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could I do this?
get a tune to delete the rear o2's and run open headers with a small 3inch extension?
say if I had a foot and a half after the longtubes of 3inch piping pointing downwards would it hurt the engine at all?
how would it sound?
get a tune to delete the rear o2's and run open headers with a small 3inch extension?
say if I had a foot and a half after the longtubes of 3inch piping pointing downwards would it hurt the engine at all?
how would it sound?
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You could. The extension will keep the O2's from going nucking futs with outside air contaminating them. I ran open headers for a few weeks a couple years ago...it's not something you want to do with a daily driver. You could never get on it without getting way too much attention drawn to yourself, it's very loud. It does sound BADASS though.
I will get cutouts to open header sometime so I can hear them with the cam thumping.
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It sounds amazing. Although i must say it's not as loud as everyone says it is....until you get above 3 grand and then it SCREAMS LIKE A WILD BANSHEE. It's pure bliss to hear while it's going through 6k. Normal driving it will kind of sound like a diesel but much better. Some like it, some don't. I have a video of mine that i'll try to put up.
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I'm all for loud exhausts, but IMHO running open headers is just idiotic and asking for trouble. After a day or two, we'll see a post about how the cops are picking on you.
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Originally Posted by SOM98TA
no no... I'll have the rear o2's deleted...
this is only for a month or 2.. btw
this is only for a month or 2.. btw
Sorry for the rant, I thought you wanted this as a permanent exhaust setup.. Just be ready for the fumes and vibrations.
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Originally Posted by SOM98TA
with the extensions on the end of the longtubes I dont see how it would hurt the engine at all blkz28spt ![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
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It's very loud, and really is overkill on the street especially for a daily driver. You can't talk to the person next to you when accelerating at all and you get an awful lot of attention. It sounds very, very, very nice but it would get OLD in a hurry on a daily driver.
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Good luck keeping front o2 sensors happy...I dont see how they will last long at all being so close to open air. If you're gonna do this get it tuned for open loop. And for a daily driver no way. You may like it for a little while, but give it time and you'll hate it.
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this is all just ideas being thrown out there guys...
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
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Originally Posted by SOM98TA
this is all just ideas being thrown out there guys...
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
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Originally Posted by SOM98TA
this is all just ideas being thrown out there guys...
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
I'll have it custom tuned to run that way...
rear o2 will be deleted.. and I'll have a 3inch diamater piping about 1.5 feet pointing downwards and out.
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IT ISN"T AS LOUD AS EVERYONE SAYS IT IS. I've had it for a year now and i still love it. You can still listen to the radio and have conversations. You must point the pipe outwards. And the fumes aren't near as bad as a cammed car. And yes you will need to tune it or you will be running EXTREMELY rich up high.
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If you don't think it's as loud as everyone says, and you can listen to the radio and have conversations, asnwer me this:
Exactly how much pipe do you have after the collector? No mufflers, just pipe?
The extensions must make it a lot quieter than true open headers, cause true open headers really are that loud.
Exactly how much pipe do you have after the collector? No mufflers, just pipe?
The extensions must make it a lot quieter than true open headers, cause true open headers really are that loud.
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Originally Posted by blkZ28spt
If you don't think it's as loud as everyone says, and you can listen to the radio and have conversations, asnwer me this:
Exactly how much pipe do you have after the collector? No mufflers, just pipe?
The extensions must make it a lot quieter than true open headers, cause true open headers really are that loud.
Exactly how much pipe do you have after the collector? No mufflers, just pipe?
The extensions must make it a lot quieter than true open headers, cause true open headers really are that loud.