[DeTomaso] other question on super traps

[adin at frontier.net]

Our little corner of Tupperware Heights is car friendly, but when I  
need a noisy warm up I go down the block and park in front of the FFC  
(Fat Cow) that petitioned for speed bumps.

MMmmmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooo,


Quoting John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>:

> 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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