Spent another day down at Solo Performance in Hamilton Ontario today. For those that are not familiar with Solo, they are a performance exhaust specialist. And I do mean Specialist. I got to see and hear their systems first hand on some C5 members cars, (thanks Rick Ray RCLap, TJ91 and... sorry I forget the rest of you). Although I believe a beautiful exhaust note is very subjective... after much research, I knew Solo was the system for me. I was told these guys are great and how they bend over backwards for you. Well, I got to test that theory first hand. Shortly after I bought my system, a few weeks back, my Stock 2LT RS M6 had a terrible drone issue. Yes I heard RickRay and TJ91’s drone at 2k RPM, but it was nothing like this! This was MEGA DRONE! I got the car back to them they agreed that something was wrong. They changed out parts to make sure they were not defective, and even added drone cancelling resonators but I was not satisfied. Then they told me about a system they developed for the G8’s that had severe drone issues.
Solo “J” pipe G8board:
http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28454
The system included what they called an adjustable “J” pipe that you use to “tune out” the frequencies responsible for the droning in the cabin. The pipe in the shape of a “J” is “T”ed 90 degrees into a straight section of the exhaust pipe. It then dead ends, into an adjustable cap. This cap slides in or out much like a musical instrument and must be tuned such that the total length of the dead ended pipe is a certain length. The idea here, as I understand it, is that the actual exhaust travels past the “J” pipe and out the tail pipe. The sound waves on the other hand, travel into the “J” pipe, bounce back off the end of the pipe, then return back to the main exhaust pipe cancelling out the drone. The only problem here is that the system was developed for the G8 and would not work, or fit on my Camaro. Their solution... They made a “J” pipe system for the my Camaro LT engine. So after spending 10 hours down there today, while they fabricated, tested and fabricated then tested some more, I am happy to say that these guys really know what they are doing! My drone is completely gone! I never would have believed it, if I had not seen it for myself. The good news for all you Camaro V6 guys, is now you have another exhaust option... and you can actually (tune) change the note of the exhaust by simply sliding the end cap of the “J” pipe in or out.
Here’s a few pictures I took at Solo today, from a happy customer!