A buddy of mine told me that running open headers was hard on a motor.

Any truth to that?

I plan on installing my headers then driving 80 mph down the highway for about 40 miles to my muffler shop to get the cat's and mufflers welded up.

 

I ran open headers to my exhaust shop, for cats and muffler but couldn't get above 40-45mph due to some serious bucking and snorting and such, my truck did not like them open at all. I also only drove about 8 miles to the shop so I am not sure if 40 at 80 mph would be o.k., plus it is so darn loud, I don't think you would wanna do 80 mph, I was kind of embarrassed at how loud it was, that truly was some redneck $h!t that day...

 

Open headers wont hurt anything, unless it screws with the 02's and how the computer reads them.

 

Well I planned on temporarily installing the resonators with the o2 sensors installed thinking that it would run ok then.

Yea I plan on it being louder than crap. I'll probabaly wear some ear plugs.

 

Might want to find a friend with a trailer, just in case.

 

^^^^Yea, I have a buddy that can haul it for me if I have to.

 

I'd run the resonators and do the gotts exhaust mod to get it to the shop, he's been running the resonators for a while now without issue

 

Good idea.

By the way I started another thread but no one has answered.

What are the resonators anyway?

I don't plan on using them.

 

if they are shorty headers i would advise against it, long tube you will be fine as long as your computer doesnt start acting up because of the lack of o2's...

 

I ran open headers on my Jeep for a day until I got the exhaust welded up. I have a SBC V8 in my jeep. Imagine people's faces when they heard me drive by. It was ridiculously loud. I liked it though, since the Jeep is a weekend cruiser.

 

Long tubes!

 

ran LT headers with resonators (OBX) to the gas station. i only hit 40mph and it was extremely loud. i had 3 cops come FIND me, they said they heard me well over 2 miles away.

 

My wife is gonna crap when I fire this thing up!

Yea it's gonna sound like the NHRA on I-70 the day I drive it to the muffler shop! Especially since I turn about 2600 rpm's when I drive 75mph!

I will probably just drive it a little and see how bad it's gonna be before I head out.

I could have it trailered up there but that will be kind of a pain in the butt. I'll have to borrow a truck and a trailer. Maybe I could clamp on the mufflers somehow right after the resonators or something.

 

clamp up the Y pipe and use bailing wire



the resonaters are to mellow out the straight pipes

 

yea I forgot that I had the Y pipe!

Hell ya I'll just clamp that thing in and hook up my 40 series that I have on now.