I have the MagnaFlow Street series. It has a tame and deep tone until you jump on it; then it barks like a rabid dog. I was a little bit skeptical when I first ordered, coming from the Bassani world on my '96 and '04 Cobras. It's great though.
Regardless of stopping distances, the Brembos are WAY more efficient. The larger rotors and pads require much less clamping force and have a lot more surface area to slow to that much inertia down, increasing pedal feel/feedback as well. Less equals more in this instance. Less heat, less wear...
First of all, it's via lightning cable only. When you plug in the iPhone, assuming it's enabled in "Settings" it automatically asks if you'd like to launch CarPlay. If you allow it, iOS takes over Sync 3.
Just bought a 2017 Escape Titanium that already has the Carplay Sync 3 update pre-installed, so the wait shouldn't be much longer. It had a May build date.
For all of those who are getting nowhere with their dealerships, I suggest you try a different one. I took my 2015 GT PP in for the same issue, gear whine at highway speeds. The Ford Tech Hotline had my dealer diagnose via a differential tear down, where they found the backlash was off from the...
My car is lowered on Steeda progressives and my drive shaft was recently covered by warranty. Other than the lengthy time to troubleshoot and diagnose, no problem at all.
Took about 4 weeks, but my car is back, with a rebuilt, re-shimmed diff (X2) and a new driveshaft. Seems alright so far. Whine is gone and vibration is definitely reduced.
It'd be interesting to hear how everyone else's are holding up to date.
Will do for sure. Here's an interim update...
Last week the shop foreman called to let me know that the ring/pinion tolerances were out by 0.001" and he was told to re-assemble, re-shim and re-check his pattern, he didn't seem to be too enthusiastic about it. I can't help but be a skeptic as...