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Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:31 pm

what would be better in performance. an open stinger or a baffled stinger?

Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:36 pm

I'm running an open Empi bobtail header. I did have to re-jet for the lack of back pressure. Very loud though and the neighbors will re-introduce themselves. I install a spark arrester if I drive in the mountains.

Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:42 pm

I ran a stinger with stock 1600 and dont feel much difference with the baffle in or out.
When I had a muffler on, with the spark arrester I could feel a big difference in power.
The baffle doesnt seem to quiet it down much anyway.

Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:44 pm

Open stinger is LOUD! The baffles quiet it down a little and IMO sound better.

Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:10 pm

i'm running an open stinger on my 1600 dual port. do you think i would gain power if i put my trimil muffler back on?

Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:19 pm

Bobtail is prob the way to go.

but for oldschool-coolness sake i stay with my open stinger <3

Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:02 pm

yeah i know. i love my stinger. it looks so old school. i geuss i'll just stick with my open stinger. is having an open stinger legal in california?

Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:09 pm

I'd build a real motor and put a muffler on it :shock:

Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:32 pm

I run a supertrapp on the rail. runs best with only a couple disks, but gets more attention without the cap. ;)

Baja has a glasspack about 4 inches from the turbo. dead quiet at idle, but you can tell when it means business. :)

Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:56 pm

my bobcat with a spark arrestor is fairly loud, almost to loud, ill have to make a judgment call once i start driving it daily. but the spark arrestor gives it a cool sound when i let off the gas as the RPM's wind down.

Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:06 pm

Quote: I run a supertrapp on the rail. runs best with only a couple disks, but gets more attention without the cap.

Remember that Supertrapps actually flow more air the more discs you put in 'em. They work backwards of the the way you'd think they do, just by looking at them. Each disc is an airfoil, so you get a lower pressure area inside the can that pulls exhaust out of the pipe. More discs, greater pressure differential, better flow. You probably already knew that, of course.

They sound good, too. Not as "blatty" as my brother in law's straight stinger, but a bit deeper and with more tone. I had one on a bike I owned a few years back, (BMW R100), and wish I could find one for my K1100RS. I'm a fan.

--Shannon

Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:12 pm

so is a supertrap something i can put on my stinger? where can i find one?

Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:03 am

runge9524 wrote: so is a supertrap something i can put on my stinger? where can i find one?

alot of web sites have them, they are actually made for motorcycles and quads but they seem to work well with other small displacement engines.

http://www.supertrapp.com/company/history.asp

http://store.summitracing.com/sitemap2.asp?N=700+115+400410

Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:30 am

i'll look into buying them if i get pulled over for my baja being too loud.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:59 am

Are you guys talking about the whole thing or just the slip on kind? http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autof...toview=sku

Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:10 am

gilbequick wrote: Are you guys talking about the whole thing or just the slip on kind? http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autof...toview=sku

thats just a spark arrestor, thats what i have, it does muffle a tiny bit but not that much. this is what people were talking about muffler wise

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autof...toview=sku

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autof...toview=sku

Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:04 am

unfortunately the ricers have brought it to the cops attention that they can give out decibal violations. I've 'heard' that they are required to use a db meter at the time they pull you over. I was thinking of adding a valve to flip it to a muffler vs a stinger, but for now I'm leaving it as it came, with a stinger.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:36 am

I drive mine daily with a stinger. 100 mile round trip. Its loud but im not back there with it im up front. I have ran it this way over 10 years

Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:49 am

tube_ee wrote: Quote: I run a supertrapp on the rail. runs best with only a couple disks, but gets more attention without the cap.

Remember that Supertrapps actually flow more air the more discs you put in 'em. They work backwards of the the way you'd think they do, just by looking at them. Each disc is an airfoil, so you get a lower pressure area inside the can that pulls exhaust out of the pipe. More discs, greater pressure differential, better flow. You probably already knew that, of course.

They sound good, too. Not as "blatty" as my brother in law's straight stinger, but a bit deeper and with more tone. I had one on a bike I owned a few years back, (BMW R100), and wish I could find one for my K1100RS. I'm a fan.

--Shannon

I know. but without any disks or the cap, it's basically a straight pipe with a megaphone tip. Obnoxious.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:07 pm

I like the look of a stinger on a baja. Mine has a baffle and it can be driven without much noise. Get on it and you know it's coming... You can hear my cheap radio while buzzing down the freeway at 70mph. It's not any louder than a motorcycle.