[DeTomaso] other question on super traps

[John Taphorn]

There are limits to what my neighbors will tolerate.

Many years back, David Bell helped me replace an axle on my open wheel 
racecar.  Of course we needed to test it, so I took it for spin around the 
neighborhood.  Pleased that it worked, I offered David the chance to drive 
it.  He was hesitant and I remarked that he should seize the wheel as 
opportunities to drive Formula cars did not come up frequently for many 
people.

As I recall, he tentatively drove it a short distance and returned.  I 
quizzed him on the run and determined that he had pretty much idled about 
without the engine ever getting on cam.  Driving an unfamiliar car without a 
windscreen with the wind in your face generally creates the impression that 
you are traveling faster than you are.

So this time he ventured out again and sped the car down a reasonably long 
cul-de-sac that ran parallel to mine.

He returned with a wider smile on his face.  As I recall, Dave was proud 
that he had sampled the engine's rev capability and that he had found second 
gear before slowing.  Unfortunately, I hadn't informed him that near red 
line, first to second came at 80MPH.

As we pried him from the cockpit, my wife came out of the house to inform us 
that the neighbors on the other street had called to complain about my 
indiscretion and irresponsible behavior with children playing in the yards.

That ended testing for the day.

JT






----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adin at frontier.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] other question on super traps


>
> 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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