Order the Active Valve Pefromance Exhaust or go aftermarket exhaust?

[BrianJ77]

Yeah, I have added it to the order. One last decision is if the upgraded sound system is worth the price of adding Ford CoPilot for 1095. I will never use the CoPilot options just might want the upgraded sound.

I haven't heard the base system, but the upgraded system, IMO, is excellent! Clean and crisp throughout with clean sounding bass. Definitely recommend!

Edit: I don't use the copilot 360 either, but the upgrade was still worth it to me.

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[Dave2013M3]

Ordering a new 2024 GT and debating between ordering the Active Valve Perfromance Exhaust or just installing aftermarket after it arrives. Just curious what the groups thoughts are on it. Thanks in advance.

I ordered the AE, I originally didn't want to do it. You just don't save any money by not doing it as you have to buy the rear valance and in the end I just felt like it was better to get the AE.,

 

[steveo1960]

I ordered the AE, I originally didn't want to do it. You just don't save any money by not doing it as you have to buy the rear valance and in the end I just felt like it was better to get the AE.,

Same....

 

[IFFV68]

I have AE and love it. Would not have bought one without it.
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I was on the fence.
Didn’t know anything about it until the test drive.
We test drove a GT without the AE & we drove one with.
My Wife loved the AE.
We ordered the GT with the AE.

 

[bweber]

Ordering a new 2024 GT and debating between ordering the Active Valve Perfromance Exhaust or just installing aftermarket after it arrives. Just curious what the groups thoughts are on it. Thanks in advance.

I got AE on my 24 GT and it was totally worth it.

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

Have you looked at aftermarket exhaust prices? The AE is worth it and it’ll save you money. To each is their own, but I can’t justify a couple grand for sound enhancement and I now live in a neighborhood so keeping them happy helps my life.

 

[boostedep3]

I'm going to order the AE when I place my order Monday. My rationale when asking was, take the 1200 and just put that towards the new exhaust immediately. I did love the AE on my Bullitt so it makes sense to get it on this one.

 

[cosmo73]

I think the AE is a great feature and sounds terrific. My only problem with the AE is the extremely weak single wall tips. They look terribly cheap, especially compared to any other American sports car which all have double wall/rolled tips.

So I chose to do without and ordered the Roush mufflers for $800. They look and sound great. Absolutely zero drone and a nice aggressive throaty tone. No quiet mode, but I never start the car up before 7:30am.

 

[steveo1960]

Go AE. Unless you want an extremely loud exhaust, it is great. No drone either.

 

[Wiley Marmot]

Ordering a new 2024 GT and debating between ordering the Active Valve Perfromance Exhaust or just installing aftermarket after it arrives. Just curious what the groups thoughts are on it. Thanks in advance.

Depends on what you're trying to achieve with your Mustang exhaust system. The AE (I have it) offers 4 different sound levels, and it definitely flows well (the entire point of a performance exhaust).

What's the upper WHP limit the stock exhaust will support? No idea. But, then I have no intention of doing anything with my engine other than a Livernois Motorsports 93 O or E 85 dyno tune. Caveat: When the OEM air filters need to be replaced; I'll replace them with K & Ns or Steedas. Unless LMS tells me differently; I'm confident the OEM AE will support any HP & TQ gains I might see from that dyno tune.

My point being: Unless you just want a different (than AE) sound out of a 2024 Mustang GT exhaust, or you intend to turn your motor into a potential grenade the requires a much higher exhaust flow capability than the AE; why throw money away on an after market exhaust when the AE is so capable?

Having said that. It's your money, your car, and if that's what you want for whatever reason; go for it! Choice is good!

 

[boostedep3]

I went with the AE exhaust. I ordered the mustang 2 weeks ago, so I'm patiently waiting at this point. Performance wise, I plan to do headers and either the upgraded Whipple SC kit or the Ford performance (Whipple) kit. I will start with that and see where it goes.

 

[RLE55]

I'm not a sound connoisseur by a long shot, but after listening to the B&O at my dealership today I couldn't tell any difference from the 9-speaker setup aside from the better-sounding bass. I was hoping adjusting the Balance/Fade would improve the dynamics of the sound, but it still sounds very front-end based (if that makes sense) from my perspective as opposed to, say, a balanced surround sound? Maybe it's just me and I'm just flat-out wrong in this case.

Were you listening to AC/DC? If not, that was your problem....

 

[m3incorp]

You can have your cake and eat it also. You can order the Active Exhaust and many aftermarket exhaust systems allow you to keep the active exhaust.

 

[boostedep3]

So that was the one part I was unsure of, I was thinking of ordering the standard exhaust and getting the aftermarket with valves but wasn't sure if it could work that way since the car didn't come with it.

 

[m3incorp]

Correct. the car has to have come with the AE exhaust..

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