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Old May 12, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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im getting ready to throw on some long tubes and need to drive my car with open headers to a muffler shop that is about 30 miles away. Am i okay with driving it that far to get a y pipe put on, or is something gonna get messed up?
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Old May 12, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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it'll run like **** when fresh oxygen washes over your o2 sensors.
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Old May 12, 2005 | 08:19 PM
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ive heard people driving a couple miles but never 30. not sure how safe it is.
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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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it'll be fine. i went for 2 weeks
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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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it'll just run really rich the whole way there. oh yeah, it will be unbelievably loud too. .
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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you will be fine, people have driven that far without any problems.
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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i remember the day my headers went on and we fired it up with out the y pipe. I could believe it. Neighbors started coming outside. Sounded awsome. Wish i could have driven it around for a while before puttin the rest of the exhaust on
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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it'll be fine. i went for 2 weeks
Aye, I drove mine for a week with open headers. It was great driving on campus and messing with people and getting all kinds of looks.

Jason
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:51 PM
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I drove mine to the exhaust shop also about 30 miles and no problems. About halfway the car started misfiring badly and threw a code and SES light, but it ran fine after that. You will definity turn some heads and get a nice massage.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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I did that two weeks ago.......get earplugs! The car ran fine and still does since the duals went on. Haven't had it tuned yet.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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lol keep the RPMs low around the cops, in some places cops love nothing more than writing tickets for loud exhaust!
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Old May 13, 2005 | 01:26 PM
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you will be fine, i drove mine about 30-40 miles to have lane build my TDs.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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i havent heard mine w. open headers. im think about taking off the duals for a weekend just to drive around. lol
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Old May 13, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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I agree with everyone else.. after we threw the Pacesetters on my car and connected the front O2's I bombed up and down the street full throttle a couple of times with no issues. Man did I love that sound!
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