We created this system to provide customers with a sound experience that best complements the exhilaration of driving the Mustang. — Carl Widmann, FordHaving experienced the fun and flexibility of the active exhaust system on the Shelby GT350, we have to say it is cool. The option to quiet the rumble or raise the roof at the flick of the switch is not only fun, it’s practical.
Fortunately, Ford is all about democratizing performance and technology, so the features that debut on the top models eventually trickle down to the more attainable rides. That is the case with the 2018 Mustang GT, which features its own version of the active valve performance exhaust system.
“We created this system to provide customers with a sound experience that best complements the exhilaration of driving the Mustang,” Carl Widmann, Mustang chief engineer, said. “The total excitement is something you don’t just feel, you hear.”
Those of us who quickly turn our heads the moment we hear a car in the distance know how important the exhaust sound is to a performance car.
According to Ford, the system on the 2018 Mustang uses the electronically actuated valves in the mufflers to create “an infinite range of sound output.” Those sounds are altered based of a variety of data points, including the exhaust mode setting, engine rpm and vehicle speed. There are four exhaust modes available and they are influenced by what drive mode the car is in, but the driver can also customize them via the exhaust mode menu or MyMode settings.
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In track mode, this car really growls the way a Mustang should. — Matt Flis, FordSince the car doesn’t go on sale until later this year, you won’t be able to play with those setting just yet. However, for fun, Ford recorded a 2018 Mustang ripping through the rpm range in Track mode. The car in question was equipped with the new 10-speed automatic and may have reached 155 mph during the process of creating this ringtone file, which you can listen to above.
“In track mode, this car really growls the way a Mustang should, and the new ringtone is a great way for fans to have fun with that,” Matt Flis, Ford exhaust development engineer, added.
We’d have to agree, Matt, but blasting that ringtone just makes us want to get behind the wheel and try out those modes for ourselves!
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