extremesho
New Member
Well guys,
yesterday I crawled under my car, 15mm socket in hand... Some of you probably already know what this means. I unbolted half of the "flex pipe" to hear the note of the 3.4 V-8's exhaust. Needless to say I was stunned at the punch that the small displacement was able to muster. It sounded as if I were under the wheel of an old muscle car without a SUPER lopey cam. It did have a bit of lope, but not nearly as much as I was used to. That all passed through my head as I just hit the key for the first time... Eyes wide, mouth opened, I stared at the friend who had assisted me. His expression was one that could easily match mine. I heard over the steady burble a faint "holy **** dude"... This comes seconds after hitting the key. As impressed and excited as I was, I waited for the test drive. We went inside the house and sat for a few minutes, and I looked at him and asked "Ya wanna ride down the street?" My friend quickly gave a short nod as he jumped up from his seat. We both took off at a speedy pace out to the car, and I jumped under the wheel. I cranked the engine to hear the roar of a V-8 under my right foot's control. I patted the accelerator as I close the door, and I felt my heart lift as I put it in reverse... The test drive was amazing -
I urge ANY V-8 owner to go out and at least try it once - yeah it's loud... MAYBE even too loud for you. BUT it's easily the most fun I've had in the car. Getting looks from every Camaro, Mustang, and ricer as I pass... Each of them surely giving a slight shudder as the sound slowly creeps away. Again, I must stress that it is loud, and your neighbors probably will not be happy with a late night trip, but this is for you, not them. If you ever wondered why you had bought the V-8 SHO, I suggest you try this out. It'll answer all of your questions.
So what should you expect???
Well, a VERY noticeable rise in the volume of sound is an obvious by-product. A deep, aggressive tone that just screams under even the slightest accelerator tap. The exhaust note seems to be the loudest at the lower rpms, mostly due to the tone that it produces. The tone does get less deep as you accelerate (just as in any car), but the tone never gets whinney, or tinny, or anything like that. It's just a steady burble of what one would least expect to see coming from a Taurus. I was honestly excited to drive my car again. Again, I must urge any able person to do this at least once to get an idea of what beast lies under the hood. The sound is a great accent to the motor that yammaha built to be a stout competitor... Because the sound is definitely there. Thank you guys that left the info up on the board, because without it, it may not have been as easy to achieve. I will give all the people who have not yet done this mod a hint. It's close to where the exhaust Y's into one pipe... Towards the front of the car rather than the rear as I had previously thought. - - Also, the transmission seems to shift out a little harder and the 1-2 shift upon light accelleration came at a later point than I had previously noted.
WARNING: Do this at your own risk, the sound that is produced could be enough to get a citation issued for "alteration of vehicle exhaust", I was am just telling you my experiences, and hope that each of you do this modification everyone in mind - don't be stupid with your new toy.
yesterday I crawled under my car, 15mm socket in hand... Some of you probably already know what this means. I unbolted half of the "flex pipe" to hear the note of the 3.4 V-8's exhaust. Needless to say I was stunned at the punch that the small displacement was able to muster. It sounded as if I were under the wheel of an old muscle car without a SUPER lopey cam. It did have a bit of lope, but not nearly as much as I was used to. That all passed through my head as I just hit the key for the first time... Eyes wide, mouth opened, I stared at the friend who had assisted me. His expression was one that could easily match mine. I heard over the steady burble a faint "holy **** dude"... This comes seconds after hitting the key. As impressed and excited as I was, I waited for the test drive. We went inside the house and sat for a few minutes, and I looked at him and asked "Ya wanna ride down the street?" My friend quickly gave a short nod as he jumped up from his seat. We both took off at a speedy pace out to the car, and I jumped under the wheel. I cranked the engine to hear the roar of a V-8 under my right foot's control. I patted the accelerator as I close the door, and I felt my heart lift as I put it in reverse... The test drive was amazing -
I urge ANY V-8 owner to go out and at least try it once - yeah it's loud... MAYBE even too loud for you. BUT it's easily the most fun I've had in the car. Getting looks from every Camaro, Mustang, and ricer as I pass... Each of them surely giving a slight shudder as the sound slowly creeps away. Again, I must stress that it is loud, and your neighbors probably will not be happy with a late night trip, but this is for you, not them. If you ever wondered why you had bought the V-8 SHO, I suggest you try this out. It'll answer all of your questions.
So what should you expect???
Well, a VERY noticeable rise in the volume of sound is an obvious by-product. A deep, aggressive tone that just screams under even the slightest accelerator tap. The exhaust note seems to be the loudest at the lower rpms, mostly due to the tone that it produces. The tone does get less deep as you accelerate (just as in any car), but the tone never gets whinney, or tinny, or anything like that. It's just a steady burble of what one would least expect to see coming from a Taurus. I was honestly excited to drive my car again. Again, I must urge any able person to do this at least once to get an idea of what beast lies under the hood. The sound is a great accent to the motor that yammaha built to be a stout competitor... Because the sound is definitely there. Thank you guys that left the info up on the board, because without it, it may not have been as easy to achieve. I will give all the people who have not yet done this mod a hint. It's close to where the exhaust Y's into one pipe... Towards the front of the car rather than the rear as I had previously thought. - - Also, the transmission seems to shift out a little harder and the 1-2 shift upon light accelleration came at a later point than I had previously noted.
WARNING: Do this at your own risk, the sound that is produced could be enough to get a citation issued for "alteration of vehicle exhaust", I was am just telling you my experiences, and hope that each of you do this modification everyone in mind - don't be stupid with your new toy.
That's it, I'm going on a shopping spree at Sears!
