Foxbodyforever

so im in the middle of my header install but ive got to go to work just checking that its fine to run the engine with one side of the exhaust hooked up and the other just an open header, no pressure issues or anything?

mattdel

i wouldn't do it if i were you.
backpressure issues coupled with the extreme high possibility of fire.

its your car. its your call.

silver91gt

dont do it
theres a good possibility of a fire

Foxbodyforever

hmm okay, guess if rollin in my dad's honda then

mjr46

just wait until you have time to finish it to run it

Foxbodyforever

ya the thing is ive been trying for two days and i can't get the mid pipe to connect to the new headers, its way off by like 5 inches and the angle on the collector seems wrong too and i don't know what to do[&:]

mjr46

if the headers are bolted in place and you are using a mid pipe that is from a different manufactorer than the headers that often can cause pipealignment issues

Foxbodyforever

well the mid pipe is stock and the headers i believe are MAC do you think im going to have to unbolt the headers again and then connect them to the mid-pipe before i bolt them to the head?

mattdel

how can they be off by 5 inches? are they upsidedown? maybe they're truck headers?
when headers are manufactured, they're made to pretty much end up in the same exact location as OE. if you're 5 inches off, you got a wrong part or you're doing something wrong.

Foxbodyforever

ya im thinking there's gotta be something wrong with them, i got them for free. But they flanges line up perfectly it's just the collector is more foward then the o.e. ones