[s-cars] Stromung questions- Too much noise???

[Bob DG]

Cat doesn't really make it less loud, and won't do anything for the drone. 
Magnaflow should help from what I've heard.

Speaking of too much noise, my Stromung is not noisy enough, I plan on doing 
a "water enima" soon. drive the car like a bat outta hell to heat up the 
exhaust, then stick a garden hose up your rear (exhaust that is), then drive 
the car around to expel your enima.

I'll let you know how/if it works.

Spare me the "cold water on hot metal- expansion/contraction/cracking/mom 
wouldn't approve" lecture.

>From: "James Bowes" <thermobob at hotmail.com>
>To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: [s-cars] Stromung questions, specifically cats vs straight pipe
>Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:25:02 -0600
>
>Real quick background, just installed my Gen 2 Stromung on my 95.5 S6 
>Avant.
>Workmanship was awesome. I have the smaller center resonator and am running
>the straight pipe, and the noise is really bad. It's what I believe is
>referred to as 'droning'. Pretty much at all speeds/rpm's. Seems to be in
>mostly the midrange. I have the Magnaflow resonator that Stromung sent out
>to address this issue, and I'm having it welded into place tomorrow after
>work. I hope this solves the 'buzzing', as I sound like a damn rice-boy.
>
>Anyways, here's my question... What will installing the cat converter in
>place of the straight pipe yield in terms of performance and sound? Yes yes
>yes I'm concerned about the environment, so we'll leave that out of it for
>now please. First off, how much does the cat help with the noise level, and
>which frequencies would see the most dampening? Second, does the cat affect
>the performance much? How so?
>
>I'm tempted to leave the straight pipe in and get the new resonator, but
>I've spent a lot of time rolling around under the car this weekend and I
>want to be done with it. Fiancee is getting pissed.
>
>Thx in advance
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