RE: super trap

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

twern't dissin it without any reason.  i've read articles about it both
in mags and on the net (sorry i can't remember where, i surf a lot), and
i also took 3 years worth of M.E. in college (fluid dynamics, flow
theory....).  in order to get good flow through a super trapp you need
to add many shims, at which point it's so loud you might is well not
even have it on there at all.  i'll grant the "tunability" of it, and it
is nice to just remove the end piece and have a straight pipe in about a
minute.  but for upwards of $250 (just for the trapp), you can get a
complete cat-back system of equal if not better (IMHO) performance....
and you're right, it does sound like a weed wacker.  so if that's the
sound you're looking for, by all means go ahead and get one...

chris
86 16V scirocco  

>----------
>From: 	Geordy[SMTP:geordy@lodgepole.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, December 08, 1998 6:36 PM
>To: 	scirocco list
>Subject: 	Re: super trap
>
>Don't be dissing the Trapp you don't understand.  With a cam behind that
>bad boy it's music to my ears.  For all of you who look you "deep mellow
>note", I love my brother's "weed eater"  It sounds great and looks great
>too.  The Trapp Rocks the house for sure.  It's also cool cause you
>could take it to a race, pull all of the shims and the endcap for an
>open pipe, advance the timing, add race fuel and viola!  It's also nice
>not to be at the mercy of the exhaust company to do all of your tuning
>for you.  How the hell do they know if you like more torque or topend
>anyway?
>
>Chris Coracini wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> >> Super trap muffler on a scirocco 16V???   have you seen it?
>> >
>> >Yep, seen it. Loud. Sounds like a gokart. Maybe a little more free flowing
>> >than stock.
>> 
>> super traps suck.  although they are adjustable, in order to get any
>> flow, you have to add shims until it's way loud, and it's not a "nice"
>> sounding loud at all.  if it's quiet enough for the street (still not
>> that quiet), the flow is at best the same as stock, probably worse.
>> think about it.... all the exhaust has to squeeze out between the little
>> space in between the shims...
>> 
>> chris
>> 86 16V scirocco
>> >
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