2019 Comprehensive Exhaust Discussion

[Fortune]

Here it is - I frequent this forum often, however I never make my own threads. I've noticed the complaints for louder exhaust systems have died down, and I think that needs to change.

My 2019 is bone stock, save for a rear valve stem (haha), and I have to say there are plenty of things wrong with this car.

I have a misaligned panel.
The dealer sent me on my way, off the lot, with FIFTY PSI in each tire(and consequently had an uncovered blowout)
The displays are a bit cheesy.
The car beeps so d**n much.

But oh I love it. The car is awesome. ITS FAST. ITS FUN. But it is too quiet! (I know its a "GT" car, but so is the Mustang, so is the Maserati GT, blah blah blah)

I want a GOOD EXHAUST SYSTEM. I want to hear the v6, I want to hear some turbo flutter, all that good stuff. I have looked into, what I feel, is every option available AND NONE OF THEM are appealing.

I know this car wont get to Mustang level (which I don't particularly want), but even straight-piped it seems like the car just sounds like noise. A slushy, poor mix of Turbo whooshing and chugg-y 8-speed noise that all meshes together into a "gross" sound.

Now I can and will accept drone, I just want the car to sound GOOD. (Hell, I drove a Genesis coupe for 3 years and I couldn't hear myself think but I SMILED when I turned the key EVERY TIME) If the car comes stock with FOUR exhaust tips, I want to be able to back that up with SOME sound.

So I have looked into Kunstwerk exhaust (they sound OKAY.

Jun.Bl sounds OKAY.

But Tork? Magnaflow? Stillen? Even Borla? They all practically sound STOCK! If they at least produced a nominally DIFFERENT sound, I would be more interested - but they're all practically the same.


What are your personal favorites? What are your recommendations? Lets get talkin'.

 

[MrSmoofy]

So far I'm leaning towards the Ark fatback or maybe MBRP

 

[xot1]

First time I hear the Borla sounds like stock.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I like stock. Won't change a thing. It is music. And music is the most subjective taste of all.

Heard a muscle car go blattering by yesterday, some "Penske Blue" thing with a ricer wing on the trunk lid. It was a pretty sound, very, very loud (he had his foot in it), the way only a V8 can make it. But he can keep it. I want my Gran Turismo quiet inside.

Oh, and welcome btw.

 

[Stinger Girl]

I like stock. Won't change a thing. It is music. And music is the most subjective taste of all.

Heard a muscle car go blattering by yesterday, some "Penske Blue" thing with a ricer wing on the trunk lid. It was a pretty sound, very, very loud (he had his foot in it), the way only a V8 can make it. But he can keep it. I want my Gran Turismo quiet inside.

Oh, and welcome btw.

I will be leaving mine alone too. Like you say, it's music. I will admit I miss the Magnaflow on my V8 Mustang, but again as you say, I will never get that back without the V8 to go with it. So, it's a quiet cabin for me

 

[itguy61]

The stock system is too "smooth jazzy" for me. I just want something a bit more aggressive and with a bit deeper voicing. Stock is like not having a subwoofer in your home audio system to me. Just need a bit of bottom end or foundation.

 

[asciidic]

First time I hear the Borla sounds like stock.

Yeah... I'm going to guess he meant that it still sounds like a V6, in which case, good luck on your LS swap my dude.

 

[itguy61]

Yeah... I'm going to guess he meant that it still sounds like a V6, in which case, good luck on your LS swap my dude.

Borla sounding like stock is like a fart sounding like a major gas pipeline explosion .

 

[StungBlueGT2]

If you can deal with drone, muffler deletes with secondary DPs sound best. Totally different than stock. Much deeper, throaty growl, Maserati type scream in upper RPMs and nice gurgles on deceleration.

And if it ends up being too much drone, just use the anti-drone exhaust wrap fix and that should take care of it.

All that for only about $500 and sounds better than every catback exhaust available for our Stingers.

 

[xot1]

If you can deal with drone, muffler deletes with secondary DPs sound best. Totally different than stock. Much deeper, throaty growl, Maserati type scream in upper RPMs and nice gurgles on deceleration.

And if it ends up being too much drone, just use the anti-drone exhaust wrap fix and that should take care of it.

All that for only about $500 and sounds better than every catback exhaust available for our Stingers.

What about the performance?

 

[StungBlueGT2]

What about the performance?

Muffler deletes provide the same, if not a little more gains than most cat-back exhausts with mufflers. Besides the primary cats the giant "S" type OEM mufflers are the biggest restriction in our stock exhaust. Straight pipes easily add 12-15whp throughout the entire RPM range, and close to 20whp near redline.


I can say this for a fact, my Stinger with muffler deletes basically matched my friends Stinger with FULL catless turbo-back exhaust. Same mods except he has both lap3 primary & Junbl secondary catless DPs and he could NOT pull on me all the way to 130mph+.

 

[CoconutRob]

If you want loud all the time I would go with muffler deletes and downpipes. I opted for the kunstwerk.kr with their downpipes and love it. I HAD THE RACING EVC installed with and without downpipes and loved the 3 sound options both ways but prefer the downpipes. I love the closed option for long anyway drives. A little pricey but awsome quality and great customer service. Email them

 

[Revvdmedia]

I'm likely going to add the exhaust cutouts I had installed on my Mustang GT, pre-muffler. I like being able to have an on-off switch for the exhaust. This time around I will be going wireless for it though, all I need to do then is run a power wire into the trunk (assuming I can tap to the battery somewhere), ground and put the wireless receive box in the spare tire well.

I do wonder out of curiosity what a company like Yamaha could do with our exhaust sound, think of how the LFA sounds like an F1 car. Yamaha makes home audio amplifiers, engine tuning, musical instruments...do the math. I bet they could make even a dud of an engine sound good with some tweaking.

 

[asciidic]

I'm likely going to add the exhaust cutouts I had installed on my Mustang GT, pre-muffler.

I had a wired cutout on my GN and loved it. Flip a switch and it goes from quiet to awesome in the biblical sense. Post a video when you get it installed.

 

[Revvdmedia]

I had a wired cutout on my GN and loved it. Flip a switch and it goes from quiet to awesome in the biblical sense. Post a video when you get it installed.

I will post a video for sure...unfortunately I am saving that mod for next year....lol

 

[yimnvs]

If the Borla sounds like stock, I can safely say that the earth is also flat.

 

[nhcowboy28]

If the Borla sounds like stock, I can safely say that the earth is also flat.

Whaaaaaaaat??????????

 

[Manaz]

I do wonder out of curiosity what a company like Yamaha could do with our exhaust sound, think of how the LFA sounds like an F1 car. Yamaha makes home audio amplifiers, engine tuning, musical instruments...do the math. I bet they could make even a dud of an engine sound good with some tweaking.

The LFA sounds like an F1 because it's a V10 - like F1 cars were at one stage.

Yamaha do a lot of engine work (and generally, as I understand it, heads rather than the full engine, though Volvo's 4.4L V8 is a full Yamaha build, I believe it is based on Volvo's own design) rather than exhaust work.

To say that Yamaha can make engines sound great because they do home audio and musical instruments is a massive stretch - Yamaha is a name attached to a group of companies with a common parentage, each is a separate division, doing their own things - piano engineers aren't also designing stereo amplifiers, marine outboard engines, jetskis, snowmobiles and V10 engines for Lexus!

 

[Manaz]

Whaaaaaaaat??????????

He's joining the Flat Earth Society. They have members from all over the globe!

 

[Helo58]

Ever since I heard the BAQ Exhaust (bi-modal) with the valve open, nothing else sounds good to me. Even the closed sounded good. Maybe they just did the best job of capturing the sound in their videos. It makes me want one but they are VERY expensive.