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Old 05-13-2015, 03:40 AM   #131
antimatr
 
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Last I checked, the only Mustang with an 'enhanced' engine sound for the interior via electronic fakery is the EcoBoost. The 5.0s use an 'induction sound tube' which is basically a plastic pipe that is attached at the intake tube and firewall (on the 2011-2014s, the 2015s looks a bit different), with a pair of foam baffles inside either end.

I thought the interior in my 2011 5.0 was a bit too quiet for my tastes, so I pulled the tube out a couple of minutes after I came home from the dealership, yanked out the baffles and reinstalled it, and after a quick drive around the block, was much more satisfied with the engine sound from the interior.

Although I wouldn't personally buy one, I don't find anything wrong with an easily tunable turbo four-banger that cranks out 310hp and 320lb/ft in factory trim, and it's worlds apart from the laughable (SVO excluded) 2.3L that didn't even break the double digits in horsepower until the 90s (and don't forget there was a time you could find an sub-100hp Iron Duke under the hood of quite a few Camaros and Firebirds back in the 80s as well)...

Aesthetically, I think a '15 GT with Performance Package and in a darker color (Guard green, Magnetic gray or Ruby Red) looks very sleek overall; I think the headlights and front grille could have been done better (and hopefully in a mid-cycle refresh they will be), but it isn't on such a level that turns me off on the car overall, and had it not been for Ford screwing me over on a customer service level, I might very well have had one in my garage now instead of my Challenger.
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Gone: 2011 Ford Mustang GT Premium (Sterling Gray Metallic, HID/Security Pkg, Brembo Pkg, 6M)
Current: 2015 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack (Ivory White Tri-coat Pearl, Driver Convenience Grp, Leather Interior Grp, 8A)
Future(?): 2018 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS (Hyper Blue Metallic, NPP, 56R, 6M) or Ford Mustang GT Premium (Lightning Blue Metallic, Active Exhaust, Performance Package, 401A Package, Spoiler Delete, 6M)
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