What have you done to your Ecoboosted vehicle today?

That's exactly how my car sounds with the bare x pipe... different tone overall because of the dynomax muffs but same rasp. I hate it.
Was going to reinstall old muffled x pipe but im just going to order a Corsa and be done with it. Maybe the SW cb, since its cheaper and I run their dp's
 
I have a vague recollection of seeing something similar in one of the forums a quite a while ago. I can't remember exactly what it turned out to be but I'm sure it was found to something relatively minor like a faulty valve cover gasket. It got fixed quickly by the dealer so keep your fingers crossed!
 
IHeartGroceries said:
Perhaps I missed it, but what can one expect with just a set of magnaflow mufflers?

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Being generous, maybe 1 or 2 hp if thats what you are asking. Seems as though most of the restriction is up front anyways. After thats replaced the mufflers are the restrictive part.

All in all I feel good about going through this. I can afford a full cat back, and most likely would have wound up with a magnaflow one anyways. But if this helps people save a few bucks in the long run, awesome. If it lets everyone know to NEVER try it, thats okay too. At least we will know, right?
 
I really don't have any interest at all in increasing HP right now. The car is plenty quick for me. Extra monies are pouring into my pickup at the moment anyway.

I just don't like that the exhaust note is damn near silent. That's a shame on an FI engine.

As far as exhaust note, is there an appreciate increase with just a set of aftermarket mufflers?

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Larrylu said:
I have a vague recollection of seeing something similar in one of the forums a quite a while ago. I can't remember exactly what it turned out to be but I'm sure it was found to something relatively minor like a faulty valve cover gasket. It got fixed quickly by the dealer so keep your fingers crossed!
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You are right, Larry.  Shoboat had reported this issue last year, and his is also a 2013 btw.

06-14-2013, 10:08 PM
Hey Guys, I wanted to share something with you guys. So last night I decided to pull off the plastic cover on the engine as I wanted to pull one of the plugs to see what shape they were in. I noticed a small amount of oil below the center coil on the front of the engine. I didn't think much of it as there was not much there. I pulled the coil and plug from the 1'st plug on the right and it looked decent. A tad rich but okay, I wasn't going to pull any others as the 1st one looked good. For whatever reason I decided to pull the middle one, man did I get a surprise. The plug tunnel was full of oil right to the top and the seal between the valve cover and the tunnel fell out?? Please see pic below. My only guess is that is was not seated properly at the factory. Due to the second seal on the coil it kept it from getting all over the engine. I can't imagine that having the plug submerged under oil for all that time is a good thing. I guess it's also a god thing that oil doesn't conduct electricity very well. You may want to have a look at yours just in case. I had to use a combo of paper towel and a pipette to get the oil out of there. Not fun. Also have a look at the plug, It does seem to have some carbon buildup. Let me know what you guys think.
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Thanks guys, including the earlier posts... gives me hope i might get it back soon, maybe even tomorrow  we'll see... sorry didn't take pics.  couldn't find a mirror to see in that plug well... nothing else to see

On the way home i saw that Ford GT again.... followed him into a parking lot and got a good look!
 
Speaking of that, I ordered an EcoBoost AWD emblem from a Fusion today...
My plan is to remove Taurus and move the SHO badge to the left, trimming the ecoboost badge off of it, and put the EcoBoostAWD badge where SHO is now.
 
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