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Old 09-24-2009, 07:26 PM
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I am going to have an exhaust shop weld up a y-pipe for me and they are only 5 miles away from my house, will I burn up the O2's or a valve driving that short of distance??
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Old 09-24-2009, 07:38 PM
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I don't think you will hurt your valves in that short of a distance, but you could mess up an O2 sensor. I thinks you will be OK.
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yeah your O2s might go out, be ready to have an extra set handy in case. your valves are far enough up the header to remain intact
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Pull the O2s out and wrap them and tie them up. Then have the exhaust shop screw them back in when its on the lift. You will get an SES light during the drive but that's no big deal.
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youll be fine, just dont go past 2000rpms. after that, you are just deciding how deaf you want to be
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Ive had to drive 2 days with open headers(Yeah i know i don't do it on purpose all exhaust shops around here are closed on weekends) you'll be fine
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if i have headers to mid pipes and leave them open will i hurt my valves ?
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man i drove around for nearly a month once with open headers: no problems at all (other than ringing in my ears)
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You'll be fine as long as you don't rag on it. Keep the rpms down and should be ok.
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