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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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Hard to get traction when it's 38F out, but I tried. It's been a long time since I made passes on Western Avenue.
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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damn no vids? how did it feel?
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Cool, I can't wait until mines back together. It's been so nice I would have had mine out a few times this winter.
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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It is good to get the old girl out every now and then..
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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Sounds fun, wish I was doing the same, except we have salt on the road down here already. Thats a lot of torque for that road temp, it would be tricky.

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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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Thank You for posting. How much more power at 38f compared to 68f? I am going to check and see if Lapeer dragway is open Dec 31- Jan1
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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John...you should hit Byron Monday and get a few more runs on th car
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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Hard to get traction when it's 38F out, but I tried. It's been a long time since I made passes on Western Avenue.

drive up here so i can give it a spanking you sexy bastard
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Gotta love winter air temps and a little misbehavin'.

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is your car still tagged and insured? take that bitch back out to the track!
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I just put tags and street insurance back on the car so I can drive it on the street again.

Hey KP how does your car sound with that new 4" muffler? I swear this 4" bullet makes the car louder.
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cool John.. told ya.......
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I was only messing around with part throttle I kept catching all the red lights.
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
I was only messing around with part throttle I kept catching all the red lights.
red lights? i thought those were just warning signals
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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This muffler is 10x quieter then the bullet was, it wasnt bad driving it around. The bullet got pretty annoying after 5 minutes. At least you can do something with the thing, better a fast street car then a slow race car lol.
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what muffler do you use KP?
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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split flow, kinda looks like an XR1 but 1/2 the price. Made a huge difference from the single 4" dynomax bullet.
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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Good deal, I'll swap it on when I get a chance. I had dual Borla XR1's a few years ago and they were pretty good sounding. So Kev your exhaust is 3" headers going into a 4" single to the rear end?
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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MIne was pretty darn quiet until I was WOT... dual 3" to a single 4 over the axel, back to 3" with bullets. 4 of them... lol
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yea, 3" Y pipe to a flowmaster collector to a 4" muffler with a turndown about 3" from the axle tube.

With the bullet it was bad even with a helmet on, I swear the bullet made the car louder..
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