[s-cars] Re: [V8] STEBRO GROUP BUY

[Djdawson2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/4/2005 11:03:17 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
s6serge at verizon.net writes:

> The Stromung fits well, is mandrel bent,  sounds great, is a turbo-back
> system (which has been debated ), and has an optional "test-pipe" that
> replaces the kitty section. It would be great if they offered a non-kitty
> version that come with only the test-pipe, saving the cost of the catalyst.
> Naturally, I'm talking about for off-road use only.
> 
> 

Not to bash the Stromung, but don't forget there have been a few flaws 
discovered.  First, they've been using 2 1/2 inch mufflers with 3 inch pipe welded 
over it... with no transition.  Sit in Stromung equipped car's back seat 
sometime and listen to the full throttle whistle similar to that of a 70's big block 
station wagon wheezing through a tiny muffler.  Second, the downpipe uses a 
very poor wastegate pipe design that re-enters the downpipe perpindicular to 
the main exhaust flow.  That's a well documented no-no, known to cause power 
loss.  Finally, several folks have had downpipe weld failures.  While I've never 
done or heard of anyone doing back to back tests, I'd be willing to bet the 
stock system outperforms the Stromung... even though it doesn't sound cool.
HTH,
Dave in CO