PonyLover

Is there a difference in the exalst from the 2005's and the 2006's?

I have a 06 V6 with Pony Package. I love the sound of this car. It has a very nice sound for a V6.

A girl I work with has the 2005 V6. I could almost swear that my car has a meatier sound than hers.
We have not been able to get the two cars together to confirm this or blow it out of the water.

Has anyone else thought this as well?

Thanks in advance
Angie

Fazm

same muffler, but the auto/manuals have a different exhaust note. maybe thats the diff? Along with breaking them in.

05GT-O.C.D.

That makes no sense. If the mufler's the same, the tranny would make no difference, unless it's because of a different idle setting, or shift points. Anyone got any explination?

Fazm

its not the same muffler therefore it does make sense.

Fazm

by the way, thats coming from someone else, another post where this was discussed before the crash

05GT-O.C.D.

OK, I was just confused because in your first post I thought you were saying that the muffler's were the same on all. But, if you're saying that the 05's and 06's use the same muffler's, but the auto and manual tranny's use different mufflers, then that makes sense.

(even though that sentence is confusing )

Fazm

yes, auto's and manuals use diff mufflers to my knowledge. not sure bout the 06's though.

PonyLover

I have the 06 manual and my friend has the 05 auto.
So if they do use different mufflers depending on the tranny, that might explain it then.
It may not be the year of the car, but the tranny in it.

05GT-O.C.D.

That's what I was trying to say. PonyLover, where you at in Ohio?

PonyLover

I'm in Springfield.

05GT-O.C.D.

Cool, I'll be heading down there in a few weeks for my cousin's wedding.

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BTW... this weather sucks!

lnmech

if u check out all the pdf's on the exhaust system they are the same muffler the gt right muffler is the saqme stock number as the v6.

Zodiac

Im not sure that this is correct. I know they're not the same muffler. If they were, people wouldnt be seeing improvements in both sound and performance by upgrading to a single GT muffler.

lnmech

part #5230right hand and 5232 left for the gt mufflers.and the v6 is part# 5230.and as far as improvment have no idea why.

Fazm

ford uses the same suffix for the pdfs, the v6 muffler is part is 5R3Z5230CA the GT right side is 5R3Z5230AA for the auto and 4R3Z5230RM for the manual.

lnmech

cool was wondering what was up.thank you for the info.