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Awe will be your safest option hands down.Going to be dealing with this soon with my 2020 GT500 as Sonoma and Laguna Seca are my closest tracks.
Any additional feedback on one method be the other?
Sounds the like the AWE makes the exhaust mode independent of the drive mode?
they just need a more robust way to keep them attached if things go wrong. A short steel safety cable with all-metal fasteners would do it, hooked onto something on the chassis that can handle a couple of hundred pounds.
Just called the guys at AWE, did you purchase the GT5.0L as they were unaware the GT350's were using it, let me know your thoughts?I posted in the other thread but figured it would make sense here too. I like the AWE SwitchPath method better than the Grimmspeed modules because you don't have to keep plugging/unplugging anything. Just open and close at the press of a button. No CEL here either. It's more expensive but MUCH more convenient. This way you only need to keep them closed for a short amount of time every lap while you pass the sound booth. I didn't want anything that will keep them shut the entire session just in case there's a durability/tuning reason Ford forces the exhaust open at WOT. If there was a durability reason for it, it shouldn't hurt if you force them shut for a couple seconds every lap. Seems like a safer solution than forcing them shut the entire time.
I posted in the other thread but figured it would make sense here too. I like the AWE SwitchPath method better than the Grimmspeed modules because you don't have to keep plugging/unplugging anything. Just open and close at the press of a button. No CEL here either. It's more expensive but MUCH more convenient. This way you only need to keep them closed for a short amount of time every lap while you pass the sound booth. I didn't want anything that will keep them shut the entire session just in case there's a durability/tuning reason Ford forces the exhaust open at WOT. If there was a durability reason for it, it shouldn't hurt if you force them shut for a couple seconds every lap. Seems like a safer solution than forcing them shut the entire time.
Just called the guys at AWE, did you purchase the GT5.0L as they were unaware the GT350's were using it, let me know your thoughts? I replied to RaiderJatt2 as well..Since I only have the AWE because of Laguna Seca, I changed the logo to a LS track map.
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Nope! The Mustang GT one is only good for 1 valve. Since ours have 2, you have to get the Focus RS version. It doesn't say it's compatible with the GT350 but it works 100%. Just make sure it says it's for the Focus RS and NOT the Mustang GT.Just called the guys at AWE, did you purchase the GT5.0L as they were unaware the GT350's were using it, let me know your thoughts?
Hi, any luck with a solution for the 90db limit on 2020 GT500?Going to be dealing with this soon with my 2020 GT500 as Sonoma and Laguna Seca are my closest tracks.
Any additional feedback on one method be the other?
Sounds the like the AWE makes the exhaust mode independent of the drive mode?
Yes, it worked great! Now what happened to me the second day was that the OEM exhaust actuators got tweaked and won't close all the way, probably from the back pressure. The course out here in AZ that I used it on is dead flat-open field, so I had to run the valves closed the entire day, that probably was more stress on the OEM actuator. That being said if there's just portions of the track that monitor sound you can simply blip the remote and it closes right up, or if there's terrain that masks the sound you should be OK. I also run aftermarket catless headers and with a flatplane crank= horrendously loud!Hi, any luck with a solution for the 90db limit on 2020 GT500?
Thanks Eric
Little survey, anyone else had similar issues?Yes, it worked great! Now what happened to me the second day was that the OEM exhaust actuators got tweaked and won't close all the way, probably from the back pressure. The course out here in AZ that I used it on is dead flat-open field, so I had to run the valves closed the entire day, that probably was more stress on the OEM actuator. That being said if there's just portions of the track that monitor sound you can simply blip the remote and it closes right up, or if there's terrain that masks the sound you should be OK. I also run aftermarket catless headers and with a flatplane crank= horrendously loud!
***I am selling my AWE that was used just the one day in the classifieds***