Louder Valve Noise With New Headers
Louder Valve Noise With New Headers JUST INSTALLED MY NEW PACESETTERS AND TSP CATTED Y PIPE, FOR SOME REASON WHEN IM DRIVING IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOUDER VALVE NOISE ALMOST LIKE A RATTLE FROM THE FRONT, IT USE TO DO IT BEFORE THE INSTALLE TOO, BUT WHEN I SHIFT IT IN NEATRUL AND REVE IT YOU CANT HEAR IT, I WAS THINKING MAYBE IT COULD BE THE FUEL (87) AND GETTING SOME KNOCK NOISE 
did you use stock style gaskets, but the thing is it use to do it before but now its louder, only when your driving the car not in neutral or park, i dosnt sound like a exhaust leak
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by gnbooster87
did you use stock style gaskets, but the thing is it use to do it before but now its louder, only when your driving the car not in neutral or park, i dosnt sound like a exhaust leak
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87 octane gas?
Do the headers have provisions for the AIR system? If so is the AIR system hooked up?(I can't remember if the '02's had them)
87 octane gas?
Do the headers have provisions for the AIR system? If so is the AIR system hooked up?(I can't remember if the '02's had them)
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by Zymosis
Who buys an ls1, or any other car that takes premium, to cut corners and save 10 maybe 2 bucks on a tank of gas.
times are tough, with rent and a new car payment thats all shell have to get for now, i do have the air fittings hooked up, what company sell the 02 simulators for the rear 02s?
Originally Posted by gnbooster87
times are tough, with rent and a new car payment thats all shell have to get for now, i do have the air fittings hooked up, what company sell the 02 simulators for the rear 02s?
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by ls2 bait
if times are tuff u shouldnt be putting headers on ur car- u should be putting the correct gas in it.
But, to each his own I guess.....
Originally Posted by ls2 bait
if times are tuff u shouldnt be putting headers on ur car- u should be putting the correct gas in it.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Problem is, if the car is getting audible knock, that's a problem that needs to be fixed before it does damage. Now, without hearing the noise in person, it's hard to tell what the sound actually is that you're hearing.
But, if you suspect it may be knock then the best advice anyone can give you is to put premium in for a few tanks and see if it goes away......
But, if you suspect it may be knock then the best advice anyone can give you is to put premium in for a few tanks and see if it goes away......
Originally Posted by gnbooster87
if you dont have positive advise then fuckoff, its dipshits like you that ruin the whole purpose of this site
It is good advice though. They're only meant to be run with 91 octane. For the price of the headers you could have upgraded to the higher octane gas your car needs, for two years. What you are doing is counterintuitive. You are increasing hp with the longtubes, and decreasing it by using 87 octane gas and running on the low octane tables. Your net hp gain will be small.