Mustang engines and sound

[Twista]

Haha, who keeps their exhaust stock?

Not anyone i know of, but the OP said which one sounds better in there STOCK Form lol.

 

[Mossberg]

Haha, who keeps their exhaust stock?

Kilgore?





but he has a Kewbra so we'll let it slide.












OK, not really.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

I like the stock sound of the new 3V 4.6L's myself.

 

[mustangcam]

did he mean stock engine(like no cams or anything) or stock exhaust?
either way i'd have to say i like the sound of my 4v. but a friend of mine has a 5.0 with full exhaust and it sounds sick too.

 

[GToddyT5]

I like the 4V although it's close. My old 96GT sounded pretty nasty, but that was with a BBK hi-flow pipe. My 95GT sounds disgusting, but that's mainly a result of the cam and blower...it even has Summit mufflers.

 

[dstang01]

By stock, I meant stock motor, obviously not stock exhaust because none of the stock exhausts shows off the tone very well. I think stock motored the 4v sounds the best, but modded 5.0s sound great with h/c/i

 

[Gearbanger 101]

By stock, I meant stock motor, obviously not stock exhaust because none of the stock exhausts shows off the tone very well. I think stock motored the 4v sounds the best, but modded 5.0s sound great with h/c/i

Well that doesn't make any sense, I thought you were talking "stock" as in the whole car......right down to the air filter. With the variety of aftermarket exhaust systems out there, you make your 5.0, 4.6 SOHC/DOHC sound any of a couple dozen different ways. With an aftermarket exhaust system and some engine work, 90% of the people on this board couldn't tell one car from another just by hearing it.

Hell....I've heard Mustangs of both engine configurations sound like an old Chevy P/U truck with the wrong exhaust componenets on them.

 

[billfisher]

the LS i killed on the way home asked me if i had open exhaust.....


i told him i have stock mufflers.

all stangs sound cool.

 

[02LaserRed2V]

Actually, most 03 Cobra owners I know says my car sounds better than theirs. I do think a blower whine or whistle paired with an exhaust further enhances the overall sound. For example, ported Eaton Cobras sound the sickest IMO. You can hear the turbo-like whistle even when it's not in boost.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

For example, ported Eaton Cobras sound the sickest IMO. You can hear the turbo-like whistle even when it's not in boost.

Agreed.....the S-ported Eaton on my Cat has a nice whistle to it when you're revving it out in neutral......then once you get into boost and under load, that familiar "Eaton whine" comes on and I start to grin. It’s even more amplified by the 1” plenum spacer I had made for my manifold.


….to tell you the truth, I purposely went with a quiet exhaust just so I could hear the blower better.

 

[GToddyT5]

Agreed.....the S-ported Eaton on my Cat has a nice whistle to it when you're revving it out in neutral......then once you get into boost and under load, that familiar "Eaton whine" comes on and I start to grin. It’s even more amplified by the 1” plenum spacer I had made for my manifold.


….to tell you the truth, I purposely went with a quiet exhaust just so I could hear the blower better.

That's the one thing I don't have on mine. You hear the blower whistle at idle, but I can't hear it over the exhaust at all once I get on it.

 

[dstang01]

which one is it that has that nice echo at idle and a sort of howl during slow accel, and a evil growl on hard accel?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Not my car, but it is an MN12 with the same blower I've got.....with a few subtle differences of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSGOX--6vqo

 

[02LaserRed2V]

Check out this Cobra

Click here to see Video

Man, I wish my blower sounded like that. It even sounds cool when decelerating. I bet it'd be fun just whistling through parking lots while having everyone looking with that "wtf" expression on their face.