---
title: "Here’s What a 400-HP Kia Stinger GT With the Mufflers Cut Off Sounds Like"
description: "Speakers on, folks."
date: "2018-12-19"
modified: "2018-12-19"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/25577/heres-what-a-400-hp-kia-stinger-gt-with-the-mufflers-cut-off-sounds-like"
categories:
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  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "dyno"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "Kia"
  - "Kia Stinger"
  - "kia stinger gt"
  - "sport sedan"
  - "sports car"
  - "Stinger"
---

# Here’s What a 400-HP Kia Stinger GT With the Mufflers Cut Off Sounds Like

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/12/2018-12-19-2.png>)
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No one has ever accused the [Kia Stinger GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19400/2018-kia-stinger-gt-v-6-review-korea-builds-a-modern-day-four-door-muscle-car>) of being a bad-sounding car, but no one's really gone bananas for it, either. The 3.3-liter twin-turbo V6 under the hood may sing a decent tune through its stock exhaust, but like [any muscle car](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/19329/turns-out-the-kia-stinger-gt-can-beat-a-ford-mustang-gt-in-a-drag-race>), there’s plenty you can do to make it sound better than it does from the factory.

Tork Motorsports of Auburn, Washington has what they claim is the first [Kia Stinger](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24768/2019-kia-stinger-new-standard-safety-tech-limited-slip-diff-highlight-the-sporty-giant-killer>) in the U.S. to make 400 horsepower at the wheels. For reference, the car’s stock horsepower rating at the crank is 365. Modifications are relatively modest and include a front-mounted intercooler, a new intake system, and swapping out the stock exhaust with off-road pipes.

https://youtube.com/embed/zhk7IgtK\_vY

The extra 35-plus horsepower is impressive, but perhaps the most impressive part is the sound this thing makes. Take a look at the dyno run below, turn up your speakers, and enjoy the music.

This is required viewing for anyone who’s ever doubted that Kia can build a bona fide sports sedan. We already knew that the [Stinger GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/23832/2018-kia-stinger-gt-new-dad-review-wait-this-hatchback-sport-sedan-is-a-kia>) is seriously competitive with the big names that have been in the sports sedan game a lot longer, and this Stinger’s improved performance and sound solidify its place in that arena.

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