How Can I Make Stock GT Quieter?
05-29-2011, 10:18 PM
#22
6th Gear Member
If you and your wife DO want a little tone to the exhaust, I believe the stock axlebacks will be a disappointment. There are a few FRPP and other aftermarket axlebacks that will improve the tone which also don't drone. Most drone is in the 1500-2000 RPM range with the slightest of load. Depending on your gearing, tire size and cruising speed, your normal cruising speed may or may not be in that "drone zone".
05-30-2011, 08:21 AM
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: LA
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Sound is really important to the majority of males. Seems like most of the mustangs, trucks, and such around here have aftermarket exhausts or something to make them sound more powerful or threatening.
I like quiet myself. My mustang is likely the loudest on this forum, but that is one of the many reasons it is no longer street-legal. My srt10 coupe is very quiet (100% stock) and I don't need it nor want it to be noisy. I cruise the speed limit and listen to classical.
I like quiet myself. My mustang is likely the loudest on this forum, but that is one of the many reasons it is no longer street-legal. My srt10 coupe is very quiet (100% stock) and I don't need it nor want it to be noisy. I cruise the speed limit and listen to classical.
05-31-2011, 03:32 PM
#25
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Georgia
Posts: 48
OK, so my wife was driving it to work today, first long highway trip at 65+ sustained MPH and she is saying it has a vibration from the wheels and can also feel it in the steering wheel, I bought this used from a dealership and it seemed fine when I drove it, and I checked it top to bottom (I was a Ford heavy-line tech before I got into IT), I haven't had a chance to drive it at that speed yet, but I will when she gets home, it may just be wheels/tires needing to be balanced (but brand new Pirelli's on the car), or it may be an alignment, or even driveshaft imbalance. However, I read on the forums that one guy had a vibration issue like this and then when he changed his axle-back mufflers it stopped, I have no idea how that would effect it, but could it?
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05-31-2011, 04:10 PM
#26
6th Gear Member
As you, I doubt exhaust has any impact on driveline vibes. However, if the car has aftermarket wheels, then I'd pull each wheel and check for the clips on the wheel studs that were for assembly-line use only. They prevent porper seating of aftermarket wheels and are often culprits for vibration.
05-31-2011, 06:25 PM
#27
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Location: North Idaho
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As you, I doubt exhaust has any impact on driveline vibes. However, if the car has aftermarket wheels, then I'd pull each wheel and check for the clips on the wheel studs that were for assembly-line use only. They prevent porper seating of aftermarket wheels and are often culprits for vibration.
