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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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i was lookin for something to do today after work so i decided to see what my car sounds like with open headers and o/r h pipe. wow i cant even think. i like the sound but its time to end the fun and put the flowmasters back on. the look on my dads face when i started it up was funny as he!!. anyone else ever do this?
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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I started mine up with just the manifolds on while I was swapping the H pipe. didn't drive it tho cuz it was up on 4 jackstands... not about to un jack and re jack it up just to hear how loud it can be.

Sounds kina cool I guess in the loud sense, if I had had beefier than stock camshafts it would have sounded better
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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If your running with just open headers, you better keep a close eye WHERE those headers are pointing all that HOT exhaust gas. You might wind up with a hotfoot, or melt something under the car with all that heat
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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I just started mine up, gunned it a few times, let it burble on idle for a few seconds and then shut it off. Just for sh*ts and giggles
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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i was lookin for something to do today after work so i decided to see what my car sounds like with open headers and o/r h pipe. wow i cant even think. i like the sound but its time to end the fun and put the flowmasters back on. the look on my dads face when i started it up was funny as he!!. anyone else ever do this?
Want a much louder and deeper sound out of the dronemasters? Disconnect the pipe right after the muffler, you don't have to remove it, just disconnect it and move it so it's part-way out of the way of the exit of the muffler... the change in sound from doing this (or having it happen accidentally in my case [&:]) is amazing.
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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OPEN HEADERS FTW!!!
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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I did it with my car. I loved the sound and it was so LOUD. I was putting a new transmission in my car, and I decided I wanted to start he without a midpipe. My buddy who lives a couple blocks over called me and said that I woke him up. Haha.
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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I ran open longtubes for a couple minutes when I was looking to see which bank was burning oil. It sounded badass but I would never drive around like that.
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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i still had the h pipe on
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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anyone have a sound clip of these, want to hear what it sounds like

i've only heard open headers on an srt-4 and it sounded like ****.



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