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Subject:Re: Driving with no exhaust
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:57 -0800

Add me to the chorus of "Not without headers".

If you're willing to drive it without exhaust, you should be willing to flat
tow it to a different location........

On Nov 15, 2007 9:27 AM, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Without at least the pipes on the heads, hot gases and flames will shoot
> out of the heads into the engine compartment. Is there anything in the
> engine compartment that you don't want burned up?
>
> Mark
>
> Christopher Gronski 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
> >
>

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