The 2025 2.0L / Lobo has an obnoxious cold-start and warm-up cycle.I have the Ford Performance Sport Exhaust M-5200-MVB. It fits fine. It's definitely Borla.
It's loud on cold start. And I mean loud! Once it warms up it's not too bad. It's almost quiet on warm idle at stoplights. Other drivers at stoplights don't give you the evil eye.
It's probably the loudest street exhaust I've owned. I've considered cutting out the muffler and replacing with a Magnaflow, but I probably won't. If I'm going on a trip or I want quiet we drive my wife's Edge ST. The Lobo is for fun and occasional track & autocross so I live with the loud exhaust.
I'm curious if the previous < 2025 2.0s have this same cold start cycle.
I suspect its something for emissions (and maybe GPF related???) -- even tho the early 2025 2.0s didn't get them (a GPF).
On that note, I'm blown away at how fast my Cat comes to temp within seconds of idle from cold start. A thousand+ degrees (per Forscan) in ~90 seconds..
But the muffler on that Ford Perf exhaust looks a Lot bigger than my MRT muffler, so it has to be a bit quieter than mine..
Aside from some very specific drone at certain RPMs in a certain gear on long decels down a long grade/descent. The volume/sound is great for me.
Even then, I don't let it bother me much, and you can drive around it some by upshifting to the next gear, and using a bit more friction brake instead of drive train/engine braking.
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