smurfslayer
Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. We’re hunting sasquatch77
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I disabled the faux exhaust sound via forscan. On youtube it sounds terrible, but in real life it’s pretty much the same. The difference is very subtle, and one thing fake engine noise does is cover up a lot of innocuous squeaks, rattles, taps, knocks, jingles that you will definitely notice more.
Now, as to the exhaust. I took db readings at least after the install, I think I have some in cabin before numbers too. The 2FG does raise in cabin db by about 7db at 60mph. you can easily hold a conversation, and it was 1-2 settings on the stereo to comfortably account for it. I didn’t collect stock db readings at higher speeds, but the 2FG wasn’t much louder at 70. There are 2 conditions where the 2FG is much less refined than stock:
1) about 1100-1250 rpms under any load. Normal drive mode will stuff it to 10th gear as low as 41mph, which is... about 1100 rpms. any amount of throttle will produce an audibly displeasing drone until you’re through about 1250 rpms, or downshift. You cannot be in this condition for long periods of time unless you’re shifting manually and deliberately trying to cause this. The 10 speed will downshift at this low rpm pretty readily.
2) When you cane it, the truck gets loud. Fast. 90db and up on tip in, windows up. Windows down, it’s a touch raspy, but mostly loud. It’s not a bad loud, it’s just less refined than stock -which is kind of like a well oiled Singer sewing machine.
AWE got some good sound out of their stuff.
Now, as to the exhaust. I took db readings at least after the install, I think I have some in cabin before numbers too. The 2FG does raise in cabin db by about 7db at 60mph. you can easily hold a conversation, and it was 1-2 settings on the stereo to comfortably account for it. I didn’t collect stock db readings at higher speeds, but the 2FG wasn’t much louder at 70. There are 2 conditions where the 2FG is much less refined than stock:
1) about 1100-1250 rpms under any load. Normal drive mode will stuff it to 10th gear as low as 41mph, which is... about 1100 rpms. any amount of throttle will produce an audibly displeasing drone until you’re through about 1250 rpms, or downshift. You cannot be in this condition for long periods of time unless you’re shifting manually and deliberately trying to cause this. The 10 speed will downshift at this low rpm pretty readily.
2) When you cane it, the truck gets loud. Fast. 90db and up on tip in, windows up. Windows down, it’s a touch raspy, but mostly loud. It’s not a bad loud, it’s just less refined than stock -which is kind of like a well oiled Singer sewing machine.
AWE got some good sound out of their stuff.