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Old December 4th, 2008, 12:56 PM     #8681 (permalink)
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I currently have an '08 Pontiac Solstice that I got in September. It's going to be my daily driver, even in our wonderful winter weather. So far this winter it's been a breeze to drive, though we haven't had very much snow yet. The stock all season tires were supposed to suck in the winter, but I've been pleasantly surprised with their traction.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 01:52 PM     #8682 (permalink)
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Nice, Zen! You got mufflers on that thing already?
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Old December 4th, 2008, 02:17 PM     #8683 (permalink)
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Nice, Zen! You got mufflers on that thing already?

yep, she rumbles!
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Old December 4th, 2008, 02:22 PM     #8684 (permalink)
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I knew the exhaust didn't look stock. What did you end up going with?

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New distributor cap & rotor installed. The old ones definitely have seen better days Startup was smoother and the stumbling throttle was smoothed out even more.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 02:28 PM     #8685 (permalink)
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I knew the exhaust didn't look stock. What did you end up going with?

My guess is Flowmaster.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 02:50 PM     #8686 (permalink)
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My guess is Flowmaster.

Good for sound, mediocre for performance at least in the Jeep 4.0 scene. If I ever upgrade my exhaust I'm going for Borla or Magnaflow.

Regardless, a flowmaster attached to a v8 does sound excellent
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Good for sound, mediocre for performance at least in the Jeep 4.0 scene. If I ever upgrade my exhaust I'm going for Borla or Magnaflow.

Regardless, a flowmaster attached to a v8 does sound excellent

Just my guess...could be Magnaflow, Ford Racng, or Bassani...those are the three that I know that use rolled tips.

They really don't do much for power...drone inside kills me, though.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 04:17 PM     #8689 (permalink)
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Just my guess...could be Magnaflow, Ford Racng, or Bassani...those are the three that I know that use rolled tips.

They really don't do much for power...drone inside kills me, though.

Bingo knows his stuff, Bassani.

I was worried about the drone as well, but as long as you dont fart around with the rpm below 1500, its not bad at all.

Definitely wasn't added for power, but looks and sound.

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7 1/2' pistons man! Oh yeah.
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