Ford 5.0 Coyote - 456kW, 610Nm.

[WASP]

The AMG is a beautiful, deep breathing engine, that's how. The exhaust ports and header diameter is large and optimised for flow. I have two AMG cats on the WASP at the moment and they are huge. At over $2k a pop each you can't even compare exhaust design and quality to the factory FPV or HSV for that matter unfortunately. How they maintain flow, make a deep note and remain emission compliant is really an art. One of the keys, exhaust wise anyway is creating a large diameter, flow optimised exhaust, but using high quality, heavily packed mufflers to create that meaty, but somewhat understated earth moving soundtrack.

This is something I experimented with on the WASP. In my case I had 2" headers made in a world where 1 - 7/8's was considered big bore for these cars. This was a risk if I didn’t get the engine configuration right. Making duel 3” pipes that are not compromised in diameter from cats to tips was also a painstaking exercise. The get the sound really deep while having unrestricted flow without it becoming unsuitable for street use came down to the AMG cats and custom made mufflers with 5kgs of packing material in each.

You can do all this …or you can just buy an AMG C63..lol. Make no mistake the 335 is one of the best Factory Ford V8 engines in the world. Just don’t lose sight of the fact that we are comparing it to what is widely considered the best factory, naturally aspirated V8 in the entire world. When you look at it that way the asking price for a C63 isn’t all that bad ..And the Ford V8 is certainly now punching well and truely above its weight.