starting without manifolds.
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starting without manifolds.
Is it safe to run an engine without exaust manifolds for about 2 seconds? I need to show some dumb city $#@ that my engine can start but I have had a lot of trouble finding exaust manifolds for it...
Its a complicated city law.... If I cant, then Ill have to tow it to a certain place were I can fix it later.
Will 2 seconds of running it without manifolds ruin the valves? Will it shoot flames out and possible cause a fire?
Never done it before, scared to try....
Its a complicated city law.... If I cant, then Ill have to tow it to a certain place were I can fix it later.
Will 2 seconds of running it without manifolds ruin the valves? Will it shoot flames out and possible cause a fire?
Never done it before, scared to try....
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They can drive by but how do they know if your truck runs or not?
And how do they get the right to make you start it if its on your own property? Wouldnt that be considered an illegal search?
If I say it runs, do they have the right to make me prove it or fine me?
And how do they get the right to make you start it if its on your own property? Wouldnt that be considered an illegal search?
If I say it runs, do they have the right to make me prove it or fine me?
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If I say it runs, do they have the right to make me prove it or fine me?
If I say it runs, do they have the right to make me prove it or fine me?
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Well luckily I just found a set of exaust manifolds so I can run it now for more than 2 seconds.
They say as long as I can start it, Im ok.
75 dollars a peice for exaust manifolds, does that sound worth it to you? Another junk yard wanted 100 a peice....
They say as long as I can start it, Im ok.
75 dollars a peice for exaust manifolds, does that sound worth it to you? Another junk yard wanted 100 a peice....
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Ouch!!! Summit has a set of headers (online only) for $119.00! Unless you just like the factory manifolds. Yes, they can be high. Thank God for E-bay.
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Originally posted by Coogles
75 dollars a peice for exaust manifolds, does that sound worth it to you? Another junk yard wanted 100 a peice....
75 dollars a peice for exaust manifolds, does that sound worth it to you? Another junk yard wanted 100 a peice....
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it pumps exaust air back into the intake. That is controlled by an EGR valve, a big circular thing to the right of the butterflies. I think dissabling it might give you a hair of horsepower simply by keeping the intake cool. Even though they run much cooler from the earlier egr systems, it still pumps hot air into the intake.
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