Benjamin Hundred
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Hey everyone,
I have a 2018 Mustang Ecoboost Convertible, it didn’t come with the active exhaust but came factory with the wiring harness to add it in place. I just picked up a like new active exhaust with both actuators, $50 for everything.
From videos I’ve seen the active exhaust even in quiet mode is louder than a non active stock Ecoboost. I’m assuming this is from the fact they remove the resonator on active exhaust models. I don’t want my Ecoboost loud at all, I want to stay near the stock volume level but with a better tone, stock just sounds like a hairdryer. I did add a CVF catted down pipe which added a very small amount of noise with some turbo.
I’m planning to install the active exhaust but keep the OEM resonator installed so the volume levels are kept down. Does anyone have any experience or added a resonator before on an active exhaust?
I understand most people seem to like removing the resonator for extra sound but I’m not too crazy on a loud Ecoboost. Also my car has an entire Shelby GT500 body and interior swap so I’d feel weird with a loud 4 cylinder GT500 look alike. I just want a refined tone that’s quiet and better than stock.
This exhaust I think is absperfect for what I’m looking for, I’m crazy about it but it’s just soooo much money ($1,800) and I got the active exhaust for $50. Unless someone wants to buy this active exhaust![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
I have a 2018 Mustang Ecoboost Convertible, it didn’t come with the active exhaust but came factory with the wiring harness to add it in place. I just picked up a like new active exhaust with both actuators, $50 for everything.
From videos I’ve seen the active exhaust even in quiet mode is louder than a non active stock Ecoboost. I’m assuming this is from the fact they remove the resonator on active exhaust models. I don’t want my Ecoboost loud at all, I want to stay near the stock volume level but with a better tone, stock just sounds like a hairdryer. I did add a CVF catted down pipe which added a very small amount of noise with some turbo.
I’m planning to install the active exhaust but keep the OEM resonator installed so the volume levels are kept down. Does anyone have any experience or added a resonator before on an active exhaust?
I understand most people seem to like removing the resonator for extra sound but I’m not too crazy on a loud Ecoboost. Also my car has an entire Shelby GT500 body and interior swap so I’d feel weird with a loud 4 cylinder GT500 look alike. I just want a refined tone that’s quiet and better than stock.
This exhaust I think is absperfect for what I’m looking for, I’m crazy about it but it’s just soooo much money ($1,800) and I got the active exhaust for $50. Unless someone wants to buy this active exhaust
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
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