[s-cars] Stromung in the rain

[Ed Kellock]

I had similar issue long ago on my '83 GTi with a Gillet exhaust.
Never worried about it much and nothing bad ever happened.  Seems it
has to be related to temperature variations.

Ed

On 10/4/06, Chad Clark <chadaclark4 at msn.com> wrote:
> After many laps at Steamboat's ice/snow course, my Stomung is noticeably
> louder and I can really hear the turbo wind up. At first I thought I had
> lost the turbo because of how audible the noise was. After the lapping
> session is over and the entire system has a chance to cool down a bit,
> everything returns to normal. I can't figure out why this would happen other
> than the snow is contacting a portion of the downpipe and also the center
> "test pipe" area. Over the years I have heard others comment on this same
> phenomenon while driving in the rain. Why? Not sure, but no broken welds or
> hangers.
>
> Chad
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Claire" <mike.claire at gmail.com>
> To: "Elvis Palombizio" <epalombizio at yahoo.com>; "Scar"
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stromung in the rain
>
>
> >I get a ring about 4000 rpm and up, rain or shine.  A little annoying but I
> > usually have bigger things to worry about.  I have always suspected it was
> > the cat's internals rattling.
> >
> > Mike