I recently bought a 2021 Lariat 4WD with the 502A package. The gadgetry on this thing is amazing. Will likely take me weeks to figure it all out.

While looking through the manual on the different drive modes, there was a discussion on setting the exhaust note (specifically for the Raptor.) Does anyone know how the sound is modified, and could it be accessed on the Lariat model?

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

Welcome to the space ship. The 5.0 doesn't have any artificial engine sound into the interior. So you'd have to start messing with the exhaust system to change the sound.

 

raptor has active exhaust and it opens/closes different valves in the exhaust to make it louder or quieter. You'd have to see if your truck has active exhaust, I thought it was a raptor only thing but I haven't exactly looked into it either

 

Nope...can't be done on a 502A. There are a bevy of aftermarket exhausts for 5.0 that you could use to change the sound of your truck, though.

 

You don’t have the fake engine noise or active exhaust. You have the real thing with a 5.0. You already won the sound war. Install a muffler or cat-back exhaust if you want to bring out more of that glorious V8 rumble.

 

Thanks all. Not interested in piped-in soundtracks. Active exhaust sounds interesting, but not a thing on the Lariat it seems. The 5.0 is not sounding bad at all, just not fair comparing it to my 4.6L in the 2009 Mustang with the Roush pipes. ;-)

 

On my 2017 I had with the 5.0L, I ran an electric exhaust cut-out between the resonator and muffler. This allowed me to flip a switch in the cab and open it up to get a nice rumble but also close it off when I wasn't trying to be obnoxious.