open headers, how long can i drive?
10-23-2007, 12:34 PM
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open headers, how long can i drive? hey i just took off my Y pipe to ship it out and my new one will be in tonight.. only thing is there's a car meeting and i have no Y right now. can i drive with open headers for a LONG distance? such as 100 miles all together, with only 2 O2s hooked up also? am i going to screw anything up?
10-23-2007, 01:33 PM
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i need 02s anyways i have 2 new ones sitting right here.. either way i just drove it about 10-15 miles and it sounds like **** unless i'm WOT so hopefully my Y gets here befor it's meating time
10-23-2007, 01:36 PM
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I'm talking about messing up the 02's to the point where it may become undriveable while you are far from home. You're just gonna be dumping fuel onto them. Even if you have new 02's, you may be left stranded out somewhere when they finally stop responding. Good choice on staying home.
10-23-2007, 01:40 PM
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I'm talking about messing up the 02's to the point where it may become undriveable while you are far from home. You're just gonna be dumping fuel onto them. Even if you have new 02's, you may be left stranded out somewhere when they finally stop responding. Good choice on staying home.
10-23-2007, 01:42 PM
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Yea... ever driven in limp mode? I had a small exhaust leak at my y pipe and it was a struggle to get it to go 25mph, felt like it was going to rumble apart. In this case we're talking completely open headers. Even worse. You're gonna dump so much fuel that not only the 02's will die but you'll also be fouling spark plugs. It will eventually be like slowly pulling a plug wire off each cylinder until it dies.
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lol, i got a little story for you...
when i had my headers put on, the shop that did it took my o2's out and didnt put them back in, and i drove it for almost 2 months until the other day when i had it tuned, and we couldnt figure out why my o2's werent responding and it was because they werent there.... lol, but it never really drove bad??? so idk man.. weird..
when i had my headers put on, the shop that did it took my o2's out and didnt put them back in, and i drove it for almost 2 months until the other day when i had it tuned, and we couldnt figure out why my o2's werent responding and it was because they werent there.... lol, but it never really drove bad??? so idk man.. weird..
10-23-2007, 08:34 PM
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i kno that you can screw some **** up driving it that far without a Ypipe. but why would you drive it anyways? thats my question.....and dayum....just dayum....get a ride. ride the bus, ride a horse, but dont drive your car that far with open headers 