Blower whine?

[BlackStorm]

Ok, I've been wondering this for awhile now:

Is the blower whine (if any) loud at all on the GT's? In all the videos I have watched you only hear exhaust and never any whine. I'm just curious if there is any and, if there is, if it is any where close to a Lightning (which are absolutely notorious for their blower whine) which has almost...well a very similar motor.

A rather random and bland question I know, but I never see GT's and I certainly haven't been in or even around one while on the road (or even in a parking lot for that matter), so who better to ask!? :wink

 

[davefordgt]

The blower can be head in the car. Not as louds as the exhaust but for sure it can be heard.

 

[ROCMAN]

The sounds is not like a Lightning, or Cobra. While you can hear it, it is actually a pleasant whistling instead, with a little whine. These are Twin Screw Superchargers, which are different than the Lightning SC.

 

[BlackStorm]

The sounds is not like a Lightning, or Cobra. While you can hear it, it is actually a pleasant whistling instead, with a little whine. These are Twin Screw Superchargers, which are different than the Lightning SC.

I wondered if they were twin screw or not, good to know. Yeah, ours are roots. We still whine when we throw Whipples or KB's on, which are twin screw though. However the blowers are built different, and I'm sure it was Fords intention to not have it screaming like a Lightning right behind your ear.

Well that's intresting.

 

[Fubar]

I have to admit that I love that whistle. It's not a noisy shrill sound at all, but when you hear it... you know what it means to own a GT.

 

[THamonGT]

You can hear it from inside but not too loud. I love it . Aftermarket exaust turns me on and is what a GT should sound like unlike stock (boat anchor) muffler weighing 60? lbs which holds heat. I never cared for the Lightning whine sound but thats why they produce Ice cream in different flavors for all ages! Tomy :wink

 

[BlackStorm]

You can hear it from inside but not too loud. I love it . Aftermarket exaust turns me on and is what a GT should sound like unlike stock (boat anchor) muffler weighing 60? lbs which holds heat. I never cared for the Lightning whine sound but thats why they produce Ice cream in different flavors for all ages! Tomy :wink

Haha, true.

Yeah, I was suprised at the muffler deal, I never thought of changing exhaust as a weight reduction type mod. :ack

It's another one of those things that you have to be there and actually hear it to really know what it's like. No one could really explain the blower whine for the Lightnings to me until I finally saw one get on it. The 03/04 Cobras have the same whine but at a different pitch, which is equally amazing sounding, to me.