Pro's and Con's of Removing my Sound Tube

[Edgemere]

Greetings,

I have a 2022 Mustang GT Premium with a manual transmission. It has 1500 miles on it, and other then a FRP Track suspension upgrade, IRS wheel hop stuff, X-pipe delete, and removing the Carbon filter, my car is stock. I will not be doing any engine mods in the foreseeable future, so with that being said, what are the Pro's and Con's of removing my sound tube? I understand a lot of Mustang owners do this.

Please advise,
Thanks....................

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[Waycool]

That is up to you sir depend on if you like hearing the engine sounds at the current volume. When i had the supercharger installed the whine was incredible sounding. I then did headers and pulleyed down and the shop removed the sound tube. No more supercharger whine. I personally didn't like not having the engine noises, ended up putting in a fosters sound tube and I am happy again. That's my story.

 

[CBETPTA]

If you prefer true engine sounds, as I do, the only downside to removing the sound tube is scraped knuckles and the cost of the the plugs.

 

[JetGray_Mach1]

That is up to you sir depend on if you like hearing the engine sounds at the current volume. When i had the supercharger installed the whine was incredible sounding. I then did headers and pulled down and the shop removed the sound tube. No more supercharger whine. I personally didn't like not having the engine noises, ended up putting in a fosters sound tube and I am happy again. That's my story.

Its always been something I wanted. That 03-04 Cobra whine was addicting. If I end up supercharging I am doing that whine mod no doubt

 

[Cordero1]

Pros- less crap in your engine bay
Cons- taking the time to remove it.

 

[MAGS1]

Pros: cleaner engine bay, easier to get to the dipstick

Cons: none really. Easy to remove, takes 2 minutes maybe. The firewall plug is a bit of a pain just because of where the hole is. But other than that, piece of cake

As far as the cabin sound, I didn’t notice a big difference when I first did it. But I keep my exhaust in Track mode most of the time so that’s all I really hear in the cabin anyway.

 

[Pistol_91]

Pros- less crap in your engine bay
Cons- taking the time to remove it.

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[Oakley]

the sound being pumped into the car gave me a headache. much better without it.

 

[Justpassingas]

If you’re not sure about removing it here’s what I did before finally removing my sound tube. I bought the plug kit and I disconnected the sound tube at the air intake, plugged the hole and left the sound tube in place to see if I liked the results instead of just removing it. After a couple days and not noticing any significant difference I removed the it.

 

[sms2022]

I have the same car, same x pipe mod. I’m pulling mine this weekend, I’ll do a before and after video if you want

Greetings,

I have a 2022 Mustang GT Premium with a manual transmission. It has 1500 miles on it, and other then a FRP Track suspension upgrade, IRS wheel hop stuff, X-pipe delete, and removing the Carbon filter, my car is stock. I will not be doing any engine mods in the foreseeable future, so with that being said, what are the Pro's and Con's of removing my sound tube? I understand a lot of Mustang owners do this.

Please advise,
Thanks....................

 

[Kabayo]

Greetings,

I have a 2022 Mustang GT Premium with a manual transmission. It has 1500 miles on it, and other then a FRP Track suspension upgrade, IRS wheel hop stuff, X-pipe delete, and removing the Carbon filter, my car is stock. I will not be doing any engine mods in the foreseeable future, so with that being said, what are the Pro's and Con's of removing my sound tube? I understand a lot of Mustang owners do this.

Please advise,
Thanks....................

I pulled mine to have better access to the dip stick. You can buy a kit on line or just the plugs at a hardware store. The plug on the firewall is a little hard to get to. To prevent dropping the plug behind the engine, just put a piece of tape about a foot long on the plug and tape the other end to the firewall. Once the plug is seated you can remove the tape. As for the sound, I really couldn’t tell any difference. No cons at all.

 

[daSNAK3]

Don't bother trying to loosen the nut on the firewall, just yank it out, will save you a lot of time and hassle for nothing. Pick up a plug from advanced auto and slap it in and enjoy the cleaner looking engine bay.

 

[ORRadtech]

Not trying to hijack the thread but I'm curious. Having an EB Ford gives us fake noise differently so I looked up a sound tube. It's quite complicated looking, not a simple tube as I expected. It also looks like it leaves the intake after the MAS. How does it not show as unmetered air? Is it baffled?
Personally I'd rather have a sound tube, it's a lot easier to disable than on the EB...

 

[Edgemere]

I have the same car, same x pipe mod. I’m pulling mine this weekend, I’ll do a before and after video if you want

That would be great! Your opinion on the sound would be appreciated too. Thanks.......

 

[Jaymar]

Not trying to hijack the thread but I'm curious. Having an EB Ford gives us fake noise differently so I looked up a sound tube. It's quite complicated looking, not a simple tube as I expected. It also looks like it leaves the intake after the MAS. How does it not show as unmetered air? Is it baffled?
Personally I'd rather have a sound tube, it's a lot easier to disable than on the EB...

It has a membrane in it like a stethoscope.

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