from my personal experiences I have to warn you to be very careful driving the van without any exhaust system.....................ANY flammable material/fluid in the engine bay will have an excellent change to ignite from the flames exiting the exhaust ports.

please be careful.

dylan

----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:57:00 AM
Subject: Driving with no exhaust

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