How loud is Active Exhaust?

[Prymetime1]

Another vote for active exhaust.....track mode all day. It sounds pretty mean for a factory set up.

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[Cpcloud]

I love my AE.

Quiet mode on long trips & Sport/Track for everything else.

 

[Stangomydreams]

After having a mustang with AE it is the number one thing I’d look for if buying again. Well second to the coyote of course.

 

[cactus_kid]

I love my AE.

Quiet mode on long trips & Sport/Track for everything else.

Exactly !

 

[cactus_kid]

AE modes can be changed on the fly btw. I do it all the time. Great fun when I want to aggravate a Prius driver.

 

[Kermut]

I'm ordering a a '22 Monday (barring him telling me there is a year's wait for production)

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[Huh]

I have a 19 with AE in track mode under decent throttle it was loud enough for me, but too quite when not under any. Slapped on a h-pipe. I think its perfect now, a lot louder, lots of cool noises.

 

[#1ford]

I am personally very impressed with the B&O 12 speaker system! Even with the top down I give it a thumbs up

 

[Bikeman315]

I have premium with 400A but I also have the Cali special package so my seats are unique. I believe the leather seating options differ between 400A and 401A with premium package. The build configurator on fords website will help show what you can get. 400A is also with analog gauges. Not the digital display. As far as active valve exhaust, it’s great. I have mine programmed for quiet mode from late night to 9am. After that it defaults to normal. Normal has a nice growl, it’s not obnoxious and you can hear yourself in the cabin. I have not used sport or track yet but I know from other posts that they are louder. AVE is a good option.

Belly up to the bar Bob. Track mode or go home. Fair warning though, it is intoxicating.

 

[Dark Stallion]

It’s a fair bit louder than stock. Get an H pipe and it will be even louder/deeper in tone. It’s makes way more of a difference between quiet and track mode! The cold starts can be nasty in winter tho even with quiet start enabled. The initial bark can be way to loud to call it a quiet start. The morning after I got the H pipe installed I turned the car on (5:45am) and the “quiet start” ROARED for a second before the exhaust valves closed. I was thinking “WHAT HAVE I DONE?!” But after a couple weeks it gets a bit quieter (every once in a while it’s barks super loud before the valves close). For the price it’s the best modification you can make to your car IMO.

9 speaker is subjective. I think it sounds awesome but needed more bass. I put in a 10” sub in the trunk and now I’m set

 

[sabtaj1]

AE is a must. Love mine. Was great when new but better after I put an X pipe on. It was an option I really wanted along with the 401a pp1.

 

[hlfbkd420]

Add headers if it’s too quiet put it in quiet mode if the headers make it too loud. Buy the Borla kit if it’s too tinny afterwards.

I haven’t installed my borla yet but I’m anticipating it being loud. I drive in track mode and it’s noisy. No drone though.

Needless to say. I love the AE.

 

[NGOT8R]

Add headers if it’s too quiet put it in quiet mode if the headers make it too loud. Buy the Borla kit if it’s too tinny afterwards.

I haven’t installed my borla yet but I’m anticipating it being loud. I drive in track mode and it’s noisy. No drone though.

Needless to say. I love the AE.

I agree. I think headers really fine-tuned the sound of my factory AE. I thought about swapping the AE for something else, but I’m glad I tried it with the headers and x-pipe first. I now have exactly the sound that I was looking for.

 

[Vlad Soare]

IIRC it's so loud that you can't get it in Europe as it doesn't meet their noise standards.

No, it's not. We do get it in Europe, and it's even standard at that.

I did not get a GT becaue too loud with or without AE and could not find a way to make it livable. Had I know about the euro config I would have assessed fitting that.

There's no particular Euro config for the exhaust, we simply get AE as standard in Europe.
AE in Quiet mode is really quiet, it doesn't seem any louder to me than the average diesel saloon. Frankly, I don't know why you found it impossible to live with. I even find it too quiet. I only use it for the first few hundred yards if I have to leave home during the night, otherwise it's Track mode all the time.

 

[sabtaj1]

I agree. I think headers really fine-tuned the sound of my factory AE. I thought about swapping the AE for something else, but I’m glad I tried it with the headers and x-pipe first. I now have exactly the sound that I was looking for.

So your running headers and x pipe with AE exhaust? That shits loud loud, mine was like that for a week before taking the x off and adding the tru x resonator.

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