Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop?
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? hehehe I can see the chiteating grin on your face now driving to the muffler shop. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I did the same thing in my 455 T/A a looong time ago. <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by WayneSS01:
<strong>hehehe I can see the chiteating grin on your face now driving to the muffler shop. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I did the same thing in my 455 T/A a looong time ago. <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah I bet 20 bucks that he doesnt even make it to the muffler shop <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> I think he will be doing a little extra cruising.
<strong>hehehe I can see the chiteating grin on your face now driving to the muffler shop. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I did the same thing in my 455 T/A a looong time ago. <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah I bet 20 bucks that he doesnt even make it to the muffler shop <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> I think he will be doing a little extra cruising.
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Alonzo:
<strong>QUOTE]Yeah I bet 20 bucks that he doesnt even make it to the muffler shop <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> I think he will be doing a little extra cruising.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<strong>QUOTE]Yeah I bet 20 bucks that he doesnt even make it to the muffler shop <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> I think he will be doing a little extra cruising.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? It will run like total $hit <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> I have open headers at the moment, getting duals on Thursday, and I drove around he neighborhood and good god. I can hardly keep it runnin below 3500 RPM. It spits, sputters, slows down and all kinds of nasty stuff, but get above that and it wants to move. I have to drive about 20 miles like that, just dont hold the throttle stead and youll do aight <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? hehe........did it for a week or two, no problems what so ever!
besides the po lice! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
besides the po lice! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? That's what I'm in the process of doing right now. Hooker cat-back won't be in till next week. That big 229 sounds 10 times more intimadating, no one will even rev me. haha <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? I am going to put the Hooker LT's on my car and after I want to have an exhaust shop make a custom Ypipe for it. Is it alright to drive the car over there open headers? Will I mess anything up like the valves? The shop is like 3-4 miles away.
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Doug Tschantz:
<strong>That's what I'm in the process of doing right now. Hooker cat-back won't be in till next week. That big 229 sounds 10 times more intimadating, no one will even rev me. haha <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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<strong>That's what I'm in the process of doing right now. Hooker cat-back won't be in till next week. That big 229 sounds 10 times more intimadating, no one will even rev me. haha <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? Mine sounds god awfully mean with mac headers witha orp and no muffler. Only problem I had is that it intimadates alot of potential races. No import will even look at me and most stock fbodies and vettes just shake there head like ...... heeeeeeeellllllll no i ain't racing that thing.
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 99RamAirTA:
<strong>Mine sounds god awfully mean with mac headers witha orp and no muffler. Only problem I had is that it intimadates alot of potential races. No import will even look at me and most stock fbodies and vettes just shake there head like ...... heeeeeeeellllllll no i ain't racing that thing.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This has got to be the ONLY reason I don't like running open exhaust.
<strong>Mine sounds god awfully mean with mac headers witha orp and no muffler. Only problem I had is that it intimadates alot of potential races. No import will even look at me and most stock fbodies and vettes just shake there head like ...... heeeeeeeellllllll no i ain't racing that thing.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This has got to be the ONLY reason I don't like running open exhaust.
Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? I've got dual cut-outs after the headers and that's freakin loud! I don't leave them open too much since I have to worry about cops but I will keep them open once I can get some electric cut-out openers, then just flcik a switch when I see a cop. Yeah, you'll probably skip the muffler shop and go cruising for a while first once you see how awesome it sounds <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? Yeah, I got my Hookers on saturday and have been setting off car alarms and turning heads. Waiting on a Mufflex y-pipe. I even scared a couple people in parking lots. I love it! If I could afford the tickets I would run it like this all the time!! No one will race me except those really slow ricers that will race anything.
Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by CarMan:
<strong>Do the open headers set off the after-cat O2 sensors?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" />
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<strong>Do the open headers set off the after-cat O2 sensors?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" />
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Re: Is it ok to drive open headers over to the exhaust shop? It might be with just the SLP headers. I tried to make it to the exhaust shop, but I didnt make it out of the neighborhood. It kept dieing and spittin', sputterin' and finally set a SES light. Took it back and ATAPed it and go more codes than it could take <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> All were Misfires, O2s lean, O2 malfunctions, All the exhaust related codes and MANY misfire codes. I put the Y-pipe back on and it ran great again. I guess its because the O2s ar right at the end of the collector and it just wigged out the comp. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
