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Old 04-20-2019, 05:19 PM
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The v6 f-type sounds absurdly good from outside the car, but I’m disappointed with the lack of engine feel/sound from inside the cabin. I’ve tried dynamic+sport mode (passive exhaust). It’s almost like someone cut most of the low end out of the sound. It does sound better when it’s very high revs, but still feels strange to me, like it’s distant.

I saw one post where someone removed sound deadening to help more engine sound enter the car. If anyone has tried that, did it work for you? I realize road noise would increase but I don’t think that would bother me.

Aside from that, is there an exhaust modification recommended that doesn’t make things too raspy?
 
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Originally Posted by maxiedaniels
The v6 f-type sounds absurdly good from outside the car, but I’m disappointed with the lack of engine feel/sound from inside the cabin. I’ve tried dynamic+sport mode (passive exhaust). It’s almost like someone cut most of the low end out of the sound. It does sound better when it’s very high revs, but still feels strange to me, like it’s distant.

I saw one post where someone removed sound deadening to help more engine sound enter the car. If anyone has tried that, did it work for you? I realize road noise would increase but I don’t think that would bother me.

Aside from that, is there an exhaust modification recommended that doesn’t make things too raspy?
Add a VAP Valvetronic exhaust. It’ll provide plenty of internal sound with no raspiness if you keep the OEM downpipes.
 
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Old 04-20-2019, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Unhingd
Add a VAP Valvetronic exhaust. It’ll provide plenty of internal sound with no raspiness if you keep the OEM downpipes.
And get the VAP larger crank pulley and tune, the SC whine goes from barely audible to "747 taking off".
Never mind the increases in power, torque, responsiveness and performance!
 
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I find a cost effective solution is lowering the windows to increase the sound inside......
 
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agreed, if we could lower the rear windows the problem would be solved. The sound inside is incredible if they are taken out (which I did in my XKR)
 
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Or..... get the Vert!!! Always a decision of listening to tunes or the exhaust symphony!
 
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My car is so noisy inside I can’t speak to people when in dynamic mode; I need to turn off the exhaust for phone calls or passenger conversations
 
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Lolll. Unfortunately windows down doesn’t fix things for me.. interesting about the VAP mods, will research more. Thanks!
 
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Always a decision of listening to tunes or the exhaust symphony!
No-brainer!
 
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Originally Posted by maxiedaniels
The v6 f-type sounds absurdly good from outside the car, but I’m disappointed with the lack of engine feel/sound from inside the cabin. I’ve tried dynamic+sport mode (passive exhaust). It’s almost like someone cut most of the low end out of the sound. It does sound better when it’s very high revs, but still feels strange to me, like it’s distant.

I saw one post where someone removed sound deadening to help more engine sound enter the car. If anyone has tried that, did it work for you? I realize road noise would increase but I don’t think that would bother me.

Aside from that, is there an exhaust modification recommended that doesn’t make things too raspy?
Have you looked into adding the Internal Sound Enhancement feature? I believe it's called a Symposer, although it may only enhance engine sounds and not exhaust notes--don't know as it is not an active feature on my car.
 

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Originally Posted by fujicoupe
Have you looked into adding the Internal Sound Enhancement feature? I believe it's called a Symposer, although it may only enhance engine sounds and not exhaust notes--don't know as it is not an active feature on my car.
Pretty sure that's not a choice. I think it's on every F type.
 
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Pretty sure that's not a choice. I think it's on every F type.
No, it is not on every F-Type; it's not on mine. From the build sheet provided when I purchased the car: "G27Z LESS Internal Sound Enhancement"
 
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No, it is not on every F-Type; it's not on mine. From the build sheet provided when I purchased the car: "G27Z LESS Internal Sound Enhancement"
I wish mine had come without it, but fortunately it's really easy to defeat. It overpowers the "good" sounds (engine, exhaust) by adding drone.
 
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Originally Posted by fujicoupe
No, it is not on every F-Type; it's not on mine. From the build sheet provided when I purchased the car: "G27Z LESS Internal Sound Enhancement"
Interesting. It's not a configurable option according to any of the order guides I've seen.
 
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Interesting. It's not a configurable option according to any of the order guides I've seen.
It's only like $10 of cheap plastic parts, and it produces much less value than that in terms of "engine" sound. Defeated mine,, but didn't really notice any difference.
 
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Originally Posted by fujicoupe
No, it is not on every F-Type; it's not on mine. From the build sheet provided when I purchased the car: "G27Z LESS Internal Sound Enhancement"
You have the base V6?
 
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