Removing Supertraps? Really?

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Originally Posted by Supra-in-steamboat

horsepower not the concern really. I havn't ever maintenenced them and the starbord one has a tiny bit of play and a rusty bolt. Also without mod to the exhaust, nowhere for the flaps to attach as the pipe is almost even with the transom.
I would say i am more concerned to see that they are sealed correctly than anything else.

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That is a real concern. Last season I had to run my bilge pump once every twenty to thirty minutes to drain my bilge of 2" of water. I had the traps resealed, and now it's bone dry, minus some run off from the ice in the cooler.

Get them sealed, the sooner the better.

I agree with Mikey, as I said in my first post to this thread, I think you will be very disappointed if you expect any noticable gain in HP.

I ran my boat the first month I had it with the trapps off of it, and it didn't leak any water around the joint. Another point about this is I didn't notice any difference at all in performance when I put them back on.

Those are big exhaust pipes, and maybe this is not the best end of the boat to look for performance gains.

As for the traps being loose, or leaking, that isn't hard to fix.

The traps are easy to service. Take the screws out, they come off.

Put a bead of some good marine grade sealant around the joint of the pipe and tansom, add some plates to the traps if you want to, and put them back on. Replace the rusted screws with new stainless screws, and I would maybe add a very small amount of Gorilla glue to the threads if the screws don't get a good bite. The word small is important in this because you don't want that stuff to ooze out of the screw holes unless you want to permantly attach the traps to the boat.

I just took off FAE and had to rush order super traps from my dealer because we misplaced them
My dealer told me do not run the boat with out super traps or water could go into the engine compartment and do some damage (note this is on a 2002 22V supra launch)

He keeps them in stock if you need the info

Many many people have run with wide open pipes. It's not the greatest idea but it is not suppossed to hurt anything. SupraTraps or flappers are fine, either one.

Very easy to maintenance. Lots of junk accumulated between the rings. Thanks for all the input everyone.

I put red leds in the center of my supertrapps before I put them back on. They look sweet with red glow. Just kidding.

Anyone know if the threaded screw post that is connected to the cross bracket inside the exhaust pipe (they hold the super trapp) is replaceable? If so you go about removing it how?