What does a stock Coyote 5.0 Mustang sound like?

[grasscutter]

I've never heard a Coyote Mustang on the road with a stock exhaust. All the Coyote Mustangs running around town have no muffler.

The sound of them without their muffler is horrid. How do they sound with the stock exhaust?

 

[relentless044]

I had a 23 with active exhaust, I loved the sound

 

[grasscutter]

What does active exhaust mean? Is that something other than factory stock?

 

[Nick1994]

The 5.0 sounds decent.

I’ve never liked the sound of other Ford engines though. Not sure what it is about them, they sound like they have no compression.

 

[Bailes1992]

What does active exhaust mean? Is that something other than factory stock?

Usually flaps and valves which can divert the exhaust gasses through various silencers or bypass pipes. These are stock on a lot of Mustangs I believe.

It means that when being driven normally, they're quiet. But if you put your foot down or select a specific mode then things can be louder.

 

[grasscutter]

The 5.0 sounds decent.

I’ve never liked the sound of other Ford engines though. Not sure what it is about them, they sound like they have no compression.

The exhaust note of a stock 1986 Mustang GT 5.0 was perfect. I'm talking pure music to my ears. I would never need a sound system other than the factory stock Ford radio in that car. I don't know what a stock Coyote Mustang sounds like, but my gut feeling tells me it's no where near as nice as the original Mustang GT from back in the day. By the way, a brand new Mustang GT back in 1986 was about $14,500.

 

[relentless044]

What does active exhaust mean? Is that something other than factory stock?

exhaust had various levels of loudness controlled via flaps and valves in the mufflers, it had normal, race, track, quiet iirc

 

[LDM]

The exhaust note of a stock 1986 Mustang GT 5.0 was perfect. I'm talking pure music to my ears. I would never need a sound system other than the factory stock Ford radio in that car. I don't know what a stock Coyote Mustang sounds like, but my gut feeling tells me it's no where near as nice as the original Mustang GT from back in the day. By the way, a brand new Mustang GT back in 1986 was about $14,500.

Don't remember any of them being stock back in the day, first thing I remember every Mustang owner doing around my area was cutting off the cats and putting on the cheapest hi-flow mufflers they could find. Which resulted in a terrible sounding exhaust to say the least. Not that most of the Camaro guys I knew did any better. I was one of the few that actually put real long tube headers on my 94 Z28 with an electric cut out for when I wanted really loud. The stock muffler I left on so it would be nice and quiet if a cop happened to be around.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Most youtube videos of new car test drives have an exhaust sound clip. I find the new Coyote DOHC lumpy and obnoxious.

move video to 5min 35sec to hear exhaust. This has the dual mode exhaust. So quiet and loud. Not supposed to use trackmode/loud on the street. Tell that to the kids. How can kids afford 50 g cars?

 

[02SE]

By the way, a brand new Mustang GT back in 1986 was about $14,500.

So taking June 1986 and comparing to June 2025, that's the equivalent of $42,713.56 today.

 

[Pew]

They sound the same, just minus 3/4 of the noise.

Personally I like the sound of the coyote 5.0. I also love the sound of an LS.

 

[Nick1994]

So taking June 1986 and comparing to June 2025, that's the equivalent of $42,713.56 today.

The MSRP of a GT these days is $46,560. Considering the incredible performance, safety, technology, and comfort improvements, it’s not much of a difference.

$15,800 in 1986 dollars.