Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

Despite all outward appearances, this is about as exciting as creamed corn.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

The system can be quickly swapped from a Mustang to an F150 to a competitor car

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

The touchscreen interface for vehicle simulated makes quick comparisons easy.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

Data in aggregate form, the output waveform heard through the headphones. It can be filtered into individual components to determine sources and paths of sound.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

A small assortment of parts used for sound tuning. The long tube in the foreground pipes and amplifies sound into the cabin of the 2010 Ford Mustang.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

The new Ford F-150 muffler moves from a Tri-Flow design to a pass-through with tuned resonance chambers, they're designed to amplify some frequencies and dissipate others, giving the truck what Ford calls a "muscular" sound.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

The design gets so detailed that these little "air ramps" are stamped into the pipe to eliminate a high-speed whistle that was occurring at the joints of the pass through and resonance pipes.

Ford Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator

If you ever want to know what a Taurus SHO sounds like naturally, take this part off and plug the hole it came from. It'll probably sound like a vacuum cleaner.