[DeTomaso] other question on super traps

Mark McWhinney msm at portata.com
Mon Aug 6 00:23:30 EDT 2007


I have heard that racers can put steel wool in the tail pipes to get under
the track sound limits, though I do not know how they keep it from getting
blown out.



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 3:10 PM
To: hoppe1 at cox.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] other question on super traps


In a message dated 8/5/07 14 35 28, hoppe1 at cox.net writes:


> Some will laugh but I hope to get the race car titled and licensed so I
can 
> at least test the car after I work on it before I go to the track.
> 
> To quiet the car down at home but not at the track, are supertraps the 
> easiest way to temporarly add something on to the exhaust so the neighbors
still 
> acknowledge me when I see them?
> 

>>>In a word--yes.

They are known in the industry as 'Stupidtrapps" because they are very 
restrictive when fitted with few discs (which makes them quiet), and when
fitted 
with enough discs so that they are only 'fairly restrictive', they are just
about 
as loud as straight pipes!

But for doing shakedown drives on the street, testing the various systems 
etc., you can afford to give away 100 hp.   Aesthetics shouldn't be a 
concern--just clamp them to the end of your existing tailpipes and let them
stick out a 
foot or two behind the car....

Mike


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