Good luck man... 
Open Headers?
Open Headers? Guys, i was told by one of my good buddies whome has driven a chevy 350...older w/ open headers and said if u drive it and downshift or anything to the point where having no back pressure is a factor..i can hurt some kinda seal or something in the engine...whats the deal w/ this?
He means the valves. It's an urban legend that you can burn up the valve seals while running open headers because of the lack of piping that causes cool air to get to the insides of the engine. IMO it's all legend, never actually heard of it happening.
Running open headers will not hurt you (unless your air/fuel ratio is way off).
Running open headers will not hurt you (unless your air/fuel ratio is way off).
i ran l/t's back in march for a week or two, it did fine. only way your gonna f-up the valves is if your running shorty headers in real cold winter imo, if even then. only prob would be if cold air went back up into the head and hit that really hot valve it might present a problem
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I heard the same thing long ago in high school. The rule I have always been told is to have at least 2-3' of pipe from the head. Long tube headers cover this requirement. Your car will be fine. It WILL be stupid loud, though. I had to drive my 97 Z28 to the muffler shop to get a custom Y-pipe after installing Jet-Hot long tubes. The car sounded wicked, but I was afraid of getting a ticket. Loud was an understatement!!!!! 
Schantin
2002 Camaro Z28 M6
Schantin
2002 Camaro Z28 M6
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
LOL thanks guys...down the street and back can't hurt then. MUUAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.
That's what i did and it's insane!!
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Verdad Gallardo Major problems, HELP! Guys i got the QTP LT's in...its all good..MIGHT have a minor leak..how do i fix this...do i just tighten the bolts a little more...someone had it posted somewhere 18 ft lbs...do i go more than that b/c i'm afriad to stip the aluminum block...now for the major problem...the QTP catted y-pipe is the biggest peice of sh*t in the world...it looks like it wasnt even planned when they put the bends into it...i have the cats mounted now just to quiet it down b/c i cant be w/out a car any longer..i have to get back and forth to work...so now...i already cut a foot of pipe off my loudmouth cat back....and now it finally is short enough to mount the y-pipe but the problem is the loudmouth right before the resonater is angled up..so when i put the y on it goes up into my driveshaft...also its about 4 inches off to the passenger side...AND the cross memebr that connects my slp sfc's....NO WAY to get that back on so what now....i'm screwed? HELP!
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Guys i got the QTP LT's in...its all good..MIGHT have a minor leak..how do i fix this...do i just tighten the bolts a little more...someone had it posted somewhere 18 ft lbs...do i go more than that b/c i'm afriad to stip the aluminum block...now for the major problem...the QTP catted y-pipe is the biggest peice of sh*t in the world...it looks like it wasnt even planned when they put the bends into it...i have the cats mounted now just to quiet it down b/c i cant be w/out a car any longer..i have to get back and forth to work...so now...i already cut a foot of pipe off my loudmouth cat back....and now it finally is short enough to mount the y-pipe but the problem is the loudmouth right before the resonater is angled up..so when i put the y on it goes up into my driveshaft...also its about 4 inches off to the passenger side...AND the cross memebr that connects my slp sfc's....NO WAY to get that back on so what now....i'm screwed? HELP!
