Build It Yourself V10 40V Lincoln gets an exhaust, makes the most confusing sounding car you've ever heard
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The BIY guys finished the exhaust for their 40-valve V10 Lincoln Continental build, and it has to be heard to be understood.
FF to 36:50 if you're ADD, but definitely go back and watch the whole thing. Their reaction to the masterpiece they've built is just amazing. When the car is coming at you it sounds like a Viper, but when it's leaving it sounds like an LFA. Hilarious and makes the hairs on your neck stand up. I really hope this channel racks up views like crazy. They deserve it.
NoNotMe420@reddit
This is by far the craziest in car tone I've ever heard. Also definitely one of the best exhaust notes ever
bradland@reddit (OP)
It's absolutely incredible how they worked it all out too. Some ChatGPT, some PVC pipe testing, some spectral analysis of YouTube clips, resulting in, "Hey, I think this will probably work." Then they build this gorgeous exhaust in CAD, put it all together, and the result is S-tier V10 exhaust porn.
Fucking mind blowing in all aspects.
NoNotMe420@reddit
100%. But... if it were titanium lol
freakinidiotatwork@reddit
If it were titanium? Stainless steel is superior for exhausts.
NoNotMe420@reddit
Personal sound preference. I think the sharptone the v10 has and the titanium also having a somewhat sharp sound, would compliment nicely. But this is a total nitpick and i love the current sound regardless
stoned-autistic-dude@reddit
Titanium will inevitably crack with enough hot/cold cycles. It becomes brittle and isn't necessarily all that great. It's a bit overrated IMO.
roadrussian@reddit
Wait, seriously? Titanium exhausts crack with enough hot cold cycles?
What is the best allround material for the exhaust systems? Stainless?
stoned-autistic-dude@reddit
Yes. It's a known issue with titanium exhausts depending on several factors. Expensive titanium is expensive and generally less likely to crack, but cheaper titanium with crack inevitably but is more accessible.
You need high quality titanium like Grade 9 used by Akrapovič et al., argon-purged welds, thicker tubing, and such. Grade 2 tends to crack the most but it's easier to weld and affordable to buy so it's what a lot of cheaper titanium exhausts are made from. Titanium will absorb oxygen if it gets hot enough developing a brittle outer layer called an alpha case. Thermal cycling exacerbates this issue as it gets more rigid and more likely to develop microcracks under vibration. Cracks will develop near welds, thin-walled areas, or anywhere that's contaminated.
I would personally never spend my money on a titanium exhaust. It takes one bad weld or section and it's donezo, and titanium isn't as easy to repair as stainless steel. Imagine you get a car with an OEM titanium exhaust that cracks 20 years down the line and the part isn't made anymore, or you bought a one-off exhaust and the company doesn't exist? Good luck.
tawwkz@reddit
It won't, but it adds up; hood (carbon), seats (buckets), wheels (forged), exhaust... With that said I wouldn't buy titanium either it's a tax on the dumb.
SileAnimus@reddit
The easiest way to shed weight on a car is with a diet.
stoned-autistic-dude@reddit
That’s like 100 lbs combined. It’s not really enough to make a substantial dent.
Big-Energy-3363@reddit
Well stated!!
airfryerfuntime@reddit
Titanium exhausts crack because they're welded by Chinese teenagers. A quality titanium exhaust won't crack.
THE_GR8_MIKE@reddit
Yeah, but not in Forza, so-
Syscrush@reddit
Bullshit alert - the material has almost no effect on the sound.
Retirement Maisteer video
peakdecline@reddit
Each one of those trumpets sounded different though...
zxrax@reddit
material itself doesn't, but you can make an equally strong product using less material with an exotic metal and the thickness of the material does make a difference in exhaust tone.
Syscrush@reddit
It does not make a significant difference. Watch the video with trumpets made of ice and jello, or the exhaust made of concrete.
GoBSAGo@reddit
Ironically, heavier exhaust pipes made from steel sound better.
clucle@reddit
I think you’re cutting these guys short, they may act like they don’t know what they’re doing sometimes, but they’ve certainly had some type of engineering education. I’m betting there’s a bit more analysis going on behind the scenes that they’re not showing bc it’s just not interesting.
bradland@reddit (OP)
If I’m coming across like that, I don’t mean to. I agree they almost certainly have an engineering background. What I’m so impressed by is that they’re doing this solo, without a huge team or manufacturing resources backing them up.
tawwkz@reddit
And chatgpt was trained on forum wisdom science aka. "trust me bro my cousin did it like that".
EmergencyRace7158@reddit
Been following this build for a while and I can safely say this is the most insane build I have ever seen come together in my life. There's an alternate universe where Ford actually went ahead and produced a V10 sports/super car and this is exactly what it would sound like. It's not a European V10 but has an American muscle burble at low rpm and the traditional V10 scream at high rpm. Probably the perfect combo of engine sounds that shows why the V10 is the greatest engine configuration out there.
BTTWchungus@reddit
We were very close - Ford Australia built a V10 prototype using the New Edge Mustang
ATL-East-Guy@reddit
I can’t believe they were able to fabricate the heads by themselves. The video of them welding it was insane.
furrynoy96@reddit
If the rumors of a 4 door Mustang end up being true, I hope some skunkwork engineers at Ford create a Coyote based V10 and shove it in that MF
OmniStrife@reddit
lmao stop kidding yourself. Ford won't be making a V10 in a million years.
R_V_Z@reddit
?
4r4r4real@reddit
Look when production ended...
furrynoy96@reddit
I think they mean making another V10 but even if that doesn't happen from Ford, the aftermarket community might make it
furrynoy96@reddit
Won't stop the aftermarket community from doing so
happyevil@reddit
There's already a 4 door mustang, it just happens to run on electricity
CivilC@reddit
Holy crap, I was not expecting that.
PositivePop11@reddit
This is seriously cool
honeybakedpipi@reddit
That first fly by Sounds very similar to: https://youtu.be/W-xWwiPOxoM?si=SraC1u3ejOqQruvV to the point I thought they dubbed the audio!
saml01@reddit
Sounds like an ebay glasspack.
tawwkz@reddit
Yeah americans are obsessed with straight pipes. More loud is not more better, there are obnoxious frequencies that muffler can refine
Boggie135@reddit
I've been following this build and its bonkers
KnightsSoccer82@reddit
This is the most mind-bending fly-by I’ve ever seen.
They are doing Detroit proud, holy shit.
bradland@reddit (OP)
I really hope this video makes it to Jim Farley's desk, because I feel like he'd be into it.
KnightsSoccer82@reddit
100% would be. I’m in a group chat with some of my old colleagues that are now at Ford and they all are losing their shit. This is every SE Michigan automotive engineers wet dream. We have all dreamt of doing something insane like this but these mad lads are doing it.
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
Imagine if Ford did a modern version of this and made a 6.2L Coyote-based V10 that revved to 8 grand...
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
This is arguably the wildest build floating around on Youtube at the moment. That car is pure sex on wheels.
tlivingd@reddit
This was shared to me for the exhaust acouple of days ago but they took 32v heads and added an extra cylinder blows my mind even more
bradland@reddit (OP)
100%. It's like when someone posts to a Ford sub-reddit asking what it would take to build a 40V version of the modular V10 and everyone tells them it's impossible because it's just too cost prohibitive... Then the person goes and does it themselves. That's basically what these guys have done. Absolute mad lads.
gimpwiz@reddit
I mean we don't say it's impossible, just that if you're asking you don't have the expertise or money to make it happen. We put a man on the moon, we can make a 4v v10, it's just gonna be really expensive and/or require shitloads of your own labor.
bigchilla777@reddit
ironically you’re sense of pride doesn’t teach you anything and asking questions does
it’s rarely worth reinventing the wheel, so people also want to see if it’s been done before
soeri27@reddit
Fun shit absolutely but man it feels pretty fake trying to do it all over some exhaust magic
Whats that Lincoln realistically reaching in RPMs? Can't be close to what the "true" musical V10s are doing
Nonetheless. Want one.
fmjintervention@reddit
what do you even mean man
bradland@reddit (OP)
I'm not sure that's fair. Yes, the exhaust is tuned to that note, but so are the LFA and Carrera GT. Virtually every manufacturer tunes their exhaust to hit a specific sound. This thing is hitting 7,600 RPM. The LFA revs to a crazy 9,000 RPM, but if you listen to pulls, it sounds similar to this modular V10 build well before it hits redline. Likewise for the Carrera GT's V10. It rips, but it rips well below the 8,400 RPM redline.
to_the_victors_91@reddit
They’re aiming for 8500 rpm. In this video they got it up to 7400
Nhojj_Whyte@reddit
7600 is what they said at one point. They got it up to 7k or more on the dyno a couple episodes back too.
bradland@reddit (OP)
The dash recorded 7,650 RPM on one of the dyno runs, but the fuel pump isn't keeping up. Fuel pressure is dropping past 6k RPM, and A/F is pulling lean. Once they solve the fueling issues, they won't have any issue with 7,600 RPM. Based on the components they put in this monster, 8k RPM is probably achievable, but the HP curve is cresting at around 7k RPM, so there's not much point in pushing it higher.
JB153@reddit
Bro, the amount of top tier, applied, nerding out in that episode gave me a whole new respect for those two. They're making dreams come true in that shed.
LSXS10@reddit
What even is happening here? My monke brain is so confused lmao. It sounds like a viper and a LFA... together. This is incredible.
MuPingPing@reddit
Watched that video when it came out and thought it was fake with how good it sounded...only thing that convinced me it was real was how genuine their reactions were!
clauderbaugh@reddit
Holy shit. I got goosebumps hearing that go by.
dodecohedron@reddit
Torque in the front, power in the back 😭😂
NervusBelli@reddit
OK, someone please explain to me - how can it be that there is literally 0 v10 sound while they are recording from inside the car and while being in front of it and it immediately screams like banshee behind?
hydrochloriic@reddit
Because the exhaust is carefully tuned to drastically increase resonance- but that means the sum total of that scream noise is coming from the exhaust tips, so it’s aimed only backwards. It’s also why the tone shifts so aggressively when the car passes the camera.
bimmervschevy@reddit
Everyone’s talking about that exhaust. But that intake roar… MMM MMM MMM
hermitcraftfan135@reddit
It’s such a cool project. Been one of my favorite to follow on YouTube, super underrated
Iwillnotbeokay@reddit
Def going to watch this later when I get home!
to_the_victors_91@reddit
Best car build on the internet