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Dec 23, 2002 | 04:38 PM

murphy77

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Headers Glowing Orange!!!

I had to jump my 98 trans am because the battery was dead. It was nighttime and i backed it out of the garage let it idle for about 5 minutes and when i was sitting in the car i started to smell a burning smell. I immediately popped the hood and looked inside the engine compartment and my JBA headers were literally GLOWING orange! anyone have any idea about what this could be??

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Dec 23, 2002 | 04:44 PM

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Re: Headers Glowing Orange!!!

your car is runnin super lean dude. either that or i've heard that clogged cats can make them glow as well. ditch the cats or fix the air/fuel and it wont do that. unless you just want it to ;D

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Dec 23, 2002 | 04:49 PM

murphy77

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Re: Headers Glowing Orange!!!

i got the MAF translator on there. Do you think the settings get blown out if the battery dies or what?

Dec 23, 2002 | 04:55 PM

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Re: Headers Glowing Orange!!!

Did it throw a code yet. If not it will. Either the code for the after cats O2 sensors or the lean code. But first thing you should do is fatten that thing up. Tune it down with MAF a good deal to see if that works.

Dec 23, 2002 | 04:57 PM

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Re: Headers Glowing Orange!!!

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by VentsWoker:
your car is runnin super lean dude. either that or i've heard that clogged cats can make them glow as well. ditch the cats or fix the air/fuel and it wont do that. unless you just want it to ;D<hr /></blockquote>ya, thats what i'd guesss, but i have never heard of that before except on turbo cars <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

Dec 23, 2002 | 05:24 PM

murphy77

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Re: Headers Glowing Orange!!!

i bought my car with the MAF translator on it and the guy didnt have the manual. I'm not sure if these are the optimal settings can anyone make any suggestions seeing this picture and knowing what mods i got:

p.s. all the dip switches are down <img src="http://hometown.aol.com/xvx7773/myhomepage/personal.html" alt=" - " />