The EcoBoost Mustang makes the same kind of power that the Mustang GT made ten years ago, weighs less than it’s modern GT relative, and has a reasonable MPG gain to sweeten the deal, yet the concept of any Mustang being powered by a four cylinder engine, even a turbocharged one, causes a lot of enthusiasts to cry foul. Why? Is it because you don’t have the V8 soundtrack playing? Possibly, and when we learned that there’s a fake noise pumped into the new Mustang’s cabin to make up for the lack of bass from the exhaust, it didn’t help matters any. A stock EcoBoost ‘Stang is a pretty quiet beast on the outside, that only divulges it’s secret with a little bit of turbo spool when revved up. But how would one sound with a good cat-back system on it? Roush has such a kit available, and put up a video showing the night-and-day difference between the two cars.
Just remember, don’t shoot the messenger, ok?
No more Mexican food for me….
That sounds bad – and worse
As a 22R-loving 4-banger guy, the 2.3 Eco sounds really good. Stock it has a nice bark to it that only a 4 cylinder engine with a decent throw can do, accented by the pinwheel of the turbo.
The Roush exhaust definitely made it throatier and healthier sounding without getting into “fart can slamm’d Acura with blue headlights” terriroty.
I like it.
Given my choice, I’d keep the exhaust stock or as quiet as stock with a better flow just to keep it quiet as a sleeper. I’d much rather leave some loudmouth at the lights with a surprised look on his or her face than give away the secret ingredient.
kind of sounds like… a tractor.
Not that I have anything against tractors. A dyno soundbyte would probably be a better sample?
Wait, wait, I know why it sounds familiar. I have a 3.0 liter four cylinder boat that sounds like that when it’s out of the water.
Stock – Sounds like an industrial grade sewing machine in an empty warehouse
w/Axel-Back exhaust – A flatulating industrial grade sewing machine in dire need of a case of ‘ Beano ‘ in a cavernous empty warehouse
What a wonderful advancement Eco Boost is from the fine folks at Ford . Sounds like ____ . Runs like ___ . Gets ___ mpg . Modified they sound even worse . And at the drop of a hat can burn your house down and turn you into a charred piece of meat . Golly ! Can’t wait to hear what the Eco Boost pos Ford’s stuffing into the new GT will sound like . Let me hazard a guess . Two flatulating industrial grade sewing machines on steroids and in dire need of immediate medical attention in Westminster Cathedral
I dunno, I dont hate it….I’d drive it…if someone gave me one.
This piss poor attempt is where the term ‘trying to polish a turd’ came from.
Wow, that sounds horrible! Your average Farmall M pulling tractor sound better than that!…no, wait, a stock Farmall M sounds better than that!
Sounds like ASS, literally
They both sound good at idle but that’s about it. Its a 4 cyl trying to sound like an 8 cyl and sadly fails.
My wife walked in and thought I was watching a Suzuki Samurai off road video. That pretty much sums it up for me. No thanks.
No thanks. The 4 cylinder and that exhaust.
Blah, sounds terrible!
My current street toy is a turbo’d 4 cylinder and to me it sounds 1000 times better than either of these attempts — — Something about driving around a V8 in a old VW is fun LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m52kBy7a6fc
But I do like the stock over the modified, if I had to choose
GOOD GOD NO FREAKEN WAY!!! Worst sounding Mustang EVER the stock one even sounds better.
As much as Axl Rose singing sounds like a cat caught in a trap, that Mustang sounds worse…. I’ve heard Kubota tractors with a broken exhaust manifold sound better. Hell, my ex-mother-in-law’s bitching sounded better than that. Could someone PLEASE drag their fingernails down a slate blackboard so as to get that sound out of my ears?
I’ve heard golf karts that sound better then that! It also sounds like a baseball card I the spokes or pop can crushed over the tire of a bicycle!
is it April 1st already? Surely they didn’t make it sound like that on purpose?? Stock sounds bad bad bad. The ` modified’ cat back one is just pukeworthy. Imagine sitting at a cruise night or whatever – somebody pulls in in a new Mustang and that ricey fart of a noise comes out when he revs it… people would laugh until they puked.