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Mar 16, 2005 | 08:49 PM

silver02Z

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Open headers Mac Midlengths?

I'm waiting on my y-pipe and really need to drive my car...Is this going to hurt anything running them open, o2's, foul plugs etc...

I just took it for a spin, open headers, no rear o2, unhooked air and no SES...
Car is running like Dookie though!!!

Kevin

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Mar 16, 2005 | 08:54 PM

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your car should be fine, I don't know if your neighbors will be very happy when they start to suspect that NASCAR rolled into town.

Mar 16, 2005 | 08:56 PM

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I did this for a while. My neighbors weren't too happy. Especially If I came home late at night.

Mar 16, 2005 | 09:16 PM

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Man I got a set of macs sitting in my room. I was waiting on my dual stuff that will be here in a day or two before I put them on. Now I am thinking of putting them on just for the fun of it.

Mar 16, 2005 | 09:33 PM

silver02Z

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Hey mikews6 did it run like dookie with open headers??? I guess I could just coast thru the neighborhood

I expected my stuff before now so that why I went ahead and installed them....actually i'm glad I did...

Mar 16, 2005 | 11:02 PM

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I ran cut-outs for a while in my neighborhood. They were not happy at all, to say the least.

It is not going to harm anything short term, but I never like running a SES for longer than a couple days, so o2 sims are a must IMHO.

Mar 20, 2005 | 05:40 PM

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lol my nieghbors think my car sounds awesome!!! MAC ML's, Y-pipe, and a random tech. muff....with a healthy cam i might add

....oh btw thats only on my street

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Mar 20, 2005 | 08:22 PM

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I ran mine today open headers
for about 1/2 mile
when I got it back home it was all it could do to stay
running
It was fun though

Mar 21, 2005 | 01:45 AM

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yah i ran my car once with open longtubes and it would barely run and want to die...

i made a 10 mile venture to my friend's house to weld up an x-pipe...barely made it...car ran rich as hell