Driving 350 with only headers on?
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From: Fisher, IL
Driving 350 with only headers on?
With any luck i'm going to have a small window of a week or two to be able to drive my corvette this year.
First I've got about 2 weeks to slap it together and hope it starts.
I had to cut the exhaust to get it out when I started the body off. and i'm not ready to make a decision on what kind of exhaust I want to put back in it.
So will I damage anything by running it with only the headers?
I don't care about the noise or exhaust fumes....just don't want to hurt anything.
First I've got about 2 weeks to slap it together and hope it starts.
I had to cut the exhaust to get it out when I started the body off. and i'm not ready to make a decision on what kind of exhaust I want to put back in it.
So will I damage anything by running it with only the headers?
I don't care about the noise or exhaust fumes....just don't want to hurt anything.
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Idle is incredibly loud, but bearable.
Give the car ANY throttle, and you're in for some NOISE. Lots of it.
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good to hear. I was worried it would damage something.
I always heard something about back pressure...
I have the old mufflers. But for the 2 weeks I'll be driving it(maybe 12 miles at a time) I think i'll just run the open header and pay for the hearing loss later.
I always heard something about back pressure...
I have the old mufflers. But for the 2 weeks I'll be driving it(maybe 12 miles at a time) I think i'll just run the open header and pay for the hearing loss later.
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good to hear. I was worried it would damage something.
I always heard something about back pressure...
I have the old mufflers. But for the 2 weeks I'll be driving it(maybe 12 miles at a time) I think i'll just run the open header and pay for the hearing loss later.
I always heard something about back pressure...
I have the old mufflers. But for the 2 weeks I'll be driving it(maybe 12 miles at a time) I think i'll just run the open header and pay for the hearing loss later.
Maybe.
A beneficial side effect is all I have to do is turn my head when she is YAMMERING at me. Peace and quiet.
My neighbors get a kick out of my cars running open headers. But only for a little while, and never on Sunday morning.
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I have no hearing in my left ear. My wife insists it was from racing my big block vettes with sidepipes (with no mufflers), later a blown injected alky dragster, and drag racing motorcycles.
Maybe.
A beneficial side effect is all I have to do is turn my head when she is YAMMERING at me. Peace and quiet.
My neighbors get a kick out of my cars running open headers. But only for a little while, and never on Sunday morning.
Maybe.
A beneficial side effect is all I have to do is turn my head when she is YAMMERING at me. Peace and quiet.
My neighbors get a kick out of my cars running open headers. But only for a little while, and never on Sunday morning.
