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Old 08-13-2010 | 02:22 PM
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I took my Z28 and had a shop install long tubes and a o/r y-pipe, but their welder messed up and they cant connect it back to my catback. Its about 100 miles from my house. Will I be OK running it with open headers till I get to my house and can weld it up? Thanks
Old 08-13-2010 | 02:37 PM
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Yes..

But why are you trying to weld to the headers
Old 08-13-2010 | 02:38 PM
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Yes. Its gonna be loud but it will be fine
Old 08-13-2010 | 03:34 PM
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i ran my car for week to and from work with open headers....you should be fine....some people have problems with the O2 sensors going bad....but you should be alright...the worst that will happen is you will have to replace an O2 sensor...
Old 08-13-2010 | 04:51 PM
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Behold the horrified look of the local wildlife as you transform their peaceful habitat into a warzones all in all maybe bad o2 sensors and a check engine light
Old 08-13-2010 | 05:26 PM
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hell i cut off the blast pack the guy i bought the car from had on there and ran it for like a month with no cat or muffler it was fine. i did notice the power loss but i still smoke a 06 v6 butstang with some mods
Old 08-13-2010 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by raging fury
Behold the horrified look of the local wildlife as you transform their peaceful habitat into a warzones

lol

:rofl
Old 08-13-2010 | 07:51 PM
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Run it with the Y attached.

I run my car with an open Y since I don't want to pay some retard $100 just to do a quick weld.

It sounds amazing and it's not that loud at all.
Old 08-13-2010 | 11:53 PM
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Alright, thanks guys I have it running through the y-pipe as of now. I got it home and am going to put it together tomorrow. I was just making sure it wouldn't hurt my engine getting it home, Thanks for the help!
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i ran open y pipe for about a year. its fine and there was no powerloss




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