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Subject:Re: Driving with no exhaust
From:craig cowan
Date:Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:20:13 -0500

I did it for a couple of blocks......and it was out of sheer need, and i
must say......i couldnt do it again. I was laughing the whole time (sounds
WAY to much like a lawn tractor), but it was LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.

I once drove a porsche Cayman S without an exhaust for 2 miles....when i
revved the engine at a traffic light people were honking their horns and
yelling.

The exhaust system is there for a reason. I'd be worried you'd get halfway
through your journey and it would just be unbearable.

-Craig
'85GL

On Nov 15, 2007 11:57 AM, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My van has been sitting for a LONG time (like weeks) at the current shop
> waiting for new S&S exhaust headers to come in. It's a small shop, in a
> not
> so great part of town, so they roll it in and out every night. I'd really
> like to help the shop owner out and park it elsewhere until the part comes
> in. Apart from the environmental and noise impact, how stupid is it to
> drive
> without an exhaust for a couple of miles?
>
> Chris
>