[DeTomaso] other question on super traps

John Taphorn jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Wed Aug 8 22:14:58 EDT 2007


Rich

I live in a planned community and often drive my GT 5 with 180s and straight 
pipes.

No complaint from the neighbors and many thumbs up.

Most appreciate a radical automobile.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <hoppe1 at cox.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 5:09 PM
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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