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03-12-2007, 11:21 PM
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Can you drive with just headers?
i know its against the law and stuff i just want to know if i drive my car to the exhaust place about a mile away with only headers will there be any back pressure damage or anything like that or is it just loud as hell?
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#2
03-12-2007, 11:33 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
Loud as hell. Shouldn't blow anything up though, just don't do it too long cause those exhaust gases can melt stuff under there.
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#3
03-13-2007, 12:46 AM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
not a problem. i had to do the same thing myself.
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03-13-2007, 01:38 AM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
It'll be loud as sin... i know my V6 is if I run it with just stock manifolds and y-pipe
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03-13-2007, 06:41 AM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
it's quite fun. i've been in a '64 (i think) Nova with just headers and straight pipes to the side. blew flames, made noise. luckily due to age the car wasn't under any noise or emissions regualtions.
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#7
03-13-2007, 11:14 AM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
Yeah, I did that for a few days, just headers. Ungodly loud. You'll have a headache after driving with them like that. I liked it a first, but then I couldn't wait to get everything connected back up again. But I kinda miss the open headers. No one wants a piece of you when your car sounds like that.
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#8
03-13-2007, 01:36 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
I drove my 92 with open headers a few times...I wish they were legal, people don't know what the hell is going on when you pass them throwing exhaust everywhere. The sound is crazy
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03-13-2007, 06:29 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
I have a friend who said once he drove his saab with open manifolds for a little while.
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#11
03-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
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#12
03-14-2007, 06:48 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
ive been driving around with just the headers and a few feet of pipe cut before the y section for a few months now. yeah...loud... i havent had any problems with the noise though... from the police anyways. i was just removing the cats when i got lazy and just left it open. I drive the car everyday so im not worried about it. If the car was going to sit for a while i would be concerned about moisture getting into the engine.
anyways...i think the question is answered... that being yes you can...
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03-14-2007, 06:53 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
and yeah ill agree with the no one wants a piece of you statement lol i havent had any action for a while since i cut the pipe.
Should be even louder with my cammed 6.0 liter and just long tubes  and ill be able to back up all the noise
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#14
03-14-2007, 07:28 PM
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Re: Can you drive with just headers?
You're going to blow your ear drums out...
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