Artificial sound pumped through speakers

2thpower · Apr 30, 2016

I may be crazy, but here we go. ....
I had an aftermarket stereo put in the car, and afterwards, it almost seems like the exhaust is much louder when at WOT since then . Now, I'm pushing 75w rms per channel, way more than stock obviously, thought was that Ford maybe pushes the exhaust sound artificially through the speakers. Can someone please confirm that I'm wrong about this. Thanks!

nastang87xx · Apr 30, 2016

One letter: R

SpursFan · Apr 30, 2016

Plenty of cars do that these day but Ford would be sacrificed if they did that in this car.

Shift · Apr 30, 2016

SpursFan said:
Plenty of cars do that these day but Ford would be sacrificed if they did that in this car.

Pretty much. The car is loud enough as it is. Sound piping is done mainly for all those cars whose soul has been silenced by turbos.

tdzee · Apr 30, 2016

There is no electronic feedback, only the sound tube from the intake to the firewall feeding it back acoustically

2thpower · Apr 30, 2016

tdzee said:
There is no electronic feedback, only the sound tube from the intake to the firewall feeding it back acoustically

Maybe the sound dampening material placed in the car has enhanced that noise, ahem, beautiful music, in the cabin.
Thanks for confirming, guys!

Helmet · Apr 30, 2016

Did you find a way to get an aftermarket stereo to work with SYNC or steering wheel controls ? If not then your sound system is isolated from the car and would be impossible to send the artificial exhaust sound through the speakers. But if you did find a way to get an aftermarket stereo to work with the SYNC system please share it with the rest of us

2thpower · Apr 30, 2016

Helmet said:
Did you find a way to get an aftermarket stereo to work with SYNC or steering wheel controls ? If not then your sound system is isolated from the car and would be impossible to send the artificial exhaust sound through the speakers. But if you did find a way to get an aftermarket stereo to work with the SYNC system please share it with the rest of us

As much as I'd love to tell you that I have a different head unit, no. I have the basic, basic head unit that comes with the track pack, but am running and sound processor (audio control) out the back of it to the amps. As soon as we've found a solution to get a reasonable head unit in there, I'm buying it

Donkey · Apr 30, 2016

tdzee said:
There is no electronic feedback, only the sound tube from the intake to the firewall feeding it back acoustically

I don't believe the 350 has this tube.

Hack · Apr 30, 2016

2thpower said:
I may be crazy, but here we go. ....
I had an aftermarket stereo put in the car, and afterwards, it almost seems like the exhaust is much louder when at WOT since then . Now, I'm pushing 75w rms per channel, way more than stock obviously, thought was that Ford maybe pushes the exhaust sound artificially through the speakers. Can someone please confirm that I'm wrong about this. Thanks!

My first assumption would be that your better stereo puts out improved sound. I have noticed that with a really good stereo system you can have the music quite loud and still talk and be heard. I think that's because there's less superfluous noise or the speakers are more accurate or something on that order (I'm not an audiophile). So you probably hear the exhaust better because the stereo is better. No vast conspiracy or anything. ;)

2thpower · Apr 30, 2016

Hack said:
My first assumption would be that your better stereo puts out improved sound. I have noticed that with a really good stereo system you can have the music quite loud and still talk and be heard. I think that's because there's less superfluous noise or the speakers are more accurate or something on that order (I'm not an audiophile). So you probably hear the exhaust better because the stereo is better. No vast conspiracy or anything. ;)

Either way, it's loud as hell, and I love it!

Eric0w · Apr 30, 2016

Donkey said:
I don't believe the 350 has this tube.

You are correct.

ViolentDreams · Apr 30, 2016

SpursFan said:
Plenty of cars do that these day but Ford would be sacrificed if they did that in this car.

Shift said:
Pretty much. The car is loud enough as it is. Sound piping is done mainly for all those cars whose soul has been silenced by turbos.

tdzee said:
There is no electronic feedback, only the sound tube from the intake to the firewall feeding it back acoustically

Hate to brake it to ya but they do use Engine Sound Enhancement pumped through the speakers. (and as others have pointed out no sound tube)

stanglife · Apr 30, 2016

Let the lynching begin.

Shift · Apr 30, 2016

I'd like to know their reasoning, seeing as how the cars are loud in its stock form, the R, even more so.

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