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Old 02-27-2008, 10:11 AM
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did anyone else's gas milage get worse after installing thier longtubes??? Its seem like mine did. I dont have my rear O2's could this be it???
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Old 02-27-2008, 10:15 AM
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Did you get them tuned out? if not and its throwing an SES, not only is performence going to be affected but it will just toss fuel in them cylinders. If you did get them tuned, maybe you just running it a little harder then before?
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Yes thats it, Your car will be running rich.
Get a EFI LIVE tune, or o2 sims, or a mail order tune.
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no I still havent thrown a code and it runs great. It just seems like its using a little more. Maybe its just me I guess. You guys have any links to these tunes that I can look at.
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headers=heavier foot....it's a fact
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Originally Posted by REDHOtTransAM
headers=heavier foot....it's a fact
Old 02-27-2008, 07:22 PM
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For sure...thats gotta be it. I love how its got that high pitch scream up top. I seariously got to get you guys a sound clip.
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its got a sound similar to this vette NO LIE ...but not near as fast and takes longer to rev of course. anyway ill get a clip soon as I can get my friends camera. The vid is worth watching its a crazy fast vette.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NliTP...eature=related
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Originally Posted by Shinigami2x4
Did you get them tuned out? if not and its throwing an SES, not only is performence going to be affected but it will just toss fuel in them cylinders. If you did get them tuned, maybe you just running it a little harder then before?
performance is NOT hurt by removing the rear 02 sensors! rear 02's are only emission related. they are there only to turn on the ses light when the cats have failed or dont exist.
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Originally Posted by Jakester136
its got a sound similar to this vette NO LIE ...but not near as fast and takes longer to rev of course. anyway ill get a clip soon as I can get my friends camera. The vid is worth watching its a crazy fast vette.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NliTP...eature=related
lol at the display: "high speed warning" - yeah duh no kidding
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Headers will improve milage. You do need a tune. If you are throwing a code, this will throw the computer into a safe mode. This retards the timming and adds extra fuel to prevent damage. Rear O2's need to be deleted from the computer or O2 sims need to be used.
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Originally Posted by REDHOtTransAM
headers=heavier foot....it's a fact
Cam too.

Heads too

OK, well mods in general.
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Your front o2's may be toast, if your headers were new and coated, sometimes the loose coating collects on the o2's as it gets blown out and ruins them. I would check those, you'll probably get a code soon.

Originally Posted by Shinigami2x4
Did you get them tuned out? if not and its throwing an SES, not only is performence going to be affected but it will just toss fuel in them cylinders. If you did get them tuned, maybe you just running it a little harder then before?
Rear O2's have doing to do with fuel, they only throw a code, nothing else.
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get them tuned out
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I wish it was that easy...First I need to find a tunning shop with a decent price and I have feeling a the closest one is up in indianapolis.
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Damn, I almost called BS w/ that vette until i realized the TACH was in Km/h lol!
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Originally Posted by landonew
Damn, I almost called BS w/ that vette until i realized the TACH was in Km/h lol!
Ya I almost did the same. Still freakn fast though
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Damn that Vette was fast! Dumb question, but are we sure that was MILES per hour and not Kilometers per hour??? Just seems damn unreal!! lol
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Originally Posted by Swiat34
Damn that Vette was fast! Dumb question, but are we sure that was MILES per hour and not Kilometers per hour??? Just seems damn unreal!! lol
No it clearly says it is in KPH
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I agree with some of the guys. Your car sounds better and drives faster=Heavier foot.


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