster. Mine also came with the items listed as stock, not options.
That is why the Hemis and LS engines sound better than a 5.0 and why the gen 2 426 Hemi sounds better than the gen 3 Hemi and LS.
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