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Prob lose power, no idea why you wanna run open headers.
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Yea open headers are gay on a 14 second car. Straight up rice. And yes you will lose hp since you wont have properly functioning O2 sensors or a proper tune.
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Its obnoxiously loud, and maybe a 14 sec car.
Sorry, thats pretty rice like.
Sorry, thats pretty rice like.
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No, it stands for Radically Immature Car Enthusiasts.
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Any asshole who gives the rest of us a bad name.
Its gay. Just as gas as a civic with a 6" tip, a diesel which pours smoke all over the road, or a jackass who does a burnout at a car show.
Open headers are only cool when you run single digits.
RICEKILLER.COM - Uniting Imports and Domestics against Rice!
Any asshole who gives the rest of us a bad name.
Its gay. Just as gas as a civic with a 6" tip, a diesel which pours smoke all over the road, or a jackass who does a burnout at a car show.
Open headers are only cool when you run single digits.
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This is one of those brutal truth things, he is just putting it across bluntly.
Short of wanting to sound obnoxiously loud, open headers is useless.
Run a single cutout if you want a decent idle bark, otherwise, leave the fart can BS to ricers.
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Not trying to be a dick, but you sound young and immature. We were ALL THERE at one point, and now try to guide impressionable young minds like yours.
If these cars are not cop magnets enough as it is, you want to go and announce it to the whole town, then not be able to run away fast enough. Dont poke the bear unless you can get away. Its way more fun to have a fast car that nobody suspects, than a slow car that attracts attention.
As far as the rest of your system, you sound like you have a completely stock LT1. a 3" single will support something like 370 hp with zero loss, assuming you have a good flowing straight through muffler, which you dont. You have a muffler that actually flows LESS than stock. A single cutout in the I pipe below the passenger rear seat will be perfect for your setup. You will have enough pipe behind the O2s for the computer to take an accurate reading. You dont need dual 3" cutouts until you have something like 600 hp. I ran that setup for years, and would uncork my exhaust when I got to the track, or was just lining up for a race, then cork it back up as I drove home unsuspected.
Or you could just be a ****ing ricer and annoy the shit out of everyone and anyone you encounter and let everyone know you ARE a giant bag of doosh, like all the corollas you see now with the tow hook on the back.
If these cars are not cop magnets enough as it is, you want to go and announce it to the whole town, then not be able to run away fast enough. Dont poke the bear unless you can get away. Its way more fun to have a fast car that nobody suspects, than a slow car that attracts attention.
As far as the rest of your system, you sound like you have a completely stock LT1. a 3" single will support something like 370 hp with zero loss, assuming you have a good flowing straight through muffler, which you dont. You have a muffler that actually flows LESS than stock. A single cutout in the I pipe below the passenger rear seat will be perfect for your setup. You will have enough pipe behind the O2s for the computer to take an accurate reading. You dont need dual 3" cutouts until you have something like 600 hp. I ran that setup for years, and would uncork my exhaust when I got to the track, or was just lining up for a race, then cork it back up as I drove home unsuspected.
Or you could just be a ****ing ricer and annoy the shit out of everyone and anyone you encounter and let everyone know you ARE a giant bag of doosh, like all the corollas you see now with the tow hook on the back.
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Dont become a statistic and wreck it. Please.
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Well its good that you are open to listening, just take in what people have to say and go from there.
Most of us have been down all the roads of what mods sucked and which were worth it. So don't cop an attitude and then expect answers.
Other than that, enjoy your time in the madhouse.
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Winter is not when these cars are wrecked. Its at 9:00 at night with 3 friends in the car saying "you have a 150mph speedo? I bet this thing cant do 150..."
There is a reason that insurance rates rates are through the roof on these cars for guys under 25.
And I agree with SNM, be prepared for a never ending slippery slope of the most expensive lego set you have ever purchased. Most of us got our cars when we were in our teens and are still tinkering 5-15 years later... I was 19 and am 27 now.
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Another noob mistake I made. Yes, my $515 MSD has lasted, but a $250 stock replacement would have lasted just the same if I did what I did to my MSD, which is tear it completely apart and put loctite on every screw and silicone on the cap seal.
Oh, and I kinda wrecked my car when I first got it trying to impress a girl that it could take a 90 degree corner at 50mph. NOPE. Hit the curb, blew a tire, bent my K member. Got lucky on that one.
I pay $550 every 6 months for mine, and I'm 18 :-D
And if you wanna see open headers on a slow car, check this video of my friend and his Durango drifting with me one day. We literally took a saw and cut his y pipe off lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppoqCgD7Kg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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