Friday, September 7, 2012

Some haters work at Ford

Let's walk through a hypothetical scenario. A car guy wants a manly car. He thinks nice V8 it is. He thinks it must be all out raw power. He chooses Ford Mustang GT. Next thing he picks up the car and sticks the key in it and... Bugger! Naturally, if the guy got a V8 he would want the entire world to know that it's a V8. That means it's gotta get much louder. So far none of the typical production cars have addressed that. Hell, even cops don't seem to get it. The only people who seem to be on top of this are cruiser bikers. But I reject their existence. Returning back to the guy with a quiet mustang, he jacks up the car looks at the exhaust system. Repeats the previous step. Looks on the web. Looks on the YouTube. And then, it occurs to him: that thing is stuck in there pretty good.

I appreciate the fact that folks at Ford are very smart engineers and know what they are doing. I can understand their logic behind the design of their exhaust system. In fact, it's been proven to be very effective and well flowing setup. But seriously, just to remove a muffler you need to partially drop the rear axle? In general, the mufflers tend to rust after years and need to be replaced even with normal use. Not to mention that poor car guy who just want's it loud. The first comment I got from the forums was "just cut it into pieces and pull it out". Really? Wait that means that aftermarket setups would install with out all this pain in the rear end. Ford only needed to add one more flange for tail pipes and they would have had enthusiasts satisfied. Having said that, the enthusiasts don't stop at this minor things. They will cut this into parts and put their beloved systems on. But the mechanics at Ford dealerships get the short end of the stick. In fact it's the people who come to dealership to have the mufflers replaced who would have to shell out extra bucks.

Just to put this into perspective my Subaru's exhaust system is made up of four parts connected with flanges and gaskets. The crazy guy I know would change the exhaust in his own garage every spring and fall. He has a winter and summer setup. Just like tires. (Trust me, it's not the only thing that puts him into"crazy" category).

There's my problem:
See those bends that meant to go around axle. That just would not come out ... One joint point. All I ask for.

Edit:
In that guys defense, how can you say no to that:


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