2015 Mustang Ecoboost sound?
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2015 Mustang Ecoboost sound?
I am anxiously waiting for more specs like HP, TQ, and mileage of the Ecoboost I4. I think it could be a very compelling package. However, I don't know if I'd want to give up that Mustang V8 sound. Anybody know if Ford made it a point in development to make the turbo 4 sound good? Has anyone heard one yet?
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Its a 4 cylinder, there isn't much that can be done. I bet it will sound almost exactly like the Focus ST, which unfortunately sounds very much like your garden variety fart can civic once you add exhaust. It does sound decent in the cabin though with the sound symposer.
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I was wondering the same thing too
I'm getting the 2,3 litre eco-boost and I'm hoping it makes some noise too. I'm dreaming it makes that high pitch noise a formula racer makes when I open it up on the autobahn.
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Its a 4 cylinder, there isn't much that can be done. I bet it will sound almost exactly like the Focus ST, which unfortunately sounds very much like your garden variety fart can civic once you add exhaust. It does sound decent in the cabin though with the sound symposer.
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I find very few I4s that actually sound good. Sure, it's easy to make them loud, but that's not the same as good, which would be a shocking and disappointing revelation to legions of fart-canned four-bangers. Not that they can't be made to sound good - deep, rich, melodic - listen to a Fiat 500 Abarth or an old Saab 900 for example, but they're few and far between.
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Fiat 500 Abarth is exactly the sort of low end burbly four noise I'll be shooting for with, thats for sure.
But OP has a really good point. I was considering this yesterday while driving around with my cousin in my Bullitt. The ecoboost stang is probably going to handle better, accelerate faster, be more comfortable and have more cool stuff inside, but man... I really love the sound of the bullitt's exhaust.
edit: did some googling... this sounds pretty good
But OP has a really good point. I was considering this yesterday while driving around with my cousin in my Bullitt. The ecoboost stang is probably going to handle better, accelerate faster, be more comfortable and have more cool stuff inside, but man... I really love the sound of the bullitt's exhaust.
edit: did some googling... this sounds pretty good
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I have heard some of those furrin cars with 4 cylinder engines and a big diameter muffler at the end of the exhaust and they sounded really tuff. I am wondering if a turbo would really subdue the sound.
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I have an 88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe with the old 2.3 turbo. it still has the stock exhaust and the tone is throaty. However, it's not a V8 sound. It has somewhat of a BMW sound. I'm assuming that Ford will do dual exhaust, which is what they did on the TC. The down pipe goes into a reverse Y-pipe into two mufflers and tailpipes. I think this is what gives it the european sound.
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