I have the S-type catback, and it's significantly louder than stock on cold startup, but not too bad at all on startup when it's warm. When driving, the sound is nearly always present. It doesn't drone, per se, but it has volume. Cruising on the highway in my car (GT PP) results in the car being between 2000 and 2500 RPMs or so, give or take, and you can definitely hear the exhaust. At first I was worried that it would become tiresome, but I just got back from a 4 hour road trip, and it wasn't bad at all. Perhaps I've just gotten adjusted to it.For those with the S-Type and ATAK exhaust, at what RPM's do they really start to wake up(get louder)? Worried about morning start up. Also been looking for Borla sound bite using an H-pipe instead of X-pipe.
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My dealer had agreed to throw in exhaust in my deal... I had requested Ford Racing Sport by Borla and they decided to put the ATAK on instead. It's insanely loud on cold start. Very low RPM it made a ton of noise. Getting on it at all was insanely loud. It was pretty fun on the highway, but way too much around town. I had the exhaust for about two weeks while I waited for Ford to order the correct exhaust. I never thought I would have an issue with exhaust being too loud so I called Borla and spoke to a rep and asked him to compare The Ford Racing Sport to ATAK and he advised that the Ford Racing Sport is very similar to the S-Type and is much more tame than the ATAK.For those with the S-Type and ATAK exhaust, at what RPM's do they really start to wake up(get louder)? Worried about morning start up. Also been looking for Borla sound bite using an H-pipe instead of X-pipe.
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Well... True that it is hard to hear in the car with the windows up, but with windows down even at 3,000 RPM it is very, very loud. I live by a bunch of tall buildings so going down the street I had to short shift and be very soft on accelerator to draw too much attention. It's interesting that we chose opposite. I went from ATAK to FRPP Sport. The FRPP sport still has a nice sound to it and when you get to higher RPM's it does sound similar to the ATAK. I like to "race" people from the line sometimes at red lights and it was just too noisy to go full RPM's with the ATAK but with FRPP Sport I don't have to worry about every cop within a 2 mile radius hearing me.the exhaust has no drone at any RPM (ATAK). u can barely hear it with windows up, even while going WOT. the car has great insulation. that's why i had to go from FRPP Sport to Borla ATAK, because i barely heard that exhaust.