Running Open LT's
04-29-2009, 10:51 PM
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bullshit..open header for daily driving= Success!!!...id been doin it for like two weeks until i put my exhaust on..its fun...but after awhile you do get irritated by it when you just want to cruise..at the end of the day....just do what you want to do..
04-29-2009, 11:12 PM
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i started mine in my garage and loved it! i honestly would run it that way everyday all day if i could but as said it toasts o2's and the law isnt as much of a fan as i am...
i have ridden in one that way too so i dont want to hear "until you drive it you dont know" bs....
i have ridden in one that way too so i dont want to hear "until you drive it you dont know" bs....
04-30-2009, 11:06 AM
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Now my dad used to have a 70 cutlass S with a 455 Rocket Cammed, shaved head, and when he ran open headers, that **** sounded cool as ****. Stock LS1, not so much. I'm telling you it sounds cool for all of 5 minutes, and then you realize that you cant even move the car without 80db of sound roaring through your thin *** floorboards. Now if you are ging to do it, at least throw some cheap turndowns on it
04-30-2009, 11:18 AM
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been there done that got the "excessive noise- via defective muffler system" ticket so i put an exhaust with a cut-out in my opinion its the best of both worlds. wanna go loud to the strip or car meet open the cut-out , and for the times when you wanna be able to drive and not get pulled over or be able to hear on the phone or radio or someone next to you cap the cut out, its still loud as hell even with the cut-out closed but its loud behind the car not in the car( i run the loudmouth with a cutout where the bullet muffler goes with LT's and no cats), with it open HOLY **** it shakes everything and you can't hear **** but hey at times thats what i want other times not. especially when the cop is writing you up for everything he can, i even turned the car off when i got pulled over he told me to refire it and then just glarred at me and shook his head.
04-30-2009, 02:08 PM
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I ran my truck with a y-pipe only for two years. Big *** k-5 blazer with a 350. It was annoying as hell and the best thing ever LOL..
I run my cutout open 24/7 now. As long as your drive sane your OK..
I run my cutout open 24/7 now. As long as your drive sane your OK..
04-30-2009, 04:55 PM
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bitch your not the forum mommy i'll type til my fingers bleed you worthless ******* half wit. if you want to hear your junk with open headers then go do it. dont ask people on a forum for there opinions, you wont like most answers i promise. and i have a chevy mustang becuase i think the ls1 is the best ford motor chevy ever built, they just failed to put it in a ford.
and for the record, i'm sure it will sound like any v8 with open headers, to small of lope to be cool, and not enough compression to really have a crack sound
and for the record, i'm sure it will sound like any v8 with open headers, to small of lope to be cool, and not enough compression to really have a crack sound
Also it will not sound like just any other v8 with open headers. I guarantee if you line up a 305, LS1 346, Carbed 350, the 4.6L out of a stang, a 5.7L mopar hemi, and a 454 big block. No two of those will sounds the same so stop making general rationalizations about things.
I'm now done with this. The E-PUNK scares me. He might get me...
04-30-2009, 05:16 PM
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your an idiot you ******* retard. if you ask about how one sounds then how the hell do you know what any one those engines sound like. and since i have heard all of those in a BONE STOCK form with open headers they all sound similar. just like a 4 cylinder honda and a 4 cylinder nissan. i just become amazed by the question people ask in these forums, when the simple answer is right there. GO TRY IT...
04-30-2009, 06:21 PM
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I don't recommend open headers for street driving. Open headers for racing is great. I am in the process of converting to true duals and my car has approximately 3 feet of 3'' pipe straight off the headers. It is too loud and obnoxious for street driving imo.
04-30-2009, 07:26 PM
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6.0 Mustang, gave you a warning. If you can relax a lil bit, that would be great.
Anyways Running open headers in my opinion is not rewarding. You have to un-do your exhaust, risk bruning up o2 senors (not cheap), and doesnt sound all that great.
I love a mean, raspy, aggressive tone but when I did it (was after a head install) was not impressed with the sound...sounded like a dump truck.
Dont do it man. You want a badass sounding exhaust get a Corsa.
Anyways Running open headers in my opinion is not rewarding. You have to un-do your exhaust, risk bruning up o2 senors (not cheap), and doesnt sound all that great.
I love a mean, raspy, aggressive tone but when I did it (was after a head install) was not impressed with the sound...sounded like a dump truck.
Dont do it man. You want a badass sounding exhaust get a Corsa.
04-30-2009, 08:09 PM
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I ran them to take a 5 minute drive home, auper loud and POPPED every time you slowed down or shifted and it was loud. But it got old fast and i would not want to drive a car like that longer then 1/2 hour tops.
04-30-2009, 08:21 PM
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well, it does infact sound GAY! And im sorry, but the LS series motors open headers DO NOT sound anything like a traditional small block open headers. They are way too raspy, crackly and shitty sounding with them. Oh, did anyone mention the backfires ??
05-01-2009, 10:15 AM
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Friend of mine installed his shitty dynatech headers and ran em open for a week and it sounded like a dump truck. After that we ended up doing a torquer 2 and left the headers open and the backfires were terrible and only sounded good at WOT. That's the only time its worth it. Went through a set of o2s also. Kisten to all advice, not just what you wanna hear man. Plenty of knowledgable people here. But at the end of the day, its your call and car car man.
PS- 6.0mustang, I loled at "best motor ford ever put in a chevy".
PS- 6.0mustang, I loled at "best motor ford ever put in a chevy".
05-01-2009, 10:47 AM
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haha drove my car to school all the time when I first had open headers and everyone thought I had like a big block 454 under the hood it was fun. Had it that way for about three months and then finally got a B&B triflow exhaust put on with a offroad y pipe and its still loud as heck but shoots the sound out the back of the car. Also the vibration from open headers will drive you NUTS!! your interior will vibrate apart and rattle non-stop trust me.
