[313speed]

Hello fellow Phoenix area Alfa owners. It doesn't look like there's much in the way of an Alfa community out here (aside from the AZ AROC, which seems to focus on older models) so I wanted to reach out to local Giulia owners. I'm always interested in meet ups and the occasional cruises, but I'm also pretty comfortable wrenching on cars. Let me know if you want help with installing any of mods available to us. I also have the MY2017 FCA manual available for review on my garage computer (though I have to confess, the AC doesn't help out there during the summer).

Aside from meet ups and working on cars, another thing that I'd be interested in doing is creating content for YouTube. There's a lack of how-to vids out there for our cars and that's going to make it hard to keep Guilia's on the road later on. If your interested in making some of these for our ride, let me know. I already have some clips from the mods I've done sitting around.

 

[dontfeedthewriters]

I’d be interested. I’m in Mesa at Power and University. Work is supposedly picking up next month but right now things are pretty slow for me. I’ve only seen about 4 Giulias on the road out here and the only Stelvio I’ve seen was my loaner, kinda sad 😞

 

[313speed]

I think I saw three Giulias and one Stelvio before I bought mine. I notice them a bit more often now that I own one, but they’re pretty rare. Let me know if you need help w/ any installs. I’m downtown in Phoenix off Roosevelt Row, so everywhere in the valley is pretty close. Once things cool off and the Pavs reopen, I’ll be heading out that way to every so often too.

 

[dontfeedthewriters]

I’m keeping almost everything stock for now at least till the warranty is over. Let me know if you want to meet up or need help making any vids, I’d be happy to assist.

 

[dontfeedthewriters]

Saw a black or dark grey QV with a temp tag in Mesa on the 60 and Greenfield yesterday. Does that belong to anyone on here?

 

[hellcat.az]

Hey, I'm new here (second post haha). Indeed few Alfas here, but we got one! White TI w/tan interior. Just picked it up, it's great! If there is an Alfa meet somewhere in the valley, let us know, could be fun

 

[313speed]

Just missed out on a little Alfa meet yesterday in Scottsdale. We installed a axle back and got RDNA added on. Let me know if you’d like to meet up sometime.

 

[hellcat.az]

Oh bummer! If I knew we would have driven out there. We're in Ahwatukee but Scottsdale is just a quick trip up the 101. Are meetings announced/posted somewhere?

 

[313speed]

Actually, the other two gentlemen were newer Alfa owners that reached out for help here on the forums. I'd done the installs before and have both MES and the shop manual, so I swung by to help. We don't have any meet ups planned, but there is an Alfa Romeo club that meets at Arriverderci on Scottsdale and Thunderbird. We're thinking of doing that one night. Maybe we can also set up a meet and cruise sometime.

 

[Jdmcbuilt]

About to pick up my TI tomorrow morning. '17 Giulia ti vesuvio gray. Sport package. Been driving around a VW tiguan last 5 years missing my Evo X that I had before that. Which would love to have back lol but... This car is a beaut.

Has anyone just removed the resonator and kept the stock muffler? I always see muffler delete but the resonator only, I haven't seen.

 

[313speed]

I have a full cat back w/o resonator or muffler. We just did a Supersprint axle back, which kept the resonator. Most people go those routes since the aftermarket setups come that way. I’m not sure removing the resonator alone would do much, but we could probably get the different options together if you’d like to hear the differences sometime.

 

[Jdmcbuilt]

I have a full cat back w/o resonator or muffler. We just did a Supersprint axle back, which kept the resonator. Most people go those routes since the aftermarket setups come that way. I’m not sure removing the resonator alone would do much, but we could probably get the different options together if you’d like to hear the differences sometime.

I'm just curious. It's hard to get a good sound out of 4 cylinder car. My Evo X was just obnoxious outside. Inside drone not much of it. Which was surprising. I would be curious to see if removing just the resonator and keeping the stock muffler would make a bit of a difference.

How do you like your exhaust now?

 

[Jdmcbuilt]

Picked her up.

 

[313speed]

@Jdmcbuilt I’m going to have another Alfa at my place in downtown Phoenix this afternoon if you want to hear a couple aftermarket exhausts (both resonated and unresonated). PM me if you want to check it out real quick... we’re meeting around 1 downtown.

 

[Jdmcbuilt]

@313speed man been busy getting stuff ready around the house I havent been on to see this. next time bud. let me know when you guys plan to meet up again.

 

[313speed]

NP. We're thinking of doing a South Mountain cruise sometime soon, but I'm about to list my home for sale, so right there with getting the house ready. I'll try and coordinate with the other owners after the holidays.

As for the different exhaust set ups, I can give you the cliff notes. My Alfa came with a crappy, poorly made set of 'straight pipes'. I took it off a few weeks after buying mine and added the Madness Monza setup. Since the car was already loud to begin with, it doesn't seem that bad. Personally, I come from the open header American V8 world, so everything is quite. I have to agree that most 4 cyl engines sound bad with exhaust w/ JDMs being the worst of the bunch. The Monza exhaust has no resonator or mufflers, but the car sounds surprisingly good. I can't think of another 4 banger that sounds as nice w/ exhaust.

The SuperSprint that was installed last week is a much more mature sound. For me, it's barely louder than stock. It does provide a nice tuned note with a bit more bass. For most casual drivers, it's probably the best route to go.

 

[40flash]

Put me on the list for a meet up. Monte Carlo Blue 2019 Giulia Ti Q2 Far east Mesa. Near Signal Butte & Baseline. There are 3 of us in the subdivision. A 2018 metalic red Giulia and a 2020 Milano bue Stelvio

 

[313speed]

Will do. With the holidays, I'm thinking an early January meet up would work. I'll post a new thread with ideas soon.

 

[hellcat.az]

I didn’t see any new thread on this... let me know if people have a meetup in Phx area

 

[313speed]

I’m going to be putting together a South Mountain cruise meet soon. Typically Saturdays work best since some of the Sundays the road is closed. I’ll make sure to tag everyone shortly.