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PAFirefighter11 · 11-27-2012, 12:55 PM

I sold my Jeep last Saturday and I am picking up my next Jeep on Friday. Of course it decided to snow during that short period. I have 2 Trans Ams. The '01 needs head gaskets. The '98 (shown below) has a BAD misfire. Only running on 6 cylinders (#5 and #7 injectors are not firing). Great. Pardon the cell phone photos - these were shot with my HTC Thunderbolt (8 Megapixel):

Conshi:

King of Prussia:

It's coming down SOLID out there now. 3-5" for our area today. Awesome drive home at 7pm I'm sure....

HatchSurfer3 · 11-27-2012, 01:03 PM

King of Prussia is supposed to get that much? I have the Z out and I'll be heading to WC. That sucks haha

PAFirefighter11 · 11-27-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by HatchSurfer3

King of Prussia is supposed to get that much? I have the Z out and I'll be heading to WC. That sucks haha

I've seen reports of 1-3 possible and 3-5" possible. Depends on the source. Lemme check the NWS for the latest.

PAFirefighter11 · 11-27-2012, 01:13 PM

NWS in Royersford area:

Today: Snow. High near 35. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tonight: A chance of snow, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

jpalamar · 11-27-2012, 01:18 PM

Here are some pics/vids of my Z06 in the snow: http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...05#post2179905

BlueEyedSuicide4 · 11-28-2012, 01:39 AM

It's okay other Rick, Wawa-Rick had to drive his to class over in Marple today. **** was no fun!!

PAFirefighter11 · 11-28-2012, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueEyedSuicide4

It's okay other Rick, Wawa-Rick had to drive his to class over in Marple today. **** was no fun!!

Haha, wait is this Wawa-Rick?

mcperson2k · 11-28-2012, 11:54 AM

Yes, yes it is.

01 Trans-Am WS6 · 11-28-2012, 01:37 PM

It looks like the Trans-Am nose is clogged hah. Driving your nice cars in the snow and sleet always sucks. I DD'd my 410RWHP 01 WS6 through rain, sleet, snow. Needless to say it was not the best car for the job. With 1 inch of snow on the ground the car just simply did not get up any type of incline. Let me see if I have any pics from back in those days...

jpalamar · 11-28-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 01 Trans-Am WS6

It looks like the Trans-Am nose is clogged hah. Driving your nice cars in the snow and sleet always sucks. I DD'd my 410RWHP 01 WS6 through rain, sleet, snow. Needless to say it was not the best car for the job. With 1 inch of snow on the ground the car just simply did not get up any type of incline. Let me see if I have any pics from back in those days...

What tires and size where they? Thats a HUGE factor.

BlueEyedSuicide4 · 11-28-2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PAFirefighter11

Haha, wait is this Wawa-Rick?

Yessir, it is I Wawa-Rick! lol

Damn car lost traction every time around 2k rpm even if I babied the hell out of it. Needless to say these cars make enough torque to shift at 1.5k rpm, it just gets very annoying! lol

01 Trans-Am WS6 · 11-29-2012, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jpalamar

What tires and size where they? Thats a HUGE factor.

They were 285/45/17 I believe. I know that has a whole lot to do with it

PAFirefighter11 · 11-29-2012, 04:34 PM

My rears are 315/35R17 Nitto NT555's, not fun... some cookie cutter mud tires would've been nice

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Originally Posted by BlueEyedSuicide4

Yessir, it is I Wawa-Rick! lol

Damn car lost traction every time around 2k rpm even if I babied the hell out of it. Needless to say these cars make enough torque to shift at 1.5k rpm, it just gets very annoying! lol

haha, so you finally joined TST... it only took a few years!

BlueEyedSuicide4 · 11-29-2012, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PAFirefighter11

My rears are 315/35R17 Nitto NT555's, not fun... some cookie cutter mud tires would've been nice

haha, so you finally joined TST... it only took a few years!

I joined years before but my other account was locked for inactivity and just never really cared for this forum as much as LS1Tech and such lol

11-27-2012, 01:03 PM	#2
HatchSurfer3 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2005 Member #853 My Ride: 2013 Ford Focus ST iTrader: (4)	King of Prussia is supposed to get that much? I have the Z out and I'll be heading to WC. That sucks haha __________________ -Joey- FRP™ #5

11-28-2012, 01:37 PM	#9
01 Trans-Am WS6 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Poconos, PA Member #9111 My Ride: LSB E46 M3-BBY Evo VIII-FD RX7-TB Evo VIII-AS Evo VIII-G35 S/C-B7 A4-410whpWs6-3kGT iTrader: (0)	It looks like the Trans-Am nose is clogged hah. Driving your nice cars in the snow and sleet always sucks. I DD'd my 410RWHP 01 WS6 through rain, sleet, snow. Needless to say it was not the best car for the job. With 1 inch of snow on the ground the car just simply did not get up any type of incline. Let me see if I have any pics from back in those days... Last edited by 01 Trans-Am WS6; 11-28-2012 at 01:46 PM.

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