Originally Posted by bfilion05

Having the exact same experience! I have about 750 miles on mine now and it is really starting to deepen in tone. I knew this when I first bought the system so I wasn't too panicked by the higher pitched "ricer" sound at first. Really starting to enjoy it more and more everyday. Also I have picked up about 1 - 1.5 MPG improvement since I put the system on. Although, lately that has been dropping because it is becoming harder and harder to stay out of the throttle with the tone deepening even more. Going to be putting a tuner on sometime soon. Will post updates on the tone after I put some more miles on it. All in all an amazing product and well worth the money spent! No regrets here!

Originally Posted by TJFX2EB

Given SOLO's reputation for having great sounding exhausts and their ability to eliminate drone from most vehicles, I contacted them a few months ago about building a catback for both the EB and the 5.0. Thankfully they listened and have come forward and offered this great group buy for us so I was one of the first to buy and get on the list.

It arrived yesterday in a box that my secretary described as "a coffin" and is not light at 55lbs. Took it home and unfortunately didn't have a chance to install last night, but spent about 2 hours today doing the install myself on the floor in my garage with no lift whatsoever.

There are three bolts that you need to remove to get the catback off. The ball and socket flange at the Y pipe has two 14mm bolts and the clamp holding the resonator to the flex pipe is 15mm. Those came off relatively easy for me and the front section came out. However because my truck is 2wd and I have lowered mine by leveling it 2" in the rear, the exhaust wasn't coming out without being cut up. Once I cut the tail pipe off and raised the truck up a bit, it came out and the full 4" system went in without issue.

Note: If you have a 2 piece driveshaft with the bearing in the middle, the J pipe might hit it at first. I have an email to Steve @ SOLO to make sure they clock the J pipe just about another 3/4" closer to the exhaust and away from the driveshaft. This took 10 seconds to do myself, but wanted those to be aware for anyone who might be doing this as well.

Initial Impressions: The idle and cruising sound of this exhaust is excellent. It has a nice deep tone and a little whirring to it that you can hear from the turbos themselves. In the higher RPM range it does get a little more raspy and high pitched, but not any more than I would have expected. Some think it sounds terrible, but to each his own. I think it sounds great and I'm sure it will get deeper over time as some who have this have already mentioned.

All in all I would definitely recommend this exhaust and will always recommend SOLO. They have excellent service and a great product.

On to the pictures:

SOLO laying next to stock exhaust and makes it look so tiny


Front section where it bolts to the Y pipe. J pipe in this section as well


Here is the clearance I was talking about. In this picture I have moved the J pipe less than an inch towards the exhaust pipe to ensure it doesn't bump or rub the center bearing of the driveshaft


Big *** muffler/resonator


And a couple of shots of the tailpipe and how it fits very nicely against the body of the truck (yes I know the truck is flithy )




My favorite Android app with a screen I designed how I wanted it. Big gauge for boost and the smaller for AFR, Coolant Temp, Intake Temp, and Voltage


And finally a little video to show just the idle. My poor Flip HD camera had a really low battery so I apologize for the popping sounds It's not the exhaust making the slight pop sound. Sorry.

http://youtu.be/9XJQMC-O3HY

Originally Posted by Mudweiser

With the solo system is the turbo whistle a lot more noticeable? I used to have an 03 F250 6.0L that screamed. I know my Eco won't sound like a diesel, but I do miss my whistle.

Originally Posted by TJFX2EB

The pictures are gone because I don't have the exhaust anymore and so I removed them from my account. I kept some as you can see, but got rid of most of them.

Originally Posted by Mudweiser

Did a significant other complain on how much you spent on the exhaust? Is that why you got rid of it?