SS_bnoon_SS Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I was cleaning out my garage yesterday (while I was waiting for my primered underhood plastic to dry) and found an old set of Supertraps that I had gotten used/abused about 6 years ago. They had some F-ugly brackets welded to them, the glass packing/blanket was rotting out, someone had welded 2.25" pipe to them (Had to cut that crap off since they were supposed to be 2.5"), and they needed a good cleaning. Here's what I have so far... I started by bending up a hanger and welding the two Supertraps together (3/8" cold rolled bar, bent in vice with hammer and big arms). The rotting packing stripped and thrown away The accessories that came with them. Couple of stacks of extra discs, and 5 cap kits. Lining thing up under the truck. I believe I can do it with only 2 90 degree mandrels and a couple of short stub pipes and that's it! Cleaned up the tips with the media blaster and finished with scotchbrite finishing pads for the brushed look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnblwzd Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Nice! My dad actually has those on a car, used mainly as large tips w/no disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 That would look cool, but I never was a fan of the sound of Super Trapps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_bnoon_SS Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 That would look cool, but I never was a fan of the sound of Super Trapps. You can change the sound of them with washers/spacers between the discs as well as adding or subtracting the number of discs. Most people just change the number of discs instead of adding/changing the spacing between the discs. I don't like the sound of them much either until the space between the discs are opened up a bit... to much of a flt-flt-flt-flt-flt sounds otherwise that can sounds like an exhaust leak instead of a good muffler. I'll be experimenting with everything to make it sound good and give you guys a clip when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thallent Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I like how those look. I can't wait to hear how they sound. I also like how the end caps cleaned up for you. I should clean up the setup on my quad my end cap looks like the two really dark ones you have pictured there. Will you be putting them on with an h or x pipe? or just two straight pipes into the trapps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_bnoon_SS Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I like how those look. I can't wait to hear how they sound. I also like how the end caps cleaned up for you. I should clean up the setup on my quad my end cap looks like the two really dark ones you have pictured there. Will you be putting them on with an h or x pipe? or just two straight pipes into the trapps? I'll be building an X-pipe to go on to mellow the sound out before these go on. I'll be running them without packing first, just to get an idea, then add packing if needed (most likely will need it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thallent Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) If i recall correctly the 4" trapp I have on my honda 250x with packing and about 8-10 discs was about 114 db (we borrowed a meter from a science teacher not sure how accurate it was). My guess is that you will probably need the packing. I also think I remember someone telling me that your performance will suffer without using the packing the packing actually helps with a smooth flow and without it the exhaust goes every which way in that core. The smae thing with worn out packing instead of a new tightly packed core. Edited July 19, 2007 by thallent (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04CHASE Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 i have one of thos on my rhino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4banged Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I loved my supertrapp on my ranger.....but after a while it got really annoting and i cut it off. I really liek the unique sound from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_bnoon_SS Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 BTW, Thallent, those end caps clean up really easy if you have the right stuff. If you don't want to do it yourself... send me your dirty ones and I'll send back clean ones if you want, you pay shipping both ways, free other than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thallent Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanks for the offer but the chances of me actually getting to my quad are pretty slim. It has a bunch of junk piled around it and on top of it. Maybe if i ever get a round to it I will take you up on your offer. I had all intentions of riding again when I got it fixed in Oct. and is hasn't gone beyond the back yard once since then. It one of those things i would like to do but never seem to get to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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