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Laguna Seca + CS Noise + Super Trapp... what do you think of this idear?

Discussion in '360/430' started by Marshall, Oct 30, 2006.

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  1. Marshall

    Marshall Karting

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    #1 Marshall, Oct 30, 2006
    I got a stand by spot at Laguna Seca for this Friday. Unfortunatly it is a 92Db sound restircition day, and I can't bring a spare car in case I get meat balled for sound violation (unless I put a tow hitch on the RS4...). So here is my idea for the CS... I'd appreciate your input..

    Fabricate a clamp that attaches to the outside exhaust pipe that attaches a larger diameter pipe over the exhaust tip flange. This larger pipe will have a super trapp connected on it. Low impact, lower noise.

    Bad idea? Odd but good idea? Or do you think I should just but a 90 degree bend down and to the left (away form the soudn check station at Turn 5 & 6).

    Thanks!
     
  2. Valence

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    #2 Valence, Oct 30, 2006
    Someone on here had good luck clamping tin cans to the exhaust tips, with holes punched in the cans.
     
  3. Ingenere

    Ingenere F1 Veteran
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    #3 Ingenere, Oct 30, 2006
    Just take it easy as you go under the bridge and it will be fine. I had a TR there with a straight exhaust (110db), and just took it easy past the sensor and never got hassled.
     
  4. Gary(SF)

    Gary(SF) F1 Rookie

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    #4 Gary(SF), Oct 31, 2006
    Unfortunately they also have taken to roaming the track with a portable unit...don't know if they do it every event or not, but it is in their playbook.

    Gary
     
  5. Marshall

    Marshall Karting

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    #5 Marshall, Oct 31, 2006

    Yeah, that seems to be the newest method that they have been doing consistantly. I hate to drive 5 hours and get in two fun, fast, and loud laps, then drive home. They don't seem to pay well with experimentation once we are there. :)

    Anyhow, any thoughts on the ol' SuperTrapp?
     
  6. Financialman

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    #6 Financialman, Oct 31, 2006
    This should work, I saw a 355 with no cats do this exact thing last year and it passed sound. Looked pretty dorky but it workrd!! Dan
     
  7. Marshall

    Marshall Karting

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    #7 Marshall, Oct 31, 2006
    Looking dorky isn't a problem... its actually one of my strong points. Thanks!
     
  8. RotarySwingGolf

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    #8 RotarySwingGolf, May 28, 2013
    Old thread but still relevant with all the track noise restrictions. Did you end up using the SuperTrapps and did they work?
     
  9. Ferrari Now or Never

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    #9 Ferrari Now or Never, May 31, 2013
    I raced a Sports 2000 (SCCA) at Laguna Seca in 1990. Before I went, a fellow racer told me that I would exceed the sound limit with the open exhaust I normally used at Willow Springs. The cheap fix was to slice a beer can in half along its length, after cutting off the top and bottom, and attach one half to the exhaust exit. So you ended up with a half-cylinder extension that deflected the sound in a direction opposite from that of the measuring device. Those were the days where the measuring device location was known and fixed. It seemed to work.
     
  10. fatbillybob

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  11. RotarySwingGolf

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    #11 RotarySwingGolf, Jun 1, 2013
    Isn't this the same setup that the guy used and melted his f1 pump hose? I don't have an f1 but if it melted that from the heat in the bay it can surely cause other damage
     
  12. cm2

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    #12 cm2, Jun 1, 2013
    I'll be at Laguna tomorrow on a 92db day... With no special pipe. I'll have to see what happens...
     
  13. cm2

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    #13 cm2, Jun 2, 2013
    I have a Fuchs back box, but otherwise stock. Was told I measured 90.5db foot on the floor up the hill in 4th gear. Damp cold air. Not convinced they weren't taking it easy on us from the sound booth today - there were some loud ones goin round. 92db day, and didn't get meatballed all day. Good times.
     
  14. sparetireless

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    #14 sparetireless, Jun 3, 2013
    what happens to performance? does it stay the same?
     
  15. arizonaitalian

    arizonaitalian Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #15 arizonaitalian, Jun 3, 2013
    What car and exhaust were you running? A CS?


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  16. Evan.Fiorentino

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    #16 Evan.Fiorentino, Jun 3, 2013
    Could you run a turn down?
     
  17. cm2

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    #17 cm2, Jun 3, 2013
    Sorry, it was a 360 Modena with a Fuchs exhaust. Everything else stock.

    The ones that work best at Laguna seem to be turn ups to the left. L pipe just clamped or inserted and held with a set screw into the stock tips.
     
  18. cm2

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